My Bucket List

1. Run a marathon
2. Grow a Garden
3. Sleep in a castle
4. Be a Mother (check)
5. Have a business card (check)
6. Buy a brand new car (check)
7. Have a large family (check)
8. Swim with Dolphins
9. Donate a kidney
10. Own a Grand Piano
11. Go to a horse race
12. Attend a Seahawks game (check)
13. Read the Book of Mormon as a family
14. Visit another country
15. Go Paragliding
16. Go Parasailing (check) 
17. Go snorkeling
18. See the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
19. Go to Hawaii 
20. Visit Universal Studios
21. See the Great Pyramid of Giza
22. Ride a Camel
23. Go on a shopping spree and buy everything I want and not look at price tags
24. Run a 50k
25. Swim with Sharks
26. Go bungee jumping
27. Ride in a submarine
28. Deliver a baby naturally
29. Run a triathlon
30. Help someone overcome a trial
31. Run a half-marathon (check)
32. Write a children’s book (check)
33. Ride a mechanical bull
34. Teach at a High School (check)
35. Get my Bachelors (check)
36. Get my Masters
37. Teach Lincoln to read (check)
38. Teach maverick to read
39. Go on a Cruise
40. Go to Greece
41. Visit Australia
42.  Get my PHD
43. Pay for someone's college
44. Learn to do a back flip
45. Do the splits
46. Write a book
47. Get a book published
48. Go rock climbing 
49. Back Pack through Europe
50. Learn to ride a dirt bike (check)
51. Take Family to Niagara Falls
52. Go on Pioneer Trek
53. Make a new best friend (check)
54. Invent something
55. Visit every state in America
56. Visit every ocean
57. Go Skydiving
58. Visit Disney World
59. Visit every Continent
60. Ride in a hot air balloon
61. Go Scuba diving
62. Go to a Broadway play (check)
63. Go to a baseball game
64. Own a boat (check)
65. Do yoga "scorpion"
66. Visit Italy
67. Pet a monkey
68. Live in a foreign Country
69. Solve a Rubik’s Cube
70. Go to General Conference
71. Go to an ice-hockey game
72. Visit Mt. Everest
73. See the Northern Lights
74. Go wind-surfing (check)
75. Save a Life
76. Learn to play the Guitar
77. Do an Iron Man race
78. Ride in a Sand Rail (check)
79. Visit the 7 Wonders of the World
80. 1. Chichen Itza, Mexico-Mayan City
81. 2. Christ Redeemer, Brazil- Large Statue
82. 3. The Great Wall, China
83. 4. Machu Picchu, Peru
84. 5. Peltra, Jordan- Ancient City
85. 6. The Roman Colosseum, Italy
86. 7. The Taj Mahal, India
87. Witness a Solar Eclipse
88. Join the 50 States Marathon Club
89. Go kayaking
90. Get Lasik eye surgery
91. Go sailing 
92. Don’t swear for 365 days straight
93. Start a Heather Roberts College Scholarship
94. Run a mile under 6 minutes
95. Learn to Surf
96. Learn to play "Cumana" on the Piano
97. Give my Christmas to someone else
98Have a pet dog
99. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
100. Ride across the country on a motorcycle
101. Go White Water Rafting (check)
102. Learn to water-ski/wakeboard (check)
103. Go on the Ten Largest Roller Coasters in America
104. Jump the wake wakeboarding 
105. Ride on a train
106. Go to the biggest mall in the world
107. Visit the Grand Canyon
108. Get a six pack on my stomach
109. Order everything that sounds good off a Menu
110. The National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C
111. See Mount Rushmore
112. Ride a stand-up jetski (check)
113. Read my scriptures 365 days straight
114. Shoot a deer
115. Go zip lining 
116. Swim in the biggest Pool in the World
117. Get my hunting license
118. See the oldest tree in the world
119. Build my Dream house
120. Learn to paint
121. Go Ice Water Fishing
122. Visit the tallest building in the world
123. Ride in a small plane
124. Go to supercross 
125. Surf behind a boat
126. Go to a circus
127. Meet the Prophet
128. Go crabbing
129. Volunteer at a soup Kitchen or homeless Shelter
130. Donate Blood
131. Eat on top of the space needle
132. Go GREEN: Recycle the recyclable
133. Collect Post Cards from everywhere I go
134. Eat a worm
135. Punch someone who deserves it
136. Go to enduro cross 

137. Take my family to Disneyland (double-check)

138. Go on a road trip across the country

139. Visit Canada

140. Rent a cabin

141. Go Paddleboarding 

142. Kayak a river

143. Survive and obstacle race

144. Bike to work once a week

145. Hike the Haute route 

146. Go mountain biking

147. Float the upper Colorado 

148. Go surfing 

149. Go skinny dipping 

150. 

I will update whenever I accomplish something on my list. Thanks for reading, and you better make your own. If you make a list leave a comment and I will check it out.

Summer

It is official…summer is really here! We have had some fun in the sun this last week. A little sunburned but nothing to complain about.

A very long update……

Ball Heaven

Lincoln climbed in here, he was in heaven. When I took him out he threw a tantrum.

Cohen’s Birthday

Birthday boy!

 

Presents

The Cake! It was super cute! I totally want to do a farm party for Lincoln now.

Trampoline!

Lincoln loves jumping with us and even tries to jump himself.

Garage Sell:

I had a garage sell with my good friend Maria Thorpe. We started around 7:30 and by 1:30pm, I had 360 dollars stuffed in my wallet. What did I sell? My clothes! You wouldn’t believe how many people tried on my clothes and those Mexicans really know how to work the system! Seriously, that super cute outfit in picture one, I sold for $5. I don’t even know how that happened.I made a little over $150 off my clothes and was sad to say goodbye to a few outfits.

Just a few outfits: (I couldn’t find a lot so there are some pregnant ones in there and some ugly ones of me :)

But, on the other hand it felt really good to watch girls try on my clothes, who probably couldn’t afford to buy them new, and their faces lit up. I could tell they were happy to find cute clothes at a garage sell, and I was happy to sell them. I actually got a phone call from a girl today who wanted to come buy some more. Haha!  and of course I didn’t sell them all.  I still have a full closet, and I added a few more today.

Camping at the Ranch House

My brother called us up on Saturday and asked if we wanted to go to the ranch. I of course said yes and packed our stuff up quickly.When we got there we decided to ride our bikes to Willow Creek. I rode Scott’s trick bike and it was way hard. We basically were riding through sagebrush and uphill the entire way there.

This is what happened to me…I am not ashamed to admit that I flagged down my dad for a ride. I was tired!

Just above Willow Creek. I think it is beautiful!

Willow Creek. This is my dad’s favorite place at the Ranch. It really is an amazing view.

 

Lincoln of course was loving every minute of it.

Rock chuck hunting. Jared got 3 and Kolby had fun shooting his BB gun at anything that moved.

In the cabin

Fire! Roasting a yummy s’more. Karie brought a variety of candy bars to use instead of boring Hershey chocolate and Mr. Goodbar was my favorite. I recommend trying it out.

Lincoln loved every minute of it. No naps and late bedtime and he was still hyper.

The next day we went on an early bike ride before it got too hot and hoping to get Lincoln to take a small nap

 

It worked! well for like 10 minutes

Scott went on another bike ride with the boys, so me and Lincoln threw rocks off the bridge. He would laugh every time the rock hit the water.

This bridge was a little safer and I could let him run around it without holding on to him.

 

By noon the next day Lincoln was done and the no naps thing was no longer sufficed by playing outside, so we left at 1:00 and took really long naps when we got home. Then we woke up and went to bed. Lincoln slept from 7:15pm-9:30am the next day…he was tired

        Overall it was way fun camping indoors and extremely tiring. I don’t think we could do this every weekend, but maybe once a month!     

Summer we love you, please stay

We keep ourselves busy here in this little state of Rexburg and take full advantage of our few short sunny days. I am just waiting and waiting for summer to come and it does…for a day. It makes me miss North Carolina where we went swimming EVERY day and went on walks EVERY night and had so much fun EVERY minute.

Lincoln @ 2 weeks. Look Sun in April!

Mother’s Day at the pool, the pool is outside

Is Scott really swimming in an outside pool in April? Yes, yes he is…in freakin’ North Carolina!

alright…..here is our Idaho fun

Hiking

We went hiking 3 weeks in a row and then the dang weather crapped out on us. I love hiking and I need to get a nice hiking carrier, but they are just so dang expensive.

 

Zoo

We went to the zoo on Earth day and it was really fun. We went with my mom and sister Eleena and her son Cohen. Lincoln and Cohen loved the animals and were both so cute pointing at the monkeys.

Lions

Tigers

and bears!

Skateboard Competition

We went to this competition and Scott and Lincoln were in heaven. It even made me want to get out my own skateboard and actually use it.

Night Games

We have been playing night games at my parents and it is such a good workout. I never knew my dad was so stinkin’ fast. Scott is kind of a sore looser and slightly really competitive (he gets it from his mom, boy is she competitive!). Haha! but it is fun to tease him about it, but the other team (ryan and mckay) were a bunch of cheaters! Just teasing!

Anyways, this is what happens to the babies. They are a little neglected.

Utah

Scott’s dad was in a dirt bike accident and got flown to Salt Lake, so we decided to visit him when he got to leave the hospital. We are so happy that he is doing better and pray that he will get to go home to Washington soon. Sad circumstances to visit him, but it was still so nice to see all the family.

  I also got to see my niece compete in a dance competition and she did really good! I was so proud of her. Plus it was fun to hang out with my sister Denell all day.

Swimming

We went swimming and it felt like it was summer. Lincoln loved the water! At first he was too scared to get in his floaty but after a few minutes he was splashing and having a blast. He loved playing on the stairs and kept trying to stick his face under water.

He is a little trooper on these days of no naps. and I don’t believe he cried at all, thankfully.

Golfing

We get bored some days and so my brothers and Scott go out and hit golf balls in the field.

To keep Lincoln happy, I put him by a bunch of sticks and they keep him entertained.

For Ryker, he finds a pile of dead grass and that keeps him entertained. Gross! haha!

Scott’s Birthday

Unfortunately, I lost the camera for a week so the only pictures I got were with my phone :( but scott’s birthday was a blast. I made him an icecream cake and we went to the movies. Thanks to Mckay for babysitting Lincoln so we can go out on our fun dates.

Park

We went to the park in Idaho Falls and rolled Lincoln down this hill. He thought it was a blast and was laughing really hard. I just love him so much!

Happy Mother’s Day!

It was an awesome mother’s day. Full of family and fun. I got a world’s gym pass! I will post pictures of it later.. I am done for now.