30-by-30

I used to think "30, that so old! My life will practically be over by then". Fast forward a couple years and here I am...25 years old creating a '30 by 30' list. Crazy how your thought process changes throughout your life, now I am thinking "30....Holy shit, how am I almost 30?!? When did this happen"? Granted I have 5 years, but still! So welcome to my list, you will be seeing alot of this throughout the blog!

1. Swim with dolphins

2. Can or freeze at least 6 things one summer

3. Go on 15 hikes

4. Go to the NFR with Mari-Beth

5. Finish a half marathon

6. Go fishing in Alaska with Naaman

7. Go parasailing

8. Shoot a turkey

9. Take a self defense class

10. Go on a road trip

11. Hot air balloon ride

12. Buy a house

13. Get a reliable car

14. Go on a picnic...with a real picnic basket

15. Go paddle boarding

16. Go to the shooting range with the girls

17. Go on a cruise

18. Go to the grand canyon

19. Create college accounts for my kid(s)

20. Start a personal blog Completed 4/3/2012

21. Take a makeup application class

22. Go to six flags

23. Read 100 books, keep a list

24. Take a bartending class

25. Get a brazilian wax Completed 9/14/2012

26. Go on a trip just me, mb, tay danielle

27. Do the 4th of July run Completed 7/4/2012

28. Learn all US states and capitals (before you judge...can you name them all? Thats what I thought!)

29. Run the stairs every other day for 1 month

30. Celebrate my 30th birthday in style (mb this is your job to plan! hah)

Easter Weekend

 I am so blessed to have such a large, loving and close knit family and am lucky to consider my cousins some of my best friends.  Knowing I could call any of my Aunts or Uncles and they would help me without thinking twice about it, is a bond not every family has. This year Easter was spent in Hood River with my Dad's side of the family. The weekend started by attending Robbie's baseball game in Longview, WA...I am ashamed to admit this was the first game I have seen Robbie play. He did such a great job!

This year Easter felt like something was missing....and that something was John! It's crazy to realize us 'kids' are all growing up and have our own separate lives outside of our family....is that even possible? More then anything I hope when all us cousins start having kids, we all will be able to get together and have our kids grow up as close as we all were. Other then missing Johnny Boy, Easter was great...we all went to Church, and had brunch at the Newmans

Hello blogging world!

Well I have my sister to thank for me dipping my feet into the world of blogging! Last sunday we went to Maryhill winery for a Wine101 class and had a great group of ladies! We drank wine, and wine and some more wine! Is it time for our Wine 102 class yet!? After class we went to eat at the Clock tower and this is where MB told me that she had wrote her '30 by 30' list. 30 things you want to do by the time you hit the big 3-0 (she is alot closer then I am:) So I followed her lead...creating my own '30 by 30' list. 

Creating this blog was my #20..Yay, one thing marked off! I actually have been thinking about starting a blog for awhile. My dream would be blog about everyday happenings, so I can look back on all the fun events (take our wine 101 class for example). Also when I have kids I want to be able to post pictures and document all of their milestones. It will be a great way to keep Naamans mom involved since she lives a couple hours from us.  

Well, here marks my very first blog, April, 03, 2012! Much more to come:) So thanks MB for giving me a nice little kick in the rear to start something I always thought about doing!