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Monday, January 5, 2015

Bucket List 2015!

I'm sticking with my bucket list instead of resolutions. Here's my list from 2014:

  • Go to the top of Pikes Peak either by driving or by the cog railway
  • Play with friends more
  • Save money
  • Cade's baptism!
  • Combined birthday party for the boys
  • Summer road trip
  • Camp 4 times
  • Accomplish these three projects around the house
  • Learn guitar
  • Get Dan promoted to E6!
  • Go horseback riding at Garden of the Gods
  • Lose more weight :)
  • Finish my Korea blog book
Hmmm, i didn't do as good as the previous year! But I am proud of the things I did accomplish, especially playing with friends more. We've had quite a few parties at our house and have gotten quite good at entertaining! And as you've probably noticed we've become good friends with the Bennetts and we really enjoy spending time together. I'm also really proud that Dan was finally promoted to Staff Sergeant! It only took like forever :) 

So for this year's list I'm just getting the feeling that we won't be here in Colorado much longer. It could totally be me getting antsy because we've never lived anywhere this long. It could also be because Dan's been here the longest of anyone in his Unit. They even just got a new Commander. As we know very well, anything is possible in the Army, so for all we know we could be moving this year! Because of that, in my list this year are a few things we want to do while living in the West and in Colorado.

  • Summer Road Trip- didn't happen last year, but it most likely will this year. We're thinking Yellowstone, Idaho, maybe Utah and then back over to Colorado.
  • Go River Rafting! Not sure if this will be with the kids or not, but something we definitely want to do
  • Horseback Riding at Garden of the Gods- I chose something else for my bday last year, but it's gotta happen this year! I will regret not doing it if we move!
  • Finish Korea blog book- this is super time consuming, but will be well worth it when I finish. My goal is to finish it so it can be a Christmas gift!
  • Save enough money to have 2 months rent/mortgage on hand. We plan on renting out our property so it's good to have some back up money in case it goes un-rented for awhile.
  • Camping! We've really enjoyed our camping trips and hope to do some more. I won't put a number of times because we've found Dan's summer schedule to be so unpredictable that we can't even reserve a place too much ahead of time. 
  • Do the incline. It's time!
  • Be less busy and more productive. 
  • Work ahead!
I think it will be a good year! I look forward to seeing how it all pans out :)
p.s. it may sound like i know something about our future in the Army, but i really truly don't, it's just a feeling!

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Halloween 2014!

Better late than never!

We had a fun Halloween with pretty mild weather and good friends. The Bennetts came over and we ate chili, cornbread, went trick or treating, and then warmed up with hot chocolate and donuts!



Alex wanted to be a mummified puppy. I think it's because they had been studying ancient Egypt in school, and he's obsessed with puppies, lol.

 Here's the pumpkin Alex designed and helped Daddy make.

Cade wanted to be a Ninja with Caleb, so we got a few extra bits of ninja gear to up his already existing ninja costume.

And here's Cade's spider pumpkin!

It's great to have such good friends to spend the holidays with!
Alex and Conner

The whole gang! Happy Halloween!