Day 1- A Favorite Song

There`s no way I could narrow it down to one song, so I`m going to go with these:

30 Day Blog Challenge

A couple of my cousins are doing this 30 day blog challenge and I could use something to make me blog every day, so I`m going to do it myself.

30 Day Challenge
Day 01 — A favorite song
Day 02 — A favorite movie
Day 03 — 20 favorite things.
Day 04 — A favorite book
Day 05 — A favorite quote
Day 06 — A fun fact about me
Day 07 — A piece of art
Day 08 — Something I crave
Day 09 — Pet peeves
Day 10 — A photo of me taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of me taken recently
Day 12 — Something I bought recently
Day 13 — A talent of mine
Day 14 — Some place i want to go
Day 15 — My celebrity crush
Day 16 — A favorite food
Day 17 — My worst habit
Day 18 — Dream house
Day 19 — My future wedding
Day 20 — A hobby of mine
Day 21 — A favorite recipe
Day 22 — A favorite joke
Day 23 — A video
Day 24 — My day in great detail
Day 25 — A favorite photo
Day 26 — A funny (true) story
Day 27 — A child I love
Day 28 — A place I love
Day 29 — A person I love
Day 30 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days

Jackson`s 7th birthday

Jackson`s 7th birthday was at Monkey Joe`s.

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Edventure In The Winter

All winter long at Edventure they had a winter exhibit with a polar bear, a snowmobile, a room where you could play with stuffed penguins, ice fishing for wooden fish, and a bunch of other fun stuff. Aidan couldn`t choose between the ice fishing and the stuffed penguins for his favorite thing to play with.

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Backtracking a little bit...

BOO AT THE ZOO 2010

Last Halloween we took Aidan to Boo at the Zoo for the first time. Our awesome friends Tammy and Xavier went with us. There were candy stations set up everywhere, a haunted carousel, a haunted train, a bubble machine, and we were able to feed the animals in the barn. It was so much fun, and better than trick or treating.

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Zoo trip

Before my parents left, my mom took Jill and her kids and Aidan and I to the zoo for a few hours(Jason and his family had somewhere else to be that day.) It was a gorgeous day, perfect weather. The new wallaby exhibit was up, and we all enjoyed being together.

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And they`re off....

On November 1st, 2010, my parents left for another 18 month mission in Mozambique. Aidan and I picked them up that morning and drove them to the airport, where Jason and all four kids and Uncle Les were waiting for us. They went to check in, only to find out that Mama had a ticket for their first flight, but Daddy did not. So Daddy sat down and called the lady in Utah who had made all their travel arrangements, and she said she would look into it and call him back. Finally, she did, and during a couple more phone calls over about the next hour, different solutions were discussed. They could hang around at the airport until mid-afternoon, and fly out then, or fly out the next morning, both of which would result in changes in their itinerary and the loss of their World Traveler seats(which Mama was NOT happy about.) Apparently World Traveler seats are bigger and more comfortable, and they were going to be on a few different flights, and some of them were lengthy. Finally they were put on a flight leaving in the early afternoon, so Jason, the kids, and Uncle Les went home and Mama and Daddy and Aidan and I all went to lunch at Ruby Tuesday`s and then back to the airport. Somewhere in the middle of lunch, it hit me that this would be the last meal I would have with my parents for 18 months. But I was determined to enjoy it and not be sad like last time, when I cried anytime I saw someone else start crying. But I`ll blame that on being pregnant. So after lunch we ran an errand for Mama and then it was back to the airport. This time we just parked at the drop-off zone, unloaded their luggage, said our goodbyes, exchanged hugs and kisses and I love you`s, and then they had to go in. They are such awesome parents doing an awesome work. So proud of them and so lucky that they are my parents.

Overdue Posts

I have so many things that I want to blog about that are so overdue, so here they all are, starting about last November with Mama and Daddy leaving.