Sunday, December 15, 2013

TIS THE SEASON

40 Things Winter List
Due: March 1st
1.       Go for a walk in the snow
2.       Go see lights on temple square


3.       Celebrate our anniversary
4.       Go to the Poinsettia Bowl

5.      Watch the snow fall through the window
6.       Drink hot chocolate
7.       Eat a cinnamon roll
Warming up at Kneaders w/ hot chocolate and a cinnamon roll


We know how to do the deer on headlights

8.       Make Christmas cookies
9.       Watch Christmas with the Kranks
10.   Watch Elf
11.   Watch Miracle on 34th Street
12.   Decorate our house
13.   Go see the lights in Preston
14.   Eat a big orange
15.   Have soup in a bread bowl
16.   Drink cherry 7-Up
17.   Watch the super bowl
18.   Visit Arizona






19.   Go to San Diego


20.   Watch the National Championship
21.   Celebrate Justin’s 30th birthday
22.   Celebrate Valentine’s day
23.   Go to the Banff Film Festival 
(We have gone the last 3 years and it has become our favorite Valentine's tradition.)
24.   Eat a heart shaped pizza  (It's our "fancy/romantic" dinner before Banff.)
25.   Start decorating the nursery
26.   Kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve
27.   Eat Dreyer’s peppermint ice cream 
(Who doesn't love it?! Add a little hot fudge and walnuts and it can change the worst of days.)

28.   Wrap presents
29.   Make a year scrapbook for Miller family
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1AZMnDZwzZNnHg&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET
30.   Wear our new pjs
31.   Read the nativity story
32.   Go to Buckley family Christmas party

33.   Go to Miller family Christmas party
34.   Deliver cookies to neighbors
35.   Eat caramel santas
36.   Drink Starbucks caramel apple spice
37.   Finish watching Friends seasons
38.   Make a fancy dinner
Not the best picture but we were sick on New Years day so we decided to have fancy take out from Chili's. We made it a little picnic and drank sparkling cider in goblets and watched friends and had fancy dessert afterwards in fancy dishes. It was a pretty fun night, despite the coughing and sniffles. :)

39.   Make a fancy pants cake
One of my YW has been watching cake boss, so we figured we'd make our own.
It wasn't beautiful but it was a lot of fun and Justin sure thought it was delicious!



40.   Weekend with family

Thursday, October 3, 2013

FUN FAMILY FALL LIST ~ DUE DEC. 1st



As always, this list is written in no particular order. We hope to cross more things off than our Summer List.
1.      Drink caramel apple spice
2.     Carve pumpkins

3.     Eat candy corn/pumpkins Starting the day they came out on the shelf.
4.     Scouting for deer (hunting for deer) Sept 28th




 5.     Watch a movie outside Iron Man 3, Sept. 28th 
6.     Go for a drive to see the leaves  Photo from Jodi

7.     Go to Aggie football games always a good place to spend w/ friends and fam





8.     Do a tailgate party

9.     Pass out candy on Halloween
10.     Decorate/deliver pumpkin sugar cookies
11.      Go for a walk on campus
12.    Eat a big apple
13.    Eat a big peach
14.    Watch Hocus Pocus
15.    Make pumpkin cookies
16.    Celebrate Thanksgiving  We had a marshmallow turkey shoot


17.    Take family pictures
18.    Go for a ride in the rhino
19.     Make/eat chicken pot pie
20.   Make/eat apple & peach pie
21.    Eat turkey
22.   Make a list of things we are thankful for
23.   Plan a fall date We love the pumpkin walk!


24.   Go for a hike
25.   Make/eat potato soup on a cold day
26.   Roast the pumpkin seeds

Justin loves this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spiced-pumpkin-seeds/
27.   Have our own “turkey dinner”
28.   Go to the pumpkin walk
29.   Hang out w/ Andrew & Em
30.   Listen to General Conference
31.    Make a big breakfast for General Conference
32.   Find out what “flavor” of baby we’re having. 

(If you haven’t heard, we’re having a baby April 11th. :) )
33.   Take a picture in our Aggie shirts

34.   Walk through a pile a leaves
35.   Pick out our Christmas tree
(FHE after Thanksgiving.)