Sunday, March 15, 2009

Grandpa Clifford turned 90 in January. We had a great party. It was fantastic.

I took pictures of my Jayne Marie with Great Aunt Jayne and Great Grandma Marie. I have pictures of them every few years.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

It's March and I am just getting around to posting pics from the beginning of January. Oh well.
We went down to visit Grandma and Papa Bowman in Sierra Vista. We took a day trip to Bisbee and Tombstone. We had such a great time!
Bowmans in Tombstone











Boothill Graveyard, just outside Tombstone, AZ



Bisbee, AZ
















More miner toilet pics


This is one of those pics that definitely motivates me to lose weight as quickly as possible. Thank goodness I am already 20 pounds down from this pic!




We were most intrigued with the portable toilets they used in the mine.
Rachel sitting on one.
In front of the mine
Grandpa Bowman and the girls


Isn't she adorable?

What a cutie!







These are a bit out of order, but we went to Bisbee, AZ in January with Jay's parents. We took a tour of the Queen Ann Mine. It was so fun. The girls were the only kids on the tour and there were a group of Brits with us. They took tons of pics of Jayne and Rach because they were just too cute. The girls loved it.






Rachel pretending to be a miner


Jayne's turn!






Dressed and ready to go


Going into the mine




Coming out

"Feeding the mule" Pretending to be real miners
Jason and Jayne





Sunday, March 01, 2009

I started this last year...

101 Things to do in 1001 Days

I hope to complete the following by Wednesday, February 2, 2011

1. Loose 75 pounds (up to 34 pounds!)
2. Ride my bike or exercise at least 4 days a week
3. Plan a family reunion (2010) for Jay's family with Laura and Melissa
4. Go to Disneyland - again
5. Visit the beach in CA - again
6. Go to Sea World - again
7. Buy a Nikon D40 Camera
8. Take a photography class
9. Complete the Jeep project
10. Take a family picture in the Jeep at Sycamore Creek
11. Enroll in the Physical Therapy Assitant Program at Gateway Community College (once it becomes a Bachelor's Program in 2010) NOT happening :-(
11a. EMT-B instead
12. Get a job at Jayne's school - I start this fall!
13. Have my thyroid ultrasounds every 6 months
14. Avoid going under the knife again!!!
15. Help support Katie on her mission
16. Help support Cam on his mission - Not going
17. Write a letter to Katie once a month
18. Email Katie twice a month
19. Order pics and have them delivered to Katie once a month
20. Finish the Preach My Gospel class at church (I have gone through it twice and have missed more than half each time!)
21. Throw a birthday party for Ivanah
22. Plan a birthday "date" for Rachel and her daddy
23. Plan a birthday party for Jayne
24. GET OUT OF DEBT!!!
25. Buy a new car when the van dies (used, but new to me!)
26. Quit daycare
27. Buy a new computer to replace the dead one. Damien is trying to save it.
28. Sew something new other than hot/cold packs and aprons :-)
29. Figure out how to thread the bobbin BY MYSELF so I don't have to sew with Sara by my side
30. Coach girls basketball at Franklin West again
31. Coach Rachel's t-ball / softball team
32. Blog one post a week
33. Keep up on my medical blog
34. Teach Rachel how to swim
35. Learn some ballet lingo so I understand Jayne
36. Read to my girls three nights a week
37. Get a better burn program like Nero on my laptop
38. Strengthen my lungs enough to drop from Advair 500 to Advair 250 - Switched to a lower dose of Symbicort!
39. Finish painting the walls of our HOA
40. Pick which colors to paint my house
41. Paint the house with my dad's help
42. Pour concrete in our front yard and extend the driveway
43. Help Jay with the new sprinkler system
44. Run for the HOA Board - Elected in Oct 08 - Secretary/Treasurer
45. Substitute for someone in Primary (I've never been in a primary calling)
46. Do my Visiting Teaching every month!
47. Read my scriptures / Preach my gospel / Ensign everyday for 10 minutes
48. Read the books for Lit Group through the end of the year at least
49. Lead a discussion at Lit Group on "Night"
50. Learn a new song on the piano
51. Play my flute at least once a month
52. Learn how to drive the Jeep off-road
53. Try welding in our garage on scrap metal
54. Learn how to check my oil in my van (Jay has shown me so many times, but it just doesn't stick!)
Boy, this is hard...
55. Keep in contact with my cousins
56. Build an addition on to our house
57. Get our yard looking nice, not like a junkyard
58. Get my knee strong enough to pull the girls in the bike trailer - almost there!
59. Go on one date a month with Jason by ourselves
60. Take my girls to a Diamondbacks or Mercury game
61. Organize and scan all of my pictures
62. Make back-up dvd's of all of our pics and send them to Jay's parents and my grandma to keep safe
63. Buy a scanner
64. Stick with my sugar-free diet
65. Find someone with auto-immune problems and try to educate and help them
66. Keep in touch with Berni
67. Keep in touch with Caryn
68. Take my girls to see where I worked in the Bean Museum at BYU in the Entimology Department
69. Sing in church with Jayne
70. Sing in church with Jason
71. Attend choir regularly
72. Forgive someone
73. Ask for forgiveness when I hurt someone
74. See Wicked again! This July...
75. Take a trip to KY in our Jeep to go off-roading with Nate
76. Cook a nutritious meal at least 4 times a week
77. Plan my meals for a month and stick to it
78. Save $5,000 after getting out of debt
79. Put wood flooring in the girls' rooms
80. Fix the swings in the backyard so they are low enough for the girls to climb in themselves
81. Buy a new couch - OR have one given to us. Thanks mom and dad!
82. Continue dance lessons for the girls
83. Take a shower everyday even if I am not going anywhere!
84. Keep my migraine triggers below my threshold and limit migraines to once a month
85. Get off all migraine meds
86. Learn what all of my triggers are
87. Finish my "Which foods make me sick?" project
88. Avoid those foods
89. Spend 10 minutes talking to my girls individually each day
90. Purchase HDTV adapters so my old tv's work
91. Avoid subscribing to Cable
92. Let my kids read to me everyday
93. Pray twice a day
94. Read my patriarchal blessing once a month
95. Write in my journal once a week
96. Keep working with SOLE - this is my last group. Two good years...
97. Keep my table uncluttered
98. Keep Christmas gifts and birthdays simple - save for fun vacations
99. Spend time doing something Jason wants to do once a week - even if I get really dirty and gross working under the Jeep
100. Be true to myself - be confident even if I am overweight and depressed
101. Be there for someone who needs me even when it's not convenient for me

You can calculate your own date here:www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html

I got this idea from Jo Alldredge's photography blog:http://www.joalldredgephotography.blogspot.com/
I will keep up to date on this and put the things I have accomplished in BOLD.