Monday, May 27, 2013

M.A. Ed...Graduation Party

Azusa Pacific University....my alma mater

Candy Bar with all my favorites
  What a fun day it was..surrounded by family and friends...celebrating my Masters in Education!  Thank you everyone who helped me celebrate
gummi bears, swedish fish, peach rings....


 So much Candy......all of my favorites....
Peanut M&M's, Swedish Fish, Gummi Bears, Peach Rings, Runts, Red Vines and Oreos!

The Taco Man was present and the food was AMAZING!!!!!


 Fun with the neighbors....thanks Lyn!
My Uncle Chuck..so blessed!





Forever friends....I have known this guy since we were 15 and in High School Youth Group together!


20+ years fo friendship! 



 CHEERS

Stutler Family!



 Love this lady....Shannon you are amazing!!

My Family!!!  Uncle Chuck, Aunt Karen and Cousin Craig!


 More Family Fun!
 Yet more family fun!
 My Uncle Chuck.....the older of my mom's brothers.....love him dearly!

 My Uncle Paul.....the younger of my mom's brothers....the Man who walked me down the isle and gave me away!  Love you Uncle Paul!
Fun with old roommates.....Love you Shel!

 The Aftermath.....



Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Once a year updatye to the list.....

Started January 2010 - End...December 2013

This is the updated version of the List...doing good so far..there is still a lot to in not so much time!
  1. Go for a hike (February 2011)
  2. Take a Pilates Class
  3. Run a 5K
  4. Walk the Avon Breast Cancer 2 day 40 mile walk
  5. Visit Lake Tahoe for a week and show Ryan around  (August 2012)
  6. Take a road trip just for fun (April 2013)
  7. Have a picnic in the park
  8. Build a raised Veggie garden in the backyard( April 2012)
  9. Camp in Yosemite
  10. Read the entire Bible
  11. Volunteer (RockHarbor Arts Team and YoungLife)
  12. Cook dinner at home 3 times a week for 3 months
  13. Build a dog sized deck for Bozley (March 2010)
  14. Take a vacation and not bring my laptop or phone
  15. Shoot a new baby session Tayden Courage..born October 28, 2010)
  16. Learn about wine (Napa Trip 2010)
  17. Go to the dentist twice a year ( Does 4 times in 2 months count?)
  18. Plant an Herb Garden and use it! (April 2010)
  19. Go Sledding
  20. Grow Green Beans( April 2012...they are growing as we read this!)
  21. Go fishing with Ryan
  22. Learn to surf 
  23. Go to my 20 year High School Reunion! Go Lakers!( August 2012)
  24. Visit the Museum of Tolerance
  25. Spend a week in the summer on the east coast
  26. Try a Zumba Class (Spring 2012)
  27. Go apple picking and make a pie from the apples I pick
  28. Ride a segway
  29. Walk in the Memory Walk for Alzheimers and raise over $500
  30. Read Art of War
  31. Clean out spare room closet (March 2010)
  32. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter
  33. Take Senior Portraits for niece and nephew (Jake 2011, Megan 2013)
  34. Clean out closet and get rid of everything I don’t wear (doing on an ongoing basis)
  35. Double my 2009 income (Accomplished)
  36. Eat at 10 new restaurants
  37. Fly a kite at the beach
  38. Eat something I have never tried before ( Oysters...Boston 2010)
  39. Make a new friend (Jeff and Anna Dunham , Ryan and April Cannon, John and Amber Fox)
  40. Go out on a boat (February 2012)
  41. Go camping (August 2009)
  42. Send someone a care package( Katie Kirk, Sammy Case, Megan Yount and Taylor Charles...summer 2011)
  43. Build a snowman
  44. Learn how to roast coffee beans
  45. Have a Martha Stewart looking dinner party
  46. Buy an antique
  47. Move my moms china hutch into our house (February 2011)
  48. Go skiing with Ryan
  49. Update the look of my blog (Done)
  50. Send thank you notes for small, unexpected reasons
  51. See a movie on opening night and have to wait in line for it
  52. Learn to sew
  53. Have a really good Halloween costume (Jovi the Elf)
  54. Babysit for a friend so they can have a date night
  55. Attend a formal event (Feb 20 2010 and Feb 19, 2011 Front and Center)
  56. Make a piece of jewelry
  57. Paint my living room ( May 2010)
  58. Help my husband build the deck in the backyard ( March 2010)
  59. Plant an Orange Tree in our backyard(April 2012)
  60. Plant a Thornless Mexican Lime Tree in our backyard (April 2010)
  61. Randomly send someone some small item they mentioned wanting
  62. Have an adventure ( Lake Tahoe 2012)
  63. Plan a couples night to happen once a month (Started Feb 2011)
  64. Help Ryan with the removal and remodel of media center in living room (February 2011)
  65. Visit family in West Virginia
  66. Take a vacation somewhere we haven’t been (Boston May 2010)
  67. Complete the 100 push-ups program
  68. Watch the sunrise ( Does seeing it when you get up before it for work count?)
  69. Spend a night in a luxury hotel(February 2012 - St Regis)
  70. Go to an Angels Game and not freak out in the crowds (April 24, 2010...Go Indians)
  71. Design Shower invites (Sonia November 2010)
  72. Design Holiday Cards for friends (Hornbostels 2010)
  73. Go to a USC Homecoming Game (November 2012...with Ryan and Dylan Miles!)
  74. Learn to knit
  75. Buy golf clubs and go golfing with Ryan ( I inherited a set and have since been golfing)
  76. Resurface the French doors in dinning room ( June 2011..all by myself)
  77. Plant yummy veggies in the yard and actually eat them(April 2010)
  78. Take more classes(still doing)
  79. Have lunch or coffee with a girlfriend at least every other month
  80. Attend the Theater or Opera  (Wicked, March 2013)
  81. Clean garage so both cars can be parked in there. (October 2013)
  82. See the monsoons in Arizona
  83. Go horseback riding
  84. Write in a journal at least once a week
  85. Play Paintball
  86. Buy an Ipad (December 2012)
  87. Go to New York
  88. Go to San Francisco during the Christmas Season
  89. Sell stuff on Etsy(November and December 2011)
  90. Buy something off of Ebay (Harveys seatbelt bag)
  91. Learn to shoot a gun with Ryan
  92. Learn how to SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard)
  93. Vacation in Napa (Augst 2010)
  94. Ride in a hot air balloon
  95. Drive a sports car
  96. Visit a friend I haven’t seen in a long time (Kim ...August 2010)
  97. Learn a foreign language
  98. Do something for someone anonymously (done)
  99. Print a photo of Bozley for the Family wall (Does the front credenza count)
  100. Really try to make all this happen!
  101. Go back for Masters Degree ( In progress....will graduate in May 2013)