30

It's official . . . I'm old. Just kidding. I was a little worried about turning 30 but now that I'm 30 and two days I feel fine. I do feel a little more like a grown up though. Oh well.

So here are 30 random things about me that you may not know:

1. I had bleach blond hair for a couple of years
2. I really want a motorcycle
3. I want an eyebrow piercing
4. I would love to be able to fix my car myself
5. I can't say Massachusetts correctly
6. I'm scared to death of flying but want to go sky diving
7. I started smoking when I was 15 and quit when I was 18
8. The first time I saw A Walk to Remember, I cried for 45 minutes after the movie ended
9. I think sugar-free is a bad word
10. I cannot poach an egg to save my life
11. I was in the color-guard in high school
12. I have reading glasses but never wear them
13. I always wanted to do gymnastics
14. I failed my first swimming lesson
15. I once got pulled over doing 88 in a 55 zone and had to go to traffic school
16. I always wanted a twin sister
17. I have a bad addiction to caffeine
18. I make Cody spell check everything before I post it
19. I drag raced once
20. I have a pirate's mouth (sorry, inside joke)
21. I'm related to the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
22. I'm allergic to horses, cats, and dogs
23. I want to live in a town called Stars Hollow (if you know where that is, you're awesome)
24. I do not like cold weather
25. One of my least favorite shows in the world is Seinfeld
26. I love Egg McMuffins
27. I hate coffee
28. I like to make lists
29. I love fairy tales
30. I always wanted a tree house

So on a more serious note my goal for my thirties is to be better. To be a better wife, to be a better mother, to be a better friend, to be a better Christian, and just to be better. This song below reminds me of my goal. And that everyday is a new day to be better.

The Arch

So back in the end of July we went to a family reunion up in Illinois. And on our way there we stopped in St. Louis and saw the Arch. We didn't go up (the kids were kind-of fussy) but we did go to the museum and that was pretty cool. After that we took a carriage ride down on the waterfront which was also pretty cool.

LOL

Cody has been really desperately wanting to read Twilight, so I finally let him borrow my copy. OK so maybe desperately and wanting to are exaggerating just a bit. OK a LOT. Cody saw the movie Inception a couple of weeks ago with his brother (I didn't want to go see it, long story) and he comes home from the movie saying that I HAD to go see it. So he's like I'll read Twilight if you go see the movie. Knowing that this would probably be the only way I could ever get him to read the book, I agreed. The movie was actually really good, but I don't think he had a fun time with Twilight. Although a couple of times at night I heard laughing but I don't think it was the good kind of laughing. Now I have to figure a way to get him to read the other books.

I Promise to Never Forget

The Tram

So I'm really behind on the blogging. I'm so far behind that this post is about our anniversary back in June.

I've lived here all my life and have never been up the Tram. So when Cody asked me what I wanted to do for our anniversary, I told him I wanted to live on the wild side and go up the Tram. Sure the Tram may not seem very wild but since I'm scared to death of heights, it was a little frightening. So much in fact that I honestly wrote out a will leaving my kids to family before we left. I wish I was joking but I am not.

So here are some pictures from our crazy adventure.

That says "We live here"