Things "Everyone needs to do before they die" ??? Do I have to break bones???
Here is a list of things "Everyone needs to do before they die" I have marked the ones I have done in blue! (put a * by "sort of" ones)
Started your own blog
Slept under the stars (one of my most favorite things in all the world to do!)
Played in a band
Visited Hawaii
Watched a meteor shower
Given more than you can afford to charity
Been to Disneyland
Climbed a mountain
Held a praying mantis (I held a really cool Albino praying mantis that I found outside my Mom’s condo! She was beautiful)
Sang a solo (6th grade :)
*Bungee jumped (does Superman at Six Flags count?)
Visited Paris
*Watched a lightning storm at sea (does standing on a beach in Oregon and watching count?)
Taught yourself an art from scratch
Adopted a child
Had food poisoning
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Grown your own vegetables
Slept on an overnight train
Hitch hiked (on the mission)
Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
Held a lamb
Gone skinny dipping
Run a Marathon
Seen a total eclipse
Watched a sunrise or sunset (both)
Hit a home run
Been on a cruise
Seen Niagara Falls in person
Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (in the states yes! Some day I hope to go to Croatia like Jessie got to)
Seen an Amish community
Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol
Seen Michelangelo’s David in person
Sung karaoke
Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
Bought a stranger a meal
Visited Africa (lived in) (served a mission in Cabo Verde West Africa)
Walked on a beach by moonlight (he he he and other stuff)
Been transported in an ambulance
*Had your portrait painted (got to love caricatures)
Gone deep sea fishing
Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
Gone scuba diving or snorkeling (scuba certified)
Kissed in the rain
Played in the mud
Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China
Started a business
Taken a martial arts class
Visited Russia
Served at a soup kitchen
Sold Girl Scout Cookies
Gone whale watching
Got flowers for no reason
Donated blood, platelets or plasma
Gone sky diving
*Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp (my Grandmother survived being in one)
Bounced a check
Flown in a helicopter
Saved a favorite childhood toy (all my most favorite dolls!)
Visited the Lincoln Memorial
Eaten Caviar
Pieced a quilt (made one myself)
Stood in Times Square
Been fired from a job
Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
Been on a speeding motorcycle
Seen the Grand Canyon in person
*Published something (every other day on my blog! :) )
Bought a brand new car
Walked in Jerusalem
Visited the White House
Had chickenpox
Sat on a jury
Met someone famous (talked to Elder Ballard and President Packer on the plain and in the Chicgo airport. They gave our district $50 to buy dinner! Is that not the coolest thing ever!)
Joined a book club
Lost a loved one (my Grandfather and our sweet Jessie)
Had a baby
Seen the Alamo in person
Swam in the Ocean
Owned a cell phone
Been stung by a bee (32 times!!!! Attacked by yellow jackets!)
Seen Mount Rushmore in person
Learned to play an instrument (I forgot though..played the piano once upon a time!)
Held a tarantula (got to love OMSI)
*Touched an iceberg ( not a iceberg but a glacier)
Changed a baby’s diaper (Diaperssssss!!)
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Ridden a roller coaster
Visited all 50 states
Taken a road-trip (another very favorite activity of mine!)
Milked a cow
Been in a movie
Crashed a party
Made cookies from scratch
*Gotten a tattoo--just the stick ons
Rafted the Snake River ( and swam across snake river and back without a life jacket)
Performed on stage (Mrs. Crachet it the Christmas Carol)
Been to Las Vegas
Eaten shark
Bought a house
*Been in a combat zone (not during combat--but I've been to Pearl Harbor)
Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
Touched a stingray (fish aquarium in Boston)
Broken a bone (knock on wood)
Ridden a horse
Eaten sushi (love it)
Had your picture in the newspaper (3 times!)
*Gone back to school
Eaten fried green tomatoes
Killed and prepared an animal for eating (I lived on a cattle ranch, helped out on occasion)
Dyed your hair
Caused a car accident
*Saved someone’s life (my Mom’s and Jessica’s by calling 911!)
All righty then! That was a lengthy list of items, but I had a fun time. It would be fun to see more parts of the world...perhaps in a hot air balloon or in a brand new car! Thank you Katie for tagging me. I enjoyed reading your list and all the fun comments you added!
We enjoyed a lovely dinner of pizza....and I am not quite sure what is on the t.v. screen. We were watching Unwrapped on the Food network Channel. It was a fun show on nostalgic candy!
Before....in avocado green
Charlie with the pillow he calls his baby
I love the new color and feel like a princess! Thank you Robert and Steven for all your help making the room gorgeous!
I liked how there was Steven's hand print on the blocks 
My sweetheart in the fort
So we ended up building a nice horse shoe shaped wall and then decided to go in where it was warm. The hot chocolate was calling our names.
Grandma Knowles and Charlie
Steven must have really bulked up building the snow fort. Grandma looks so tiny next to him.
There was the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen. I think it was a gift! I am sure Jessica asked Heavenly Father if he could create a beautiful sunset to occur as we were singing happy birthday to Jessica. It was so perfect! The views and vistas from Jessica's grave site were breathtaking. All the snow was a gorgeous color of lavender and periwinkle. The mountains were bathed in a rich apricot. The clouds were of the the most beautiful pinks and purples!
Abi making the face for the snow women out of chocolates!
