89. Visit my grandmother's grave

It’s my Grandmother’s birthday today.

And boy do I miss her SO MUCH.

She has been gone for 11 years.

She passed away right after I graduated High School from cancer.

I like to think that she waited until I got home from my Senior Trip before passing so I could say goodbye.

It was a hard day.

You see no one is like my Grandma. She is Super Grandma and I am not kidding.

I was hoping she would send Luke to me on her birthday, but she decided to hold on to him for an extra 4 days. I didn’t mind.

I went to visit her grave yesterday. It has been a long time since I have visited it.

I wish I was better about going.

It was such a cold and rainy day that I couldn’t stay long with Luke out in that weather.

It was also super windy that I didn’t dare leave her birthday present on her grave in case it would be blown away, but I will be back to bring her a gift.

We love and miss you so much.

I am glad Luke got to meet you again. Keep my other babies safe for me.

17. Take Luke to Disneyland for his birthday

We made it! It was quite the eventful trip.

It was full of yummy food, fast rides, lots of walking, and some sleepless nights, but it sure was a blast!

7. Make spray painted pillows

I am deciding to change this goal.

When I first made this list we were living in our other place.

We had a futon in our office and I wanted to make spray painted pillows for it.

When we moved into our new home, we left the futon for our tenants, so bye bye pillows.

We do, however, have a small chair in our office.

I had leftover material from the curtains so I made a pillow for the chair.

Maybe one day I will make the spray painted ones, but for now I am calling this complete!

65. Sew curtains for the office

I finally got around to sewing curtains for the office.

I am patiently waiting for a sewing machine of my own before attempting to sew a dress or a skirt.

I made the curtains out of a shower curtain.

I love the Damask fabrics, but they can get really expensive. So when I saw this material as a shower curtain I snagged it up.

These were super easy to make because it is just a simple valance, no fancy work involved.

61. Dress in coordinating Halloween costumes as a family

Complete!

91. Take Luke to a pumpkin patch

I have been able to take Luke to a couple of pumpkin patches this year.

The first one was called Country Farm Fest. He picked out a nice round pumpkin.

The second place was at Vineyard Garden where we spent the day playing with friends.

I even let Luke paint his pumpkin

Which ended pretty quickly when all he wanted to do was eat the paint.

We will try again with the paints next year.

39. Take Luke camping

We made it camping this year!

Wahoo!

Even though we were able to stay in a cabin with a heater, bathroom, kitchen and TV, I still consider it camping.

We had a great time and Luke did very well.

 
Getting ready to ride

The beautiful lake and mountain scenery behind us.

There will be many more camping trips to come, this is only the beginning!

15. Teach Luke sign language

Luke has been signing MORE the last couple days. I think we are on our way!!

25. Go to a concert of an artist/band I've never seen

We finally made it to a concert of an artist I have never seen!!

We went to Darius Rucker & Brad Paisley.

And it was so good!

We had such a great time.

After all the mess of postponed concerts, missed concerts, and not so fun concerts, it was all worth it.

23. Reconnect with an old friend

For awhile now I have been wanting to get in contact with a girl I have known since first grade. She lived just down the street from me and we played all the time together.

Then she moved to Richfield.

Since then, we have been in contact off and on throughout the years. I usually see her every Labor Day in Payson Park and I visited her a couple times at Snow College.

Once we both got married the visits were more rare.

When I was pregnant with Luke I ran into her at the mall and was thrilled to see her again. We were going to exchange numbers, but then got too distracted by our conversation. We found out we have a lot more in common than we ever thought we did.

After this meeting I have been wanting to get in contact with her again, but had no way of finding her.

Except…

I knew she would be in Payson for Labor Day.

I went hunting her down, but we never were in the same place at the same time. I did however get her number from a family member I ran into.

I decided to finally get in contact with her the other day. I was a little nervous for some reason?

She said she comes up this way about once a month and we need to go to lunch.

We have a lot of catching up to do.

Cross your fingers our lunch date will happen so my goal will be complete!!