41. Send out Christmas cards each year

One more year to go and I will mark this one of the list!

9. Have another baby

Ruby June Warburton was born on 10/11/11.

She was beautiful.

She graced our lives for fifteen short days before returning home to her Father in Heaven on 10/26/11.

To read more about her, visit my other blog: warburtonblog.blogspot.com

 

101. Make and stick to a grocery budget

Since June I have made a grocery budget and actually stuck with it.

It has been hard some months not to go over, but I just try and make it work with what we have in the cupboards until the next month.

I really actually like tracking how much I spend at the grocery store.

This way I know it’s not getting out of hand with impulse buys :)

54. Go to bed by 10pm every night for 2 weeks

Since Jared was gone to Vegas for a couple of weeks without me, life got pretty boring and lonely at night after Luke went to bed.

It wasn’t quite as hard to make it to bed at a decent hour since not a lot was going on.

Since we have all been in Vegas, Jared has been getting up super early (5am) to go to work so he can get home at a decent hour.

This has also made it easier to go to bed early.

Luke also gives me a 6:30am wake up call so I have motivation to get to bed early.

It’s a good and a bad thing.

I kind of like being a night owl.

I have the most energy at night and get a lot done, but being an early riser is nice too.

We will see which one wins out.

23. Reconnect with an old friend

This past Labor day was also Payson Onion Days Celebration.

I was excited because I usually run into one of my oldest friends that moved away when she was in first grade.

Her and her family always come up for the Labor Day festivities.

She lived down the street from me growing up and we were inseparable until she moved.

Fortunately, we have been able to keep in contact here and there throughout the years.

Last time I ran into her was a couple years ago and she had just gone through a divorce.

I thought about her a lot and wanted to know how she was doing.

Last year I tried to find her, but with no luck.

This year I actually ran into her and it was so good to catch up with her again.

She is remarried now and has a little baby.

Hopefully, I will be able to keep in better contact with her.

18. Get my whole family to vacation together

This post is long overdue, but back in July I finally went on vacation with my whole family.

We didn’t go far, but it was still a lot of fun.

We went camping at my favorite childhood spot up Nephi Canyon.

We plan on making this an annual tradition.

It is one of my favorite memories as a child and I hope that my kids will have the same fond memories of this place.

71. Learn CPR & first aid for infants

I am officially certified.

I did this a couple of months ago, but never updated the blog about it until now.

Is it weird that I still don’t feel prepared when it comes to this?

It scares me to death to think I might have to use this training, but I am still glad I did it.

67. Plant a garden (vegetable or flower)

I can’t take any credit for this one, but I am going to anyway.

We (Jared) planted a vegetable garden.

I can’t wait until we have fresh fruit and vegetables in our backyard!

49. Visit a friend that lives out of state

This past weekend I met up with my friend, Jen, who lives in San Diego for a fun vacation.

Read about it here.

48. Start a new family tradition

This past General Conference on Sunday, Jared and I got up and make the most delicious breakfast.

We decided right away it will be a tradition in our family to always make it for General Conference.

We made Breakfast Burritos and Orange Julius.

I got the yummiest recipe from here.

Luke was also in heaven which made us just confirm it even more that it is something we will always do.

I hope the traditions we start will be something that my children always remember and want to carry on with their own families.