My Christmas Present Is a New Bumper: Car Wreck :(

Everyone has their nightmares of getting in a car wreck; we see or hear about them daily, and some of us are unfortunate enough to be in one and experience them first hand. Saturday morning was just another day in this good old holiday season. I left early to go do a little shopping before I went to work. I was stopped at a light, and started to pull forward when the car behind me rammed into me, then sped off....Hit & Run! I am just so grateful that I have a family who cares about who came to my rescue and knew what to do, and the kind police officer who was there to help us. I have a new found respect for the police force and am grateful to them and their families...I walked away with only a few bumps and bruises and only a few scrapes on my car. The only bummer is that I can't shut my trunk, so it'll be hard to hide my christmas shopping in there haha....To be honest compared to other wrecks I've seen I'll take it! This was definitely not on my bucketlist of things to experience in life, but in a way I'm grateful for this experience and the things that I learned...

My Attempt at Being Spiderman: Rock Climbing!

Idk if you have ever watched the Spiderman movies, but I have and I have always dreamed of scaling the walls of a building and flying through the air, not so much the tight blue and red out fit but that's why it's only a dream. However I got a little taste of that dream this past weekend. Every friday night they have Ladies night at the Rec Center in Nampa where ladies get a free harness to go rock climbing. Soooooo I thought this would be a good time to try out being Spiderman and try my hand at scaling the wall....and oh boy did I have my work cut out for me! Haha sometimes there is quite a disadvantage at being 5'3" and a 1/2 haha and this was definitely one of those times....but divide and conquor I did :) I had an enjoyable time with my sister who is an AMAZING rock climber, (her strong forearms and hands from piano playing came in handy ;) ) haha, then afterwards we attempted to play raquetball.....actually we just hit the ball around and tried not to get hit....all in all fun times for all. If there's one thing I take away from this experience is that it is all mental! The minute you say you can't do it then you're body literally can't....I guess you can apply that to anything...So the next time I try my hand at rock climbing I'll come out on top....Literally! I'll let Spiderman stick to swinging on the web and I'll stay with the rope and harness ;) but I can always dream!

Hymns of Thanksgiving

I love this time of year and it allows for so many opportunities for us to uplift others and to be uplifted ourselves......This year I decided to do something I had never done before and that was to sing in a choir....but for some reason I couldn't just stick with a good ol' church choir I had to go BIG....haha go big or go home they say......So this year I participated in the Hymns of Thanksgiving choir...it was one of the most AMAZING experiences of my life! Singing hymns of thanksgiving and praise to God, there's nothing like it in this whole world! How many people can say that they've sang on television with an orchestra? Not many, but I can.......if there's one thing I can now mark off my bucketlist it's singing in a choir, but I hope that this not a one time only deal, I hope to continue to work on this talent and to make beautiful music not only for my God, but for the people around me, and my own family someday :)

Having a Sister is Like Having a Best Friend Around for Your Whole Life: Girls Night Out

I have the most amazing sisters, and everyday is filled with new adventures. To be honest a lot of the time I would rather be having a girls night out with these two wonderful little ladies than going on a date with a boy. So this weekend was definitely one of those days and oh boy did it NOT disappoint! It started off with making cupcakes! Something me and Malia have sorted gotten ourselves into. This time we made them with band aids AKA laffy taffy rolled out and shaped like band aids, I call then the non useable edible bandaids haha. We also invented a new frosting color and named it Smooth as Babies Bottoms! (if you didn't guess it was pink ;) ) So while we were frosting and rolling and decorating, I helped my little sister prepare a talk for church. I have never been so proud than I was when she delivered her message flawlessly :) makes me look forward to having my own children and helping them with their talks. Anyway getting ahead of myself a little. So we finally finished the cupcakes around 7:00 and delivered them a friend, of course we left some for ourselves to fuel ourselves. We danced and sang to songs like Holding Out for a Hero, I Will Love Again, Believe, just really good hopeful/bashing guy songs that we girls like to sing when boys are driving us crazy :). After we delivered the goodies the fun didn't stop there! We headed to the store and bought the infamous Velveeta cheese, good old processed cheese!Came home to sit down and watch Thumbelina.....I think me and my sisters fell in love, but sadly the prince was the size of our thumbs and taken so I guess we'll have to find our own Prince Cornelius some day ......huh sigh.....haha but what I found underlying beneath the plots and romantic love, was that you can't let other people influence you on how you see yourself. Thumbelina was either really happy with herself or thinking she was ugly and dumb......if there's one thing I learned from this small little person is that you have to FOLLOW YOUR HEART and believe that you can do anything and be anything. :) and yes someday my prince will come :)

Cars+Popcorn = Awesome Times

I have never been the best cooker, no matter how much I love to eat food, I just always seem to mess up recipes that others perfect everytime. However I have found that when you cook with friends, family, or whoever, it not only provides opportunities for great conversation, but in my book two heads (or more) are better than one so fewer mistakes are made.....or you just make the other person do all the strenuous things and you stir ;). One of my goals in life is to be able to as good of a cook as my mom, grandmothers, and aunts, and I have no doubt that one day I will......but it's easier said than done. Tonight I attempted to make caramel popcorn........if I were to write a summary of that experience, I would have to said success with a burnt wrist haha! Haha I made it while talking to a friend and watching Cars 2 , a movie that talks about being yourself and being yourself best self, just like good ol'e Mator.....So I might not be the best cook in the world, but as long as I'm the best me no matter what I think my future husband, family, etc. can overlook a burnt meal :) Ka Choi!

Purpose of This Blog

I have wanted to start a blog for the longest time, but I didn't have anything to blog about....till now! I was inspired by the movies "A Walk to Remember" and "The Bucketlist". Each mentions about creating a bucketlist; a list of things to accomplish before you die, such as skydiving, dancing in the rain, break a world record, so on and so forth. However, I believe that everyday is a bucketlist that we create without us even knowing! Life is a gift and every moment is priceless, and each moment is a piece of a puzzle or a chapter in our story. This blog is my bucketlist; the things I hope to do my AND the things that I am doing everyday to build the person that I am or a chapter in my own story. Never take any moment for granted, even in the times when things aren't all laughs and giggles. However, life wouldn't be as much fun if we were doing it alone, that's where YOU come in :) I love to be uplifted by the stories of others, and the ideas you have. :) When we put our heads together nothing can stand in our way :)