Learn to cook Bread really good

I got Sid a cooking lesson for Christmas and had to get on for me because she needed a ride! It was at Thanksgiving Point. It was so funny! We did learn two great dough recipes and I'm excited to try them out. You don't have to Knead any of these breads so that is exciting! Sidney and I were laughing through the whole class because we just kept thinking it could be a Saturday Night live skit. #1 The teacher was very dry and boring for one. #2 WOW it's amazing how many times the same question can be asked in one cooking class and #3 how crazy most of the questions were. The food was Yummmmmmy though!

Haven't mastered the bread thing yet but getting closer!

Current with all scrapbooks

I finally got out all the scrap books for the last 20 years. Wow what a collection. I have books for every kids with hours upon hours of work. I am trying to organize them all right now and find a nice storage place for them. I have tried keeping them in all the kids rooms but then I took them all and stored them in the garage. That was dumb because we never looked at them. I am trying to find a nice book shelf to store them in down in the family room. I also realized I'm not as far behind as I would of thought. Maybe I'm just not taking as many pictures as before! So my goal this week is find a BOOKSHELF!

Make two new friends a year!

I made my first new friend of my 50 by 50 goal. Her name is Suzie Holdworth. She lives in my ward and is my new ski buddy! We are about the same level and it is really fun to have a new buddy. We also have been going to aerobics together every morning. Strength training in the winter and then we will start training for the triathalon again in early spring! She would be mad at this pic but it is the only one I have!

Spring Break Wicked and Redwoods Trip

I'm so excited because we just made plans for Spring Break. We are going to see Wicked in San Francisco and we are going to go to Yosemite and drive through the Redwoods! Two of the things on my list! We are going in the Motor Home! We are on a tight budget these days but still trying to have fun vacations for less! I of course will update our trip and my list when we go!

Graduate from college.

I just started my two online classes at UVU this past week. Digital Photography and Understanding Adolescents. I am really enjoying them so far. I will be visiting with a councelor down at UVU soon.

Read about 50 different countries

My favorite kind of books are books that teach you about our brothers and sisters all across the world. It has blessed me with a better understanding of gratitude and love for the people and things in my life. It has also made me want to find ways to help others around the world and right next door.

Iraq- The Kite Runner- **** stars
Afghanastan- A Thousand Splendid Suns- **
Nigeria-Say you're one of them-***
Peru- The Sunflower-**
Rwanda-Left to tell-****
Bethlehem- Mary and Joseph-***
United States- The Glass Castle-****
Pakistan- Three cups of Tea-***
England- The girl with the Dragon Tatoo-*
North America future- The Hunger Games-***

SERVICE OF SANDI AND FAMILY NIGHT SERVICE

I'll be posting all my service here on my blog.

The week of Jan. 3rd- spent 3 hours on girls camp, searching out opportunities, PTA stuff, working on blankets for United Way.

Jan 10th week- temple, making humanitarian kits, blankets for the linus project, Windsor PTA meeting, Timp High PTA meeting. family night service- making humanitarian kits for Haiti.

Sidney recieves her Young Women Award

Sidney recieved her Young Womens Award at the age of 15. YAY!! We worked on it every Sunday for ever. I am so proud of her for accomplishing this at such a young age! YAY! She is the greatest daughter ever and this probably shouldn't be on my list but it was important to me that she recieve it!

Temple

Besides going to the temple 100 times, I want to get Scotty there more and my kids. I also want to see different temples. So I have been twice since the New Year. So I'll be keeping track in this post and posting pictures ot the temples I attend.

Hiking Angels Landing!

So first off my list was hiking angels landing! Scott and I snuck away for a day for our anniversary and drove to Zions. I was really nervous for this hike. Not because it was a hard hike but because of how high and steep it was. The using of chains on steepness and the fact that 3 people have died in the past 18 months didn't help. I was really proud of myself for doing it and it was beautiful up there!

50 by 50

Here it is....my list! Now that I made this list a few months ago I find myself thinking of other things I should of put on my list. I think I'm going to stick with the 50 I have and get to work. I've accomplised a few of these so far. I have a few that have to do with my kids and husband but because they are my life work I tried to do personal things that would help me rediscover the Sandi that turned into wife and mother so many years ago. Not that I don't love that role, I'd just like to mesh the two more! :) So wish me good luck on this adventure and I'll be posting my efforts!