More about us

This is something for fun to get to know us a little better.

. Started your own blog (Trudi)
2. Slept under the stars (Ryan & Trudi)
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii (Ryan)
5. Watched a meteor shower (Trudi)
6. Given more than you can afford to charity (Ryan & Trudi)
7. Been to Disneyland (Ryan & Trudi)
8. Climbed a mountain (Ryan & Trudi)
9. Held a Praying Mantis (Ryan & Trudi)
10. Sang a solo (Ryan & Trudi)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm (Ryan & Trudi)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch(Ryan & Trudi)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables (Trudi)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight (Ryan & Trudi)
22. Hitch hiked (We've each picked up one.)
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Ryan & Trudi)
24. Built a snow fort (Ryan & Trudi)
25. Held a lamb (Trudi, I don't know if Ryan did, but I think so.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon -
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse (Ryan & Trudi)
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (Ryan & Trudi)
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise (Ryan & Trudi)
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community (Trudi)
36. Taught yourself a new language (Ryan, does pig latin count for me?)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (right...)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing (Ryan & Trudi)
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke (Ryan & Trudi)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt (Ryan & Trudi)
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant (Ryan & Trudi)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight (Ryan & Trudi)
46. Been transported in an ambulance (Trudi, my Dad was driving!)
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing (Ryan)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving (Ryan)
52. Kissed in the rain (Ryan & Trudi)
53. Played in the mud (Ryan & Trudi)
54. Gone to a drive-in theater (Ryan & Trudi)
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business (Trudi)
58. Taken a martial arts class (Ryan & Trudi)
59. Visited Russia (Ryan)
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (Trudi)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma (Ryan & Trudi, we went together when we were dating!)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (Ryan & Trudi)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar (Ryan & Trudi)
72. Pieced a quilt (Trudi)
73. Stood in Times Square (Ryan)
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone (Ryan)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle (Ryan & Trudi)
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person (Ryan)
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper (Ryan & Trudi)
85. Read the entire Bible (Trudi)
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox (Ryan & Trudi)
89. Saved someone’s life (In what way...)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous (Ryan & Trudi)
92. Joined a book club (Trudi)
93. Lost a loved one (Ryan & Trudi)
94. Had a baby (Ryan & Trudi, I did all the work!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone (Ryan & Trudi)
99. Been stung by a bee (Ryan & Trudi)
100. Visited Italy

Christmas Snow

Ethan and Caleb playing in the Christmas snow! We love the snow! (OK not me as much as the rest of the family.) This day it had snowed a lot and we were helping the neighbors with their driveways as well as ours. This is the kids playing on the grass, they think they can shovel the snow off of it. As you can see they are all decked out in their snow clothes. We have to make sure that they are warm enough to be able to ride on the snowmobile.
This is Caleb is n the snow. He was trying to make snow angles. Then I had to go help him up because he couldn't move. Their faces were really cold after this romp in the snow.
Here is Ethan trying to shovel the snow away from the cars. (I had already done it.) We don't have a yard here so they were trying to play in the little drive way and the grass in the front. It was really cute to see them working in the snow. They were trying to make snow balls but the snow was too soft.