Baby Bucket List

Hello dearest friends & family~

Over the past few months I realized I desire to have a child so very much, but haven't thought through the responsibility; thus leading me to create a baby bucket list filled with all the things I would like to do/see/experience before the next wonderful and amazing stage in mine (and David's) life. Here is the list I came up with (modifications are made depending on what I learn/experience):

1. Swim/interact with dolphins 
2. Go Parasailing
3. See Blue Man Group
4. See Cirque de Soleil 
5. Visit Sea World San Diego 
6. Go wine tasting
7. Take a hot air balloon ride 
8. Spend some time on Catalina Island 
9. Cross-stitch elephant baby bib
10. Go see an opera 
11. Complete a couple's devotional
12. Read through the entire Bible
13. Attend Intimacy Ignited @ Journey of Faith
14. Spend a year at Curves (reach 100 days)
15. Pay off David's student loan
16. Pay off my student loan
17. Finish paying off the car loan 
18. Purchase a new car 
19. Buy our first home
20. Build up an emergency fund (4 months of essential expenses)  completed November 25, 2011
21. Join a women's bible study @ Journey of Faith completed January 17, 2012
22. Get our last name painted  completed September 2, 2011
23. Finish cross-stitching giraffe baby bib  completed September 4, 2011
24. Go to a Dodger's baseball game completed August 13, 2011
25. Spend the day at Knott's Berry Farm  completed September 2, 2011
26. Read these books:
1. Chronicles of Narnia completed August 2, 2011
2. What To Expect Before You're Expecting (sections 1&3) completed September 5, 2011
3. For Women Only completed July 12, 2011 
4. The Baby Name Wizard  completed August 4, 2011 
5. Captivating & Guided Journal 

Reminder to Self

This time of the year is one of my favorites. The atmosphere, decorations, and joy that seem to eminate from every person you interact with. I know I tend to get lost in the shopping, travel, and busyness, but this year I would like to remember the real reason for this time of the year: Jesus Christ. He was sent to this world as a tiny baby and born in the most lowly of places. God sent His son, His own flesh and blood, to the world to become the greatest sacrifice possible. This year, I want to remember what the true meaning and purpose of Christmas is: to honor and remember that God gave so much for me and I need to be joyful and remind myself how blessed I truly am.

Merry Christmas to each of you! Be joyful in the stress and remember there is peace to be found.

Love,
Jackie

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello people! I am awful at updating but I wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Hope that food, friends, and festivities are wonderful :) Let the holiday season begin!

A Day of Pumpkins

We spent Saturday with a group of friends picking the perfect pumpkins and carving them. It was a wonderful reminder of how blessed we are to have these crazy, wonderful people in our lives. Enjoy a snapshot of our day!

Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch! 

Us at the patch

Marty & Liz trying to choose the perfect pumpkin

Zoe petting the goats

Jen feeding the goats

Let's get this carving party started :)

Zoe & Micah getting started

Brittany, Liz, & David digging in

Yang, Jeff, Jen, & Marty starting the process

My perfect pumpkin :)

The "Clean Up" Process 

David's final product

My final product :) 

Up up and away

Hello friends & family-

Just wanted to say hey to all of you and let you know David and I are headed to Mexico for 10 days to celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary. See you all later! (with pictures of course)

The Burns'

Wine Tasting In Santa Barbara

Here are some photos from our couples weekend away. It was a great time and I learned a lot about wines and what to look for/what I enjoy:

Carter, Zoe, Myself, and David in Santa Barbara

Our hotel (Parkside Inn)

Zoe & Carter @ Presidio's tasting room

David & I 

All of us @ Presidio

In front of the windmill in Solvang

Ostrich Land on our way out of Solvang

Us with the scary, huge ostriches (we were both a little intimidated)

The bus tour we took wine tasting

Our first winery of the day (and my favorite)

@ Roblar (the 2nd winery of the day)

My attempt at being artistic :)

@ the last winery of the day, Shoestring (2nd favorite)
Somehow we didn't get any pictures at the 3rd winery, Folley

Oops...

I know I said I was going to keep up on my blog, well that has failed miserably. I want to keep people up-to-date on David and my life, but it's so hard to stay motivated to come up with interesting and read-worthy things or not make people snore about how normal our lives are :)

I promise to try and keep this blog moving along with updates. I know I want to do this, it's just hard to not let it fall by the wayside like other things in my life. So stay tuned...there's more to come.