A must see...

Last year when Travis and I were meeting with preachers to marry us, we were told we had to see Fireproof. With planning the wedding we didn't get around to it, but it was always in the back of my mind that we needed to watch this movie. I got it and watched it while Travis was on a roadtrip and decided it was something we had to watch together. It's a movie that reminds you not to take each other for granted. It reminds you that being in a marriage is something that you need to continually work on. We continue to grow as individuals, and in order to continue to have a strong, healthy relationship you need to remember to learn and care about how your partner has grown.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone. Share it with your parents, aunts, sisters, friends. It's a wonderful resource that just reminds us how important it is to work on our relationships every day, don't take anyone, or anything, for granted.

"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it."

Thoughts and Prayers Please

On Sept. 2 a four-year-old boy, Lucas Holko, was hit in the head with a foul ball at a minor league baseball game. He currently remains in a hospital in Akron, OH in a medically induced coma while they wait for the swelling of his brain to go down and they determine their next course of action. This young boy and his family need our thoughts and prayers. You can visit the website his family has set up(http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lucasholko), leave your well wishes, stay up to date on his progress and make donations to help with his families expenses. Please keep Lucas and his family in your thoughts and prayers, he has a long road to recovery.

So Lucky

As I was running by the river today in downtown Louisville, I was reminded how lucky I am that we live this lifestyle. A lifestyle where we get to live all over the country, and see some amazing, beautiful cities.
Being a Saturday there were lots of families out, playing baseball, flying kites, walking their dogs, having picnics, young couples cuddled up on blankets under trees, elderly couples that had to hold on to each other to be able to walk down the sidewalks. This crazy, hectic life has placed me in such a beautiful city. Now, I must admit, Knightdale, NC was not by any stretch of the imagination glamorous, but I really enjoy Louisville. It's clean, seems pretty safe, and we're right by the river which is gorgeous. I know that I take this life for granted sometimes, but not today. I was reminded how lucky I am. Though it is incredibly stressful, hectic, and can change at any minute, I am so thankful to be here and to see what the future holds.

*I promise to get some pictures of the river and the area before we go.

My Bucket List

"Life's too short not to live it to the fullest."

These are things I want to do before I die, in no particular order.

• Visit all 50 states and Washington, DC. I've visited 23, only 27 and DC left. Along with this comes visiting specific cities, monuments, etc. but I'll just leave those off or this list would be waaaay too long.
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Go parasailing
• Run a marathon (I will do this within the next year or so)
• Visit: Venice, Paris, Japan, China, Greece, Bermuda, Tahiti, and oh so many more.
• Ride in a helicopter
• Go on an African safari
• Do charity work with a women's/children's shelter
• Have something published-article or book-maybe both
• Snow ski
• Ride on a dog sled
• Snow mobile
• Go to the Super Bowl
• Go to the World Series
• Attend the Olympics
• Go zip lining
• Swim with dolphins
• Own a beach house
• Learn to golf
• Take a self defense class
• Take up yoga
• I want to drastically change someones life for the better
• Take an Amtrak train somewhere for vacation
• Go on a cruise with lots of friends and family
• Have a BIG birthday party
• Take an RV all over the country
• Hold a monkey
• See a whale in the wild

*I didn't include having children, or things having to do with children because I think that would require a whole other list all together.

There are so many other things I'm sure I would love to do, but I just haven't thought of them yet or they slipped my mind at the moment.