LISTS

The last 3 days were filled with fun times, good food, relaxation, and good conversations.

I had made a list of questions that I wanted to ask Shannon about- I never pulled it out, it was just stuck there in my head. Periodically, while driving or walking or eating, we'd chat about them. I also brought a small moleskin that I wrote down our thoughts in.

The result of those questions were some lists:

PLACES WE'VE BEEN TO FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY (at least the ones we could remember)

• Disneyland
• Sonoma
• Foxes Bed and Breakfast in Sutter Creek
• San Diego - before we lived here.
• Pelican Bay near Watsonville- several times.
• Applefarm Bed and Breakfast in St. Luis Obispo
• Palm Springs
• Dana Pt - twice now. Once we stayed at Cardiff by the Sea one night too.
• Napa
• Halfmoon Bay

OUR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY HISTORY BY THE NUMBERS:

• 1= years our children have all three been in full time school together, number of marriages we've been a part of, number of horses we have owned
  
• 2= years Shannon worked full time as a teacher, number of churches I've worked at full time, number of trucks I've owned, number of times we've been to Disneyland as a family with the kids
  
• 3= number of children we have, houses we've lived in, dogs we have owned, cars shannon has driven as her daily driver, number of seminaries I've been to in the process of getting my MDiv.
  
• 4= number of college degrees between us either completed or in progress, number of MAJOR home remodel projects I've done
  
• 5= Jakes Age
• 8= Tyler's Age, Number of years we dated (also we noted number of years we waited for sex), and the number of Mac computers we've owned
• 10= TJ's Age
• 11= Number of times we've been to Mexico to do missions as a couple/family
• 12= Number of years we've been camping at Richardson's Grove state park for a week during the summer as a married couple. 16 if you count dating.
  
• 14= years we've been married
  
• 36= our age (uh... my wife says it's my age- she is a youthful 35)
  
• 38507, 37413, 11734= street address numbers of our homes

DREAM LIST OF STUFF WE WISH WE COULD AFFORD TO DO. SOME WE MAY DO, SOME MAY JUST BE A DREAM...

• new kitchen
• new master bed/bathroom remodel
• upstairs bath remodel
• huge family camping road trip for like a month one summer
• pool
• cruise the Eastern Caribbean
  
• go camping with a local family/friend
• buy a Vespa
• get the wife a laptop
• get the wife a new cell phone
• new sectional for the front room
• new patio furniture
• wall unit in the boys room
• house painted
• new doors and windows
• new flooring
• trip to Israel
• trip to New York
• trip to Washington DC
• revamp Shannon's wedding ring
  

3 QUESTIONS WE ASKED THIS WEEKEND AND ARE COMMITTED TO ASKING ALL YEAR.

• How are you?
  
• How are we?
• How is our family?