An Anniversary Worth Remembering!

On June 26th, 2008... 

I sent a completed email bucket list to my husband. 

This was simply something one of my friends sent me.

(I will note that it was prob. you Scotti Hines)

If you know anything about me, I am so not the forwarding type.

I refuse!  They are lame, they piss me off, and are a waste of my time!

Well for whatever reason,  I think i filled this one out because

I had accomplished a lot of the items on the list 

and I thought it was a remarkable feat for someone at 24 years of age.

 Anyway on with the story,

the bucket list went a little something like this...

 ( since said date, the orange X's resemble 

the items I have since checked off)

Hit forward and place an X by all the things you've done
and remove the X from the ones you haven't, then send to your friends (including me).
This is for your entire life!

>   ( x ) Gone on a blind date
>   ( x ) Watched someone die
>   ( x )  Been to Canada
>   ( x ) Been to Mexico
>   ( x ) Been to Florida
>   (    ) Been to Hawaii

>   ( x ) Been to Europe
>   (    ) Been to South America

>   (    ) Been to Central America
>   (    ) Been to Asia

>   (    ) Australia
>   ( x ) Been on a plane

>   ( x ) Been on a helicopter

>   ( x ) Been on a Cruise
>   (    ) Visited All 50 States

>   (    ) Been lost in a neighborhood I knew

>   ( x ) Been on the opposite side of the country
>   ( x ) Gone to Washington , DC
>   ( x ) Swam in the ocean
>   ( x ) Cried yourself to sleep
>   (   ) Played cops and robbers
>   ( x ) Recently colored with crayons
>   ( x ) Sang Karaoke
>   ( x ) Paid for a meal with coins only
>   ( x ) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
>   ( x ) Made prank phone calls
>   ( x ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose.
>   ( x ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
>   ( x ) Danced in the rain
>   ( x ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
>   ( x ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
>   ( x ) Watched the sunrise with someone
>   ( x ) Blown bubbles
>   ( x ) Gone ice-skating

>   (    ) Been skinny dipping outdoors

>   ( x ) Gone to the movies
>   ( x ) Skipped school
>   (    ) Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch

>   (    ) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
>   (    ) Been deep sea fishing
>   (    ) Driven across the United States
>   (    ) Been in a hot air balloon

>   ( x ) Been sky diving
>   ( x ) Gone snowmobiling
>   ( x ) Lived in more than one country
>   ( x ) Lay down outside at night & admired the stars
>   ( x ) Seen a falling star and made a wish

>   (    ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
>   ( x ) Seen the Statue of Liberty

>   ( x ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
>   ( x ) Traveled by train

>   ( x ) Traveled by motorcycle
>   ( x ) Been horse back riding

>   ( x ) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR

>   ( x ) Been to Disneyland or Disney World

>   ( x ) Truly believe in the power of prayer
>   ( x ) Been in a rain forest

>   ( x ) Seen whales in the ocean

>   (    ) Been to Niagara Falls
>   (    ) Ridden on an elephant
>   (    ) Swam with dolphins
>   (    ) Been to the Olympics

>   (    ) Walked on the Great Wall of China

>   (    ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
>   (    ) Been spinnaker flying

>   ( x ) Been water-skiing
>   ( x ) Been snow-skiing
>   (    ) Been to Westminster Abbey
>   ( x ) Been to the Louvre
>   (    ) Swam in the Mediterranean
>   (    ) Been to a Major League Baseball game
>   ( x ) Been to a National Football League game

My husband and I celebrated our three year wedding anniversary 

on 7.25.2011 in South Port, NC

To start off, I had no idea why on earth we were going to South Port...

but I didn't question it because my husband is NOT so much the planning type and this was something he had planned all by himself for us to do!  He cleared it with my various "boss's" & we were on our way to the quaint little town for a relaxing weekend.

We had reservations to stay at the

Robert Ruark Inn B & B for the weekend.

The Inn was so cute, food was delicious, 

& the owners were so accommodating to our needs.  

All around an awesome place!  

We even had our own personal bikes to get around the town...

an orange one, how fitting right?

On Friday night we took a sunset cruise with Captain Bert 

& his wife Becky on their historic 1938 work boat, the Soloman T.

It was such a romantic evening out on the water!

We finished up the evening with dinner at the Fishy Fishy Cafe.

So back to the bucket list...

Friday night after we had gotten back to the B&B

Michael started playing the song "Free falling" on his IPOD.

He then proceeded to whip out this age old bucket list & tell me

that we were going SKYDIVING in the morning.

Really?  OK!  How Freaking Cool!  

I was so very excited... I could barely sleep.

The next morning we had breakfast (a light one for fear of after effect)

& headed out, on our way to the Brunswick county airport.

After watching a terrifying video & signing our life away we got strapped into our gear and into the plane we went.  We jumped, had a hell of a good time & made a memory we will not soon forget!

We even got the $100+ video to remember a  little bit more vividly :).  

What an awesome first surprise trip! 

I can't wait to see what he plans for us next.

We loved the experience, and would totally do it again

if someone paid for it that is...

*a funny note... 

the instructor prepping us for our jump asked if I was OK 

with this surprise plan because, she had had a number of couples 

in the past have an all out marital dispute on the runway 

when the husband broke the news to the wife 

about what they were going to do, ha!  

Good thing I'm the adventurous one in our family!