Live imperfectly with great delight!: Welch Year in Review...2011

This is what we send out every year in our attempt at a family news letter. It's short and sweet and the drawing is incredible.......!?!

Why I Post

BUCKET LIST

Things I have done during my lifetime:

RULES: Place an X by what have done, leave it blank otherwise.

(X) Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school- only in college, one time for High School Seminary
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been to Florida
(X) Been to Hawaii
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been in a helicopter
(X) Been lost

(X) Been to Germany
(X) Had a black-out

(X) Seen a Broadway show in NYC
() Had a white-out
() Fainted after giving blood
(X) Gone to Washington, DC
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons/markers
(X) Sang Karaoke
(X) Paid for a meal with coins only
(X) Won at a casino
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't.
(X) Made prank phone calls
(X) Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose & elsewhere
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain-

(X) Walked 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
(X) Gone roller-skating
(X) Gone skate-boarding
(X) Been in Times Square, NYC on New Years Eve
() Been deep sea fishing
() Driven across the United States east/west—(half way across to Chicago—does that count?)
(X) Been in a hot air balloon
() Been sky diving
(X) Gone snowmobiling
() Been to Switzerland
() Been to Japan

() Been to Machu Picu, Peru
() Lived in more than one country
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
() Made love in the grass outside your house
(X) Seen a total eclipse of the sun
(X) Seen a total eclipse of the moon
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
(X) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(X) Seen the Statue of Liberty
(X) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
(X) Been camping on a beach
(X) Been on a cruise
(X) Travelled by train
(X) Travelled by motorcycle
(X) Been on the TV
() Been on the Eurostar
(X) Been horse back riding
(X) Ridden on a San Francisco CABLE CAR-- and sang
(X) Been to Disneyland/ 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
(X) Ridden on an elephant
(X) Ridden on a camel
(X) Swam with dolphins
() Been to the Olympics
(X) Walked on the Great Wall of China
() Saw and heard a glacier calf
() Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing
(X) Been snow-skiing
(X) Been to Westminster Abbey
() Been to the Louvre
() Swam in the Aegean
(X) Been white water rafting
() Swam in the Mediterranean
(X) Been to China
() Been to Iceland
() Been to the Great Pyramid in Egypt
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game
(X) Been to a National Hockey League game
() Been to Australia
() Been to New Zealand
(X) Swam with stingrays
(X) Laughed so hard you cried
() Got a speeding ticket
() Had a near death experience

Live imperfectly with great delight!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Welch Year in Review...2011

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