8-Eat at Bub's Burgers (list #30)

Not a great picture (sorry)...and it was quite a miserable evening.  But look how handy those IKEA umbrellas can be!!  Bub's is one of those places that is close to home but I've never been.  Since I tend to get stuck in a rut, my routines, I decided to put this on my list.  It would force me to try a new place!  We dropped the older two off at church to head to the youth retreat for the weekend and decided to take the little kids out to dinner.  Delicious burger (no we didn't try the Big Ugly).  The highlight for the kids...red cream soda.

7-Read the entire New Testament (list #9)

Well...I thought about trying to read the entire Bible during Lent, but thought that might not be quite do-able for me this year.  I'm glad I decided to make the New Testament my goal.  I started out strong at the start of Lent, with Matthew and his genealogy of Jesus.  And I kept pushing on through the gospels

I got a little bit behind the third week of March, with a lot of things I had going on at school, but I tried to keep reading what I could, and then I took advantage of the quiet mornings during Spring Break to read...

...and took advantage of a quiet Easter afternoon and evening to finish (I Timothy to the end!)  What a way to end this Easter day of celebration of the resurrection of our Savior!

6-Go Duckpin Bowling (list #29)

Duckpin Bowling is pretty fun...and it's not quite the same as bowling.  You can be pretty good at bowling but be horrible at duckpin bowling.  Or (like me) you can be bad at both...  Regardless, it's pretty fun and was a fun way to spend an afternoon of our spring break.  There's an OLD duckpin bowling alley in Indy that kind of takes you back in time...

Clara in action...

And the results...(thanks Millie for being the scorekeeper since you couldn't play)

5- Trip to India (list #1)

My trip to India was truly a life-changing experience.  Rarely a day goes by that I don't think about the girls there, or reflect on the things that I learned during my 10 day adventure.  I experienced the reality of having brothers and sisters in Christ...on the other side of the globe...and ones that might not even speak the same language that I do.  I learned how to serve through "being" as opposed to "doing."  The previous work trips I'd taken part in all had some physical goal--building a church, painting rooms, cleaning areas...but this one was about loving people.  I blogged about my trip on our family blog. I have another entry or two to write, but you'll get more than enough of my thoughts here...
India part 1
India part 2
India part 3
India part 4