Happy Leap Day!!

Laura:  "The stars look really bright tonight."

Me:  "That's because it's Leap Day!!" =)

This year already feels special to me for many reasons, and the fact that we have this "extra" day is one of them.  I love that I "took the leap" to go back to school and run the marathon during a leap year! =)  And I love that I finally got to experience dinner and dessert at Chuy's with Laura tonight!  Then we went back to her house, watched Modern Family, and played awesome duets of Heart and Soul, Chopsticks, etc. on her keyboard.  (One of those awesome keyboards that can sound like a flute or guitar or drums or several other things... so fun!  I want one, and I wanna be able to play again like I used to!)

Playing those songs made me think of this scene from Big.  Love it!

Anyway, I spent much of my day thinking of ideas for a "Top 29 list" for the 29th of February.  Laura had a book of list ideas... I may have to start a weekly Top 10 list or something, because they all sounded fun! 

But in honor of "Leap Day," here are 29 events that I would love to "leap" into and re-live, time machine style!  (I don't mean re-do or change things, but simply live again, just as they happened...)

1. Playing "Wild West Bakery Shop" with Rach and Blake when we were little!
2. Grandad reading Cinderella to me when he used to babysit us
3. Racing the cousins to dive in when Havno threw his change into our pool! lol
4. Picking up pinecones, walking along the railroad ties, and playing "Little House on the Prairie," "Little Pilgrims Progress," and "Noah Webster" (all books we read at CHA) with Rach outside Dad's office back in the day...
5. Going to WhiteWater with JB, Rach, Blake, and Emily... back when JB and Emma stayed in the kiddie section all day and we rode The Flumes a gazillion times!
6. The first time I rode the "Terrible Twister" at Frontier City, not knowing the floor would drop halfway through and I'd be suctioned to the wall! lol
7. The 4th of July reunion with all of mom's side of the fam at our house when we majorly decorated everything and had some sort of fun red-white-and-blue jello dessert
8. Playing "The First Noel," "Amazing Grace," and "Joy to the World" on our old piano on Christmas Eve, with the fam gathered around listening
9. The confetti-on-the-fan-turned-on-at-midnight New Years Eve party for 2000!
10. Waiting in the 2am line in Mom's minivan for Krispy Kreme donuts... with Mom, Rach, Mark, Jay, Holly, Megan, and Kate!
11. Driving back from Tri-State, snowy ditch and all, with Jordan Law entertaining us all the way home :)
12. Walking the beach late at night in Hawaii with Babah, Grandad, Rach, JB, Blake, and Emma... seeing Babah and Grandad dance out there... splashing around in the ocean... awesome
13. Laying out in Florida, listening to the waves, singing "Sittin on the Dock of the Bay" in my mind
14. Sitting on the porch swing with Josh in his backyard, just talking
15. The whole day in Boston when we went to the Boston Pops Sound of Music sing-a-long (with Josh, Evan, Sarah, and Zana)
16. The ballroom dance "party" - Josh and I went (after taking lessons) with Holly and Jordan, and at least in my head, we looked good 
17. Chet's 21st birthday and the group's first time at Caravan... learning new line dances is always fun!
18. Not the cruise itself, but the roadtrip back home after the cruise with Rach and Kate... they were so entertaining!
19. The roadtrip with the Wallaces - hilarious from start to finish!
20. Making the boxes for all the volleyball girls (painting, finding pictures and verses, etc.) with Mom!
21. The night of our downtown carriage ride with Rach, Holly, and Megan... so many funny memories that night
22. Talking to Natalie Gruenberg in her car for several hours after Bobbi's first Christmas Shenanigans party (I'd re-live that entire night)
23. The first night at Big Cedar - a fun dinner, then swimming/floating in the hot tub under the stars, watching Dan in Real Life, and just hanging out with Malori, Ruth, and Charlotte
24. The Eugene Field summer cookout with the lifegroup
25. The One Republic concert on the beach at Mandalay Bay... hanging out with Malori, Chet, and Jeff... such a great night!
26. Breakfast at the Bellagio "Pool Cafe" - yep, two from that Vegas trip that I wanna re-live.
27. The whole day of 11-11-11 in Vegas (Bill & Jill's wedding, Maggiano's lunch, shopping with Malori, reception at Stratosphere)
28. Watching Titanic at the Hollywood Theater in Norman (I'd go just to hear that theater's theme song again)... then talking about it all night with Rach, Ashley, and Amber
29. The night at Disney World when we rode Splash Mountain over and over because there was no line... awesome! :)