My 100th post

1. I was born Nicole Francene Young- April 22, 1974

2. I am the youngest of three

3. I have an older brother, Tommy

4. I have an older sister, Kelly

5. I was born with my left knee inverted and the doctors told my parents I was "deformed". Wow. Bedside manner has come a long way. Well, in most cases it has.

6. I'm a mutt. On my Father's side- Chinese and Spanish and on my Mother's side- French, German and Dutch

7. I am married (11-05-05)to the most wonderful man in the world, Nathan Carmines

8. We have a dog, Zeta. She's part Border Collie and part Australian Shepherd

9. We have 3 sweet nieces....Kelsey-10; Lacey 8; and Ashley 6


10. We don't have any children yet but do want a family


11. I love Opera, Broadway, the Symphony just about everything in the theater


12. My favorite Broadway shows are: The Lion King, Les Miserables and Avenue Q


13. My favorite Operas are: Carmen, La Boheme and The Barber of Seville


14. I love to sing


15. I graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a music ed degree in choral conducting


16. While at UTSA I sang. A lot! I took 5 years of voice lessons with a GREAT teacher, Dianna Allan.


17. I also sang in the Concert Choir and the Madrigal Singers and toured all over Texas, a little in Mexico and Brazil


18. I still sing today mostly at church.


19. I taught choir for 2 years before I took my current job.


20. I am a Christian


21. I am the Director of Children's Ministries at Concordia Lutheran Church


22. I am serving in the church where I was baptized, confirmed and married. My parents were married at Concordia and so was my sister.

23. I ran a 1/2 marathon on 2007

24. I'm running my second 1/2 marathon Nov. 16th

25. I have not been training seriously, yet! We're going to get our butts in gear soon!!

26. I played tennis in highschool

27. I'm not very athletic or coordinated

28. I have 2 living grandparents. Both of my grandmas....Irene and Frances

29. I love to travel

30. The furthest I've traveled is to Australia

31. I'm an AOII (Alpha Omicron Pi)

32. I'm an SAI (Sigma Alpha Iota)

33. I love not wearing shoes

34. I wear contacts or glasses and I'm just about blind without them

35. I started wearing glasses in the 5th grade and I hated them!

36. I enjoy scuba diving

37. I enjoy taking naps

38. My favorite thing to do is drink a cold beer on a beautiful beach in the hot, hot sun

39. The job I've loved the most is my current one

40. The job I've loved the least was at West Telemarketing. I made outbound calls to people and tried to convince them to sign up for a new credit card.

41. I tan very easily

42. My hair color is natural

43. I plan the biggest event our church has and it stresses me out- big time

44. I love Hallmark ornaments and collect them like my sister, my Mom, my Aunt Patsy and my Mamo

45. I love getting pedicures and massages

46. I'm getting a massage tomorrow with my good friend, Michelle

47. I'm not a naturally organized person. If you ever stumble on something that's organized in my life, it took a lot of work and effort.

48. I grew up playing Yahtzee and Uno with my family

49. The person I admire the most is a tie between my sister and my Mom

50. I love going to the movies with my husband

51. I severed my ACL in my right knee in college while skiing. My friends told me, "Don't take a lesson, we'll show you!!"

52. Everytime I go skiing now I always take a lesson

53. My husband can ski really well so we don't spend a lot of time "together" while in Colorado.

54. I am blessed to have really great friends

55. My biggest crush was Jon Bon Jovi when I was in middle school

56. I went to New Orleans for my bachelorette party

57. Nathan went to Austin for his and also was surprised with a flying lesson.

58. I've never broken a bone and hope I never do

59. I believe living within your means....very conservatively

60. I just started going to a new chiropractor and TODAY, after going over X-rays with him, he told me that I was born with an abnormality....I have a really long tail bone. I don't know why that makes me laugh but it does!

61. I use a special deoderant (sometimes) because I sweat A LOT under my arms. In fact, when I was teaching I had such a problem with this, I one time used an Always PAD for each armpit and it somehow got out of place. I went to the teacher bathroom to look for it. I ended up taking off my dress in the stall. Couldn't find it! The bell rang so I put my dress back on. Walked out of the stall and there it was...lying right on top of my head. I was doubled over laughing. Thank GOD no one was in there to see.

62. I love taking family vacations with the newer part of my family (my in-laws). They are fun to travel with!

63. My favorite icecream is BlueBell Mint Chocolate Chip

64. I love to play games that take a long time....Phase 10, Rummy-O, to name a couple

65. I love Sushi but only cooked stuff. I'm not that adventurous

66. I wish I'd never quit piano lessons when I was little

67. I want to take dance lessons with Nathan

68. I pick up stray dogs and try to find their owners

69. My favorite alcoholic drink is a dirty vodka martini

70. My favorite regular drink is unsweetened iced tea with lemon. Preferrably in a styrofoam cup

71. My favorite Disney Princess is Ariel

72. My favorite doll was my Tippy Tumbles doll. She did somersaults!

73. I'm totally wierd about my belly button. I don't like for anyone to touch it! I'm afraid that somehow it will penetrate right through to my insides! (Now, I want you to realize that I am aware that people going around and touching each others belly buttons is not a normal thing. I'm mainly speaking of Nathan. Just wanted to clear that up.)

74. I saw the actual OJ Simpson chase in California

75. I auditioned for Deal or No Deal and shared my OJ Simpson chase story

76. I still think he 'did it'.

77. When I was little I wanted to pee standing up, like little boys do.

78. Also, when I was little I used to beg my mom to let me try dog food and dog biscuits.

79. I had a wonderful childhood filled with lots of skating, bike riding, time at the pool and having friends over to play pool and air hockey

80. My first car I drove was a 1967 Buick Skylark and I could fit about 7 friends in it

81. My friends always knew to take me home first because if I missed my curfew, everyone got fussed at by my mom

82. I'm a big procrastinator

83. In high school, sophomore year, I played "Fiona" in our school musical, Brigadoon.

84. My senior year I played "Maria" in Westside Story

85. I sang The National Anthem and our school song for my h.s. graduation

86. I was voted Most Talented in my senior class

87. I was also voted Most Congenial in my senior class

88. I serve on TEAM for our Women's Retreat at church and I love it!!!

89. I hate to see dogs in the back of pick up trucks on highways because I saw one fall out on 281 once. I had to pull over because I was crying and in hysterics.

90. When I give blood, they can never find my vein the first time.

91. I have one tattoo

92. I want to go to Schlitterbahn sooooooo bad but it's a small fortune for a daily pass!

93. I love summertime after VBS

94. I love mushrooms and onions on almost everything

95. At Luby's I always get fried fish, mac 'n cheese and green beans

96. I love to wear dresses and heels

97. My drink at Starbucks is a Grande non-fat Misto with 2 pumps of sugar free vanilla

98. I want to do Yoga but the studio I like is really expensive

99. I love to country dance

100. If I could be any animal it would be a dolphin

Sleepy Baby

TJ just sent this to me.....

Shame on these parents! This baby needs to be in bed.....but it's a cute and funny video!

A Great Read

Nathan and I are doing a couples bible study based on.....

They're great for married couples, dating or really any relationship. They point out the different ways men and women are wired and we've found this study to be awesome! Check it out if you want to know more about the opposite sex.....or at least if you want to attempt to understand them a little better.

POG minus Heather?!?!

I've been a little delinquent on checking the Point of Grace blog but today I did and I was soooo sad! I've loved this group since I was a teenager. It was hard enough for me when one of the originaly 4, Terry, left. They took some time off from touring to replace her and they did with Leigh. It was an adjustment but my favorite voice was still there...Heather. Point of Grace was first formed in 1991 by Heather Payne, Shelly Breen, Denise Jones, and Terry Jones. Heather is leaving to raise her 4 children. I can't think of a better reason. She will be missed by this San Antonio fan!
They've sold more than 5 million albums and they recieved 8 Dove awards! No Grammy but they've been nominated before. They've also had 24 No 1 hits and you can own them all on their cd collection simply called "24". It's awesome! You can still see them on tour and they've recently started a new conference called Girls of Grace for young ladies tweens to twenties (and then some!). Girls of Grace exists to encourage young girls to live Godly lives. I pray for this precious ministry during this time of transition.

Dan's Moving to the Country

Tuesday was a day filled with strengh, a truck, a trailer, sore muscles and sweat! Nathan and Daniel helped their dear 'ole dad move some of the big stuff into his new house.

Nathan and Nicole throw a Shower!

After church on Sunday Nathan and I threw a baby shower for our friends, TJ and Rachel. We had a great time and they got some new things for the baby! Here's Nathan working on our centerpieces. I found these cute watering cans at Garden Ridge. They are bright and colorful and make the perfect vase for flowers.

Here's the soon to be big sister....Savannah.

We surrouned the deck with pink and white balloons and as you can see, the girls were mesmerized by them. What's the deal with kids and balloons? They love them! Me, I am kind of scared of balloons. I don't like them to pop close to my face. They scare me but so did my toy Jack in the Box and the game Operation. I've never liked the jump-out-at-you startling things.

We got a cake from Costco, of course~ you can see the oh so famous stork cake they do there. It was so good!

We got some games and crafts for the kids to make/ play with....

More Rockport

My posts are a little out of order. Here are more pictures from our time at the beach....

Nathan and Daniel being silly as they attempt to inflate an inflatable mattress....

We are getting creative on sleeping arrangements. The whole point of going to the coast is so that we can all be together....all 12 of us! That's 12 in ONE condo. Nathan and I lucked out this year and got our own room. Sylvia and Larry slept on the couch and couch cushions and Daniel and Kelsey shared the inflatable mattress. The Cobb family all slept upstairs in the 2 upstairs bedrooms. We were all comfortable.

Here's a picture of Kelsey licking the bowl of the cake batter. Mmm...Mmmm.....Mmmmm! It sure was good.

Riding on the Ferry

Kelsey and her Dad

Kelsey is a Mad Libs-aholic. She wanted to play nonstop. Luckily for her, her dad, uncle and aunt were more than happy to oblige. We all had fun mad libbing. We also watched The Sound of Music while on the road. It was Kelsey's first time to see it. She loved it and I loved that she loved it!







Apple fall far from the tree? Nope. Look at how they sleep the same. It's Daniel and Kelsey, by the way.

Our annual group picture