what a beautiful year it was for me. so hard to sum it all up, but i think it's safe to say it was the best year of my life. it brought a lot of changes in my personal life, & a lot of success for me!! what a fabulous year. here are some favorite memories:
in 2011 I:
-brought in the new year with a mustache.
-got to babysit the cutest kids i know.
-sang karaoke for the first time ever.
-went on double dates
-started dating LUCAS in january (and it's safe to say that was one of the best decisions i've ever made!!)
-sang karaoke for the first time ever.
-went on double dates
-started dating LUCAS in january (and it's safe to say that was one of the best decisions i've ever made!!)
-went to the festival of colors for the third year in a row!
-watched the royal wedding with crazy hats on with my family.
-went hiking, biking, running & swimming!
-did a triathlon with my family.
-celebrated easter with my family.
-celebrated my stinky, chubby, spoiled rotten kitty's second birthday. i love you, Nesta Prime. you are my life.
-learned to make whoopie pies.
-enrolled at weber state university. now one year down, one year to go!
-enrolled at weber state university. now one year down, one year to go!
-celebrated my best friend aaron's twenty-first birthday.
-went sky diving! for the second time.
-got an internship at fox 13 news!!!! had many summer adventures with that including meeting elizabeth smart, being part of news writing & producing, writing fox 13's quickcast & learning how it all works!
-got six baby chickens and four more later in the year!
-took luke to see of montreal for his birthday.
-went to the zoo.
-went to my very first university of utah football game.
-celebrated the fourth of july with my amazing family. & getting drenched in the parade.
-other bands i was lucky enough to see live: the wailers, bright eyes, mountain hymns, matisyahu (again), explosions in the sky, and edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros.
-other bands i was lucky enough to see live: the wailers, bright eyes, mountain hymns, matisyahu (again), explosions in the sky, and edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros.
-met ty burrell (who plays phil on modern family).
-listened to records....a lot.
-got hired at fox 13 news working as an associate producer & photographer.
-went on many sushi dates.
-went on many sushi dates.
-went to park city with my favorite starbucks gang!
-gauged my ears, and also ungauged them within the year (ha!)
-got a tattoo on my foot of a beautiful sunflower from my favorite painting by brandon boyd. got it as a sign to remember to keep my head towards the sun, & that life will always get better.
-went thrifting with boy. went thrifting a lot in general.
-transferred to a new Starbucks store....very sad.
-celebrated Halloween with some of my best friends! (& dressed up as a flapper.)
-celebrated my 23rd birthday with my boyfriend's family.
-wrote my first ever 30 page research paper, & got a B!!!
-also celebrated the birthday with my family. we are super cute.
-was asked to be my best friend's maid of honor at her wedding in a year. i'm SO excited about it!
-caused a fire extinguisher explosion at work, which resulted in the newscast having to end early, evacuation of studio, etc etc. (still not funny enough to laugh about yet. still humiliating.)
-survived windageddon 2011.
-went to arches national park with a lovely group of friends.
-discovered several amazing new bands, including The Civil Wars, Cage the Elephant, & Adele.
This year was the best of my life, which is so good because although 2010 was also great, it was probably the worst year of my life.
Proof that everything works out in the end! I'm so excited for 2012.
