it's a little late, but i still feel the need to go back and remind myself of all the amazing things I've been able to see, do, and accomplish in my life. especially since i know i will look back on these days of being single, living in the avenues, working for familysearch, fondly.
*2016 began with kon mari. I came home from guatemala with a realization of how unimportant and pointless all of my"stuff" was. i got rid over over half my clothes, organized, and felt ready for the year.
*many late nights at work with david and trish, working on what is now remembered as the famous "thermometer presentation"... the one where someone had an idea and asked us to put data behind it.
*we played with the dna of strawberries at work.
*transferred the oscar golden barbie to alex.
*took a spontaneous sunday road trip to the salt flats with jill, abby, and john. most beautiful place.
*traveled to las vegas for an early birthday weekend with jana. tickets to "o" by cirque de soleil, delicious food, and shopping. best surprise.
*traveled to florida for the ngs conference/county archive research with karina. late night walks on the beach, good food, lots learned, great weekend in key west... and i even got to have dinner with sam and his fiancé christina.
*had a wonderful birthday weekend with the girls -- dinner at tin angel cafe, dessert at gourmandise, hot tub and sleepover at a hotel!
*became obsessed with hamilton.
*got a pie to the face.
*traveled to st. george/zions with the girls. almost froze to death in the narrows, but alyssa and abby encouraged me and we persevered.
*traveled to kauai with my family. what a blessing to revisit such a special place to us and share it with the kids--can we go back tomorrow?--we ate at lapperts, went horseback riding, hiked, went tubing, ate hula pie, went on a train ride, took thousands of pictures, experienced the queens bath, I got to stay a night in honolulu and see pearl harbor (such a sweet experience).
*went to strawberry days with the girls.
*traveled to england for work. visited cornwall, newquay, walked the steps of tintagel castle, leicester, bamburgh castle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gretna green, search for cemeteries in dumfries, walked along the river ribble, aberystwyth, cardiff, swansea, whitney-on-wye, spent my weekends with chris and his sweet family in billingham, then to london where I caught up with ferme (involving indian food of course), saw phantom of the opera and les mis in the west end, and ate more delicious food... what a blessing to have traveled all over the uk visiting archives in cornwall, oxford, dudley, bristol, nottingham, tyne-and-wear, edinburgh, glasgow, lancashire, aberystwyth, cardiff, swansea, and suffolk.
*traveled to rome with andy. what an amazing 3 days. i could've walked those streets for days... more than i did. and i could've eaten more than 3 gelatos a day...
*introduced the kids to snapchat.
*traveled to new york to visit shanti for her birthday. now that's when we ate all the things. we saw an american in paris--the night of the bombing. i love that lady and all she teaches me.
*we said farewell to our beloved ysa bishopric - bishop price and his wife, julie, will always be some of the dearest people i know.
*the girls and i celebrated halloween at frightmares and the corn maze. never scared and always the first one out.
*bought a new car - mazda cx-5.
*traveled to las vegas with risi to take jana to boyz ii men for her birthday. amazing. best concert.
*voted.
*court side seats to the jazz.
*sang for the 70s christmas devotional. one of my favorite experiences.
*christmas was big - jana got hamilton in chicago and i got paris for my birthday. 2017 is bound to be one busy and exciting year.
*finally measured the sisters heights on moms wall to end the debate. risi, angie and i are basically tired for shortest.
*went to the zoo.
*best new years eve ever. big friend dinner at tin angel cafe.
