So 2011 flew by... so many things happened this year, so I wanted to have a 2011 recap post before ushering a new year...
This year had a lot of firsts baking wise - here we made a killer cheesecake - other firsts included monkey bread, pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and Red velvet chocolate chip cookies, and red velvet baked donuts - it was a good food year ;)
For my 24th birthday I went to Texas Roadhouse with my roommates - this is me riding the saddle - it was awesome
I was able to see lots of missionaries from my mission every couple of months. Here we are eating at the Indian Restaurant on Center in Provo.. Yum!
It was a pretty good year for Country Swing dancing! J. was my partner in crime when it came to dancing.
We saw the 'Date Doctor' when he came to USU
Sean Kingston also came to Logan
Internship at Rice & Strand Interiors in North Salt Lake
Of course we went to see Pirates: On Stranger Tides - other awesome movies from this year were: Captain America, Thor, and we got a good laugh from Fast Five
After many years, we went to the Air Force museum in Layton - this is a picture of our cute Grandpa by the plane with his name on it. He was a navigator in the Air Force. Pretty darn awesome!
We successfully jump started the Blazer! 'I'm a big girl, I can tie my own sandals and everything'
It was a year for weddings: This pic is at Rob and Ali's wedding reception in Provo
This one is at Erin and Joe's wedding reception in South Jordan
My Step Brother Cpl. Raphael Arruda was killed in action while serving in the Army in Afghanistan... right before he was to come home. This is a picture of the Patriot Riders(holding the flags) and others gathered for the arrival of his body back to Utah. I blogged about it back in July, you can read all about it
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My cousin and I went back to Virginia for about 2 weeks before school started. This is a picture of us up in Colonial Williamsburg. It was such a fun trip - we went to Water Country USA a bunch of times, and got up to all sorts of things... also we discovered Disney Apples to Apples - fabulous game!
Back at USU for my last semester! I made it to a few Football games and Basketball games. GO AGGIES!
Another Missionary get together - we even skyped with our mission President and wife. I love this group of people! - This gathering was right before General Conference so I spent that with my cousin in Payson. We got to meet her brother's girlfriend (now fiance!)
Halloween! I love carving pumpkins, this year I went with a Superhero Theme :)
We went a little crazy with my hair for Halloween - and had an epic party at our apt.
Thanksgiving - my brother and I drove to Phoenix, AZ. Thanks to my crazy driving skills, we made it down there in 12 hours. The break was wonderful - we had 70-80 degree weather. Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful (my pie turned out great!).. and of course cooking Thai food with my stepMom is always an adventure! ... The only downside was our tire exploding outside of ST. George on the way back... it was an ordeal but we made it home alright.
For the first time in years I made it down to Temple Square for the lights. It was a crazy night, but so glad we went down! The lights were so beautiful!
Christmas, my Dad and Stepbrother drove up from AZ. We walked around the Christmas village in Ogden, and even took a stroll down 25th Street - new favorite store is Artists&Antiques!
Christmas day family picture :) Brother, Dad, Grandma, Stepbrother, and Grandpa ^_^
Christmas Break (can I still call it a break when I am done with school??) was filled with work, family time and weddings! This picture is of Jen and Orie's Reception.
Other things that happened this year that are worth mentioning: I passed the LEED GA Exam, started my own business and Graduated from USU! WOOHOO!! It has been a pretty crazy year... it will be interesting to see what 2012 brings!
