FEBRUARY
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| Valentine's Day... the perfect note on the sweetest bouquet. I'm quite aware of how blessed I am. |
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| I sang here for President's Day. |
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| We went to some really cool ice castles in Midway. |
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| Went to the Chabot Space Center with Angie and Jim during our trip to Cali to visit Stanford/Berkeley. |
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| Alex and Jim (they have the same birthday!) |
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| Melinda and Angie! |
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| Angie, trapped on the moon. Don't you hate it when that happens? |
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| One of my favorite pictures of Alex...ever. |
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| We loved Stanford's campus- but... |
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| Alex chose Berkeley! |
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| Alex also attended the Holi festival (Festival of Colors) in Spanish Fork. |
APRIL
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| After 8 long years... we graduated!! |
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| Parents were proud. |
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| (It was really early...I'm not crying.) See that GORGEOUS lei? My dad performed some miracles, and, thanks to some lovely Costco employees, got it for me just in time for: |
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| Me to pray in convocation. I think I said we were really excited to be done two or three times. |
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| We were surprised with a serious graduation present: a brand new car!!! |
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| Went to La Caille to celebrate! We want to live here. |
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| Went to NYC as the stage manager for New York Showcase with the MDT seniors. Heather joined us. (Best scones EVER. Worth the price of the plane ticket.) |
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| Alex went hiking in southern Utah with his friends Brenton, Jeff and Stu. I'm pretty sure I was still in New York. Or sleeping. |
June
AUGUST
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| Cross-country drive #1. Found this little house in Denver and fell in love. It is 4 stories. |
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| Kudos to the person who named this place. Very assertive. |
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| Independence, MO Visitor's Center. |
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| Adam-ondi-Ahman |
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| The gorgeous B&B we stayed in! The Inn on Crescent Lake in Missouri. |
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| It's a real lake. Alex looks great in that life vest! |
JULY
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| Spent our summer in Nauvoo. (Thanks to Logan Bradford for the picture!) |
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| Ate at the Ivy, of course. |
AUGUST
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| Went to Boston and Palmyra with the family. |
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| President Christianson (mission and fmr. stake pres.) gave us a tour of the Sacred Grove. |
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| Alvin's tree |
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| They learned a lot at the Grandon printing press |
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| BYU blue at the Peter Whitmer home where the Church was organized. |
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| The Mayflower II |
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| Went to see Natural Bridge State Park in Massachusetts |
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| It was really cool. We had a personal tour! |
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| The Berkshires. It was so beautiful! |
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| The top of Mt. Greylock |
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| Went to Saratoga National Park |
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| Mom and I went to "America's Stonehenge" which was actually pretty cool. |
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| Boston brownstones. I loved Boston. |
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| Boston Public Garden. Gorgeous. |
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| At the Public Garden |
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| A carriage ride around Boston, courtesy of Dad |
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| We even got a free tour of Edith Wharton's home. |
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| It is huge. |
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| Tanglewood! The highlight of the trip. Look at that property!! |
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| Seeing John Williams conduct the Boston Pops! |
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| Mom and Dad loved Film Night, too! |
September
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| We moved here! This is our little apartment in northern California. |
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| Annabelle was reunited with her dad after the long car ride with mom. |
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| Went to my first baseball game. (Go Giants!) |
October
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| Angie and I got creative! We put up these lovely curtains... |
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| And got some great lamps from IKEA... |
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| And we built this beauty all by ourselves. |
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| Here is Angie, hard at work! |
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| We celebrated Food Day at Berkeley with Angie. |
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| Annabelle made her movie debut! |
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| She was a little wiggle worm, but very cute. |
November
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| We had our very own 'baking day.' We are awesome pepperkakor makers! |
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| Went to the Santa Cruz boardwalk! |
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| It was a super fun day with Jim, Angie, Jon, and Brittany! |
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| Emily got married! A good round of Perfect Wedding and Martinelli's was needed! |
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| I had a concert in the Tabernacle. (That's me and George Dyer.) |
December
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| We celebrated Mikolas with the Hoffmans! Amazing, amazing meal. |
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| Went to the San Fransico Ballet with Angie and Jim to see my first professional ballet... |
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| The Nutcracker! It was amazing! |
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| Lots to do in San Francisco! |
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| Belly got a Christmas haircut. |
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| Came home to Utah for Christmas. Glorious break! |
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| We also celebrated our 4th Anniversary! (This pic isn't from that night... I just liked it.) |
3 comments:
Wow- what a year you had! It was great fun to read about your busy life. It sounds wonderful - just like you!
sounds like a fantastic year! :) you are beautiful!
Wow! That was a busy year! I hope this next one is filled with wonderful things!
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