The Highlights of 2006

January

• I turned 24 on the 16th.
• My friend Sariah had her first baby girl Grace on the 24th.

February

• I went on a week long cruise from the 6th-10th on the Baja California Cruise.
• I worked a lot of extra hours at my Provo job because we were down 2 part-timers.

March

• I had my one year Blogaversary on March 7th.
• I went to my first Opera on March 11th. I saw the "The Magic Flute" at the Capital Theater.

April

• I switched positions at my BYU job in the middle of April. I went from Faculty Delivery Services to the Copy Center. I hated it at first, but don't mind so much now.
• Ashley and Tim had their first baby on the 24th and they named her Natalie.
• I moved to a townhouse on 9th east on the 30th.

May

• I got $30.00 back from my $200.00 deposit from Carriage Cove. I was glad to have moved out of that place!
• I played at the Villa pool a lot and loved life!

June

• The Summer Reading Program at the Provo Library began at the beginning of the month. Our theme this year was "Open a Book, Travel Through Time: Celebrating 100 years of Reading at the Provo City Library" I did a lot with the teen program and even created a blog for part of the program.
• I went to Canyonlands/Dead Horse Point National Park over Memorial Day weekend.
• I went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo on the 16th. This is the rodeo that Sariah and I have gone to for the past couple of years and I love it!

July

• I went to my family reunion in Missouri at the beginning of July. After the reunion, I went home with Ash and Tim to Indiana for a few days. It was so much fun to see them and their house!
• I walked a million steps this summer! I began counting my steps with a pedometer in May and had reached a million steps by the end of July.

August

• I paid off my car at the beginning of the month. It's nice to not have any debt!
• I moved into a house in the Tree streets on the 15th. I love living in this house and only live with one roommate!
• I received my endowment in the Nauvoo Temple on the 24th. This was the biggest highlight and blessing on my year!

September

• My sister that is 6 years younger than me started as a freshman at BYU. It's been so fun to have her out here and to build our relationship as "adults"!
• September 11, 2006 marked the 5th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. I took some time to reflect on what I was doing that day and what lessons I have learned since then.

October

• October 6th brought me to my 100th blog post!
• October was sort of a frustrating month what with the collections letter from my doctors office and realizing that my car registration had been expired since JULY! But I learned some valuable lessons from these experiences and am thankful that I learned them while I am just in charge of myself instead of others. This experience encouraged me to update my list of places to notify when I move!
• Buck and Caroline welcomed Lincoln into their lives on the 16th. He is such a cutie!
• The last weekend in October I was asked out on a date! This is a highlight for me because I hadn't been out since January!

November

• November brought a fun Thanksgiving weekend at my grandma's house. Grandma wasn't there, but I spent the weekend with my sister and two cousins.
• I was able to see my first BYU football game when they were playing their last game of the season. We beat Utah by 2 points and it was an amazing game!

December

• I received my passport in the mail!
• I escaped the blizzard in Denver (barely) while flying home for Christmas!
• I went cross-country skiing for the first time ever and had a blast!
• I had a really fun New Year's Eve-we ate, played games, and burned stuff! What more could you want?

In summary:
I visited 1 country in 2006-Mexico
I visited 9 states in 2006 (5 of them just on my trip home for Christmas!)-California, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas

I have had a very fulfilling year and I look forward to the adventures to come in 2007...I already know that I will be going on a Mediterranean Cruise in September, but I'm sure lots of little things will make 2007 both challenging and spectacular!