Here are some of the memories I can recall:
- Celebrated New Year's with Jason, Derek, Kyle and Megan (and a giant Big Daddy's pizza haha)
- Took a weekend trip up to Rexburg in March just to visit and go shooting
- Trained a new coworker who is now one of my best friends at work
- Flew to California in April for a getaway/2nd Anniversary celebration and spent 1 day in Hollywood, 2 days at Disneyland, drove to the beach and went to an Angel's game (Jordan's first MLB game)
- Went wedding dress shopping with Alex here in Utah
- Flew up to Washington at the end of April for Alex's bridal shower/bachelorette party and bridal pictures before she left for Brazil
- Mom and Jenna visited in May so we could sing in Sacrament meeting and then the lady called the night before saying she double-booked musical performances and we would have to reschedule...
- Had family pictures taken by my wonderful friend Whitney
- Joined Mary Kay (and didn't do much from there haha)
- Celebrated Megan's birthday at Cheesecake Factory
- Flew up to Washington again in June for Sammie's high school and seminary graduation and to help out with BINGO at the graduation party
- Went to Applebee's with the girls and Dallin for half-price appetizers like we always do
- And of course we ate at Frost Me Sweet and Shanghai because we had to
- Spent lots of time with Janell and Kyle while they came down for his wrist surgeries/check-ups
- Donated some more blood
- Had Shonna and Lydia fly down by themselves to visit
- Played a lot of Call of Duty on our new Playstation 4 haha
- Bought our first gun!
- Drove up to Rexburg for Derek's mission farewell (and Big Jud's) in July and then again just for fun (and to shoot our new gun)
- Jordan quit working at Harmon's (finally) and started another part-time job
- Switched from working nights to the day shift at work!
- Became friends with one of my favorite patients at work and helped her learn about the Gospel (we have some really neat stories and experiences if you want to hear more about that)
- Won the cutest baby contest at work haha
- Celebrated Jordan's 25th birthday in September
- Went to a Jazz game with Shonna, Lydia and Jenna
- Celebrated my 23rd birthday in October
- Mom, Ronnie and Lydia flew down for a Pentatonix concert and just to hang out
- Went to Frightmares for the first time with Kallen and Hayley
- Celebrated Halloween with Kallen and Hayley as well by decorating cookies, carving pumpkins and watching movies
- Helped Jordan with tons of homework while he finished three more semesters at LDSBC
- Participated in our first Primary Program in November
- Played football on Thanksgiving with Kallen and Beaux
- Cooked our first giant Thanksgiving feast since my family flew down this year
- Bought new iPhone 7's and went black Friday shopping
- Decorated for Christmas again
- Got a birth control implant put in my arm in December (that was fun and not painful at all...)
- Drove around town to look at Christmas lights with Kallen and Hayley
- Worked on Christmas Eve and then celebrated Christmas with Chanel, the Stewarts and the Evans family (after skyping mine that morning after church)
- Made it through some really crazy snow storms
- Played games and ate Thai food with Beaux and Lauren (while they were in town) and Kallen and Hayley
- Went to a U of U Institute party with Kallen and Hayley for New Year's Eve
- Worked New Year's Day and ate a ton of unhealthy food that my coworkers brought haha
And that's about it for 2016! I guess I was able to remember more about that year thanks to all the pictures I took haha. But seriously, if anyone else remembers something please let me know cause I love looking back at these blogposts and reliving everything. Thank you to all of the friends and family members who made a difference to us last year and who continue to be involved in our lives. We love you!
