Monday, January 9, 2017

2016: A Year in Picture Review

2016 was a year of MAGIC!
When I chose magic as my word of the year for 2016, I had no idea what would transpire, but it truly was a magical year.  Here are a few of the amazing things that happened last year!


We visited the ice castles in Midway!
It was our first time and WOW!  Beautiful!


I hosted a 1950s themed dinner party.  Everyone dressed up, the food was perfect and we all had so much fun!
This will be a tradition for sure.


We went bobsledding in Park City!  It was crazy, but so fun!


I attended my first blogging conference.
I met so many fabulous ladies and really had an incredible time!


We went to our first Utah Jazz game and got to go down on the court to high-five the players as they came out.  I'm not really a sports person, but Caleb and my husband really had a great time!


I built a craft room!  Ok, I hired someone to build it, but it's pink and girly and has a chandelier!



I threw myself the most amazing pink princess party for my birthday.  This was such a magical event!


We went to Lava Hot Springs for the first time.
So much fun!



Our annual trip to Yuba Lake was as great as ever!



We saw Lita Ford, Ratt, Warrant, Dokken and Bret Michaels in concert!  Bret Michaels was a blast!  He checked Poison off my concert bucket list!


Costa Rica!!!
Visiting Costa Rica had been a goal of mine since I was a little kid.
I got to spend two amazing weeks there!  I can't wait to go back again!



Weezer was another band on my concert bucket list.  CHECK!
They played with Panic! at the Disco, which is a favorite of Alyssa's.


It was a summer of concerts!  We also saw Kansas and Lynyrd Skynyrd!
Alyssa is a great concert buddy!


Crystal Pepsi made a limited time comeback in 2016!
I can't even tell you how many I drank!


I flew to Virginia for the first time for a
Pinups for Patriots conference!
I joined this fun organization in 2016 and really love it, even though I'm slow to get things going!
We attended the Modern Marine Expo at Quantico.


NYC!  We toured the beautiful historic library and attended a Thank You for your Service documentary showing and reception on the USS Intrepid.  So cool!


We took the family to the Witchapalooza dinner theater for the first time in October.
I had always wanted to go!  So fun!


I entered a Halloween-themed pinup competition.



A weekend at Bear Lake with these fabulous ladies was just what I needed!
This is also going to become a tradition.



My husband and I celebrated our (early) anniversary at the Roof Restaurant and the Anniversary Inn... both incredible places!


I did an hour-long podcast interview for the new Pinups and Patriots show.

The very same week I had an article published on Time Magazine's Motto website!


I couldn't include photos of all the time I've spent with fellow veteran's wives/caregivers over the last year, but this photo sums it up!  This was a Wounded Warrior Project activity.  We decided we needed to match in our pink castle dresses... you know, as people do.


Over the last couple of years, most media interviews I've done have been very heavy, dealing with veteran's and caregiver's issues.  It was so much fun to do a Jello interview!  Yes, Jello!  So random.  Take a minute to watch it.  You'll see what a crazy Jello lady I am!


We spent a fun night on Fremont Street in Vegas listened to live music and watching the light show!


My first cruise was fabulous!


Holding a baby panther in Mexico was seriously a highlight of my life!  It was the most amazing experience!  What's really adorable is when people ask my husband what his favorite part of our vacation was, he says it was watching me hold the baby panther because I was so, so happy!


It was cold and rainy during our California trip, but the kids rode the ferris wheel on Balboa Island and we all had a lot of fun playing in the arcade together.  I got beat at air hockey by one of my kids for the first time.  It was so nice having some good old fashioned family fun time.


I can't wait to see what JOY 2017 brings!

2 comments:

Cearson said...

Did we become best friends? Lol I love this recap of your year! You are always finding fun things to put in your schedule with your "have to's" and it's something to aspire to for me. I feel so blessed to have you in my life even if we are on opposite sides of Salt Lake. <3

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