I have:
- graduated from high school
- passed 4 AP tests, though surviving that week was the real miracle
- gone to countless farewells and have sent EVERY SINGLE ONE of my friends on missions except for the two who are leaving in the next three months
- went to every home football and basketball game, sitting mainly in the first three rows, waiting in blistering heat and icy cold for hours
- met members of those teams
- gone to Portland twice to visit my sweet little nephew..... oh yeah and my sister and bro-in-law were there too I guess, whateves.
- went to the temple and the movie theater probably thirty times each
- took some awesome photo shoots ( alisanicolephotography.blogspot.com )
- and I got my wisdom teeth out for my latest and greatest accomplishment.......
- wait for iiiiiiiiiiiiit.....
- I started my mission papers!!!!
Hip hip hooray I am currently preparing to serve the Lord for 18 months and cannot wait to turn them in at the end of February! With all of my friends, and I do mean all, serving out in the field I have had tremendous examples to look to as I have carefully made this decision. I am so happy for their support along with all of my family who are right behind me!
What have YOU done this year? I love this time to think about goals I can make for the coming months. My New Year Resolutions usually consist of "I'm going to make my bed every day!" which usually only lasts for two, but I am trying it again this time and maybe I can make it a whole week! We shall see.... This past year has brought around so many changes to my life I haven't even realized them all yet! Moving (only 20 minutes) from my house, living with my friends, graduating, taking on new classes, going to church in a new ward, and having to shop for my own groceries is not as easy as I thought it would be! Growing up got real this year, in what feels like a blink of an eye I had to really take a look at what mattered and what didn't. What part of myself did I want to keep, and what part did I have to leave behind? These questions aren't easy and I know I will only face more and more as I keep trekking forward, which is what I plan to do! New and improved 2014.
Oh yeah, and along with New Year resolutions I have taken to cleaning out my laptop and found these beauties. I have become quite the selfie enthusiast. Photobooth and I are pretty tight. I guess being behind the camera so much makes me hungry for some pictures of myself. Vain? Maybe. Entertaining? Most definitely. Whenever I am alone in my apartment it is selfie and interpretive dancing time folks, feel free to join whenever! I found these while i was cleaning them out and decided the world wide web might have a good laugh and my self-obsession....
Merry Christmas, ya sick freaks!
