best moments of 2010...

here's just a few of the things i never want to forget...

• the birth of the jedi braid
• eating poptarts with cory smith in the lobby of supercuts
• seeing 30 seconds of 30 seconds to mars
• doing kenna's hair for her wedding
• buying my uke
• the first time i was able to strum it and make music come out without looking and feeling like i was having a seizure
• rock climing with allie
• being roomates with jen
• that shopping spree with allie when we saw one too many awkward couples in victoria's secret and i bought my rose ring
• seeing josh for the first time in 2 years
• the day trip to ephraim when josh and i found the mexican taco man and many creepy things. left without a taco. left with one last unforgettable adventure.
• cory's farewell
• open mic nights with dave
• scrabble night with cory (and mick)...lots and lots but never enough
• eating more otter pops than i thought was humanly possible and watching an entire season of chuck with carrie and dan all day and night on the 4th of july
• the roman themed murder mystery dinner-toga made out of a fitted sheet and many laughs included
• ukulele duets with mama raptor...hours and hours and hours of playing our ukes.
• yah poh with cortni and cade
• FINDING DAPHNE
• yellow wednesday shopping with aubree and nib... "sag sag"
• all of my amazing target purchases
• my first pair of toms
• days weeks and months of writing the greatest pen pal in the world
• making a sandcastle with kip at newport beach
• easton's t-ball game "dad....i just want a sandwich!"
• seeing how to train your dragon with dayna...we broke into a laughing fit that was so intense we almost had to leave the theatre.
• having a similar experience with garrison when we saw the same movie. only we weren't laughing so much...mostly he was just turning into a 5 year old child again.
• hiking/touring timp caves with brad dorner
• seeing brad dixon, one of the greatest friends and examples i will ever have, fall in love and marry and amazing woman...and getting to be the one to do her hair on their special day
• sitting in the front seat on splash mountain for the first and last time
• passing my kidney stone
• going to the nutcracker with daniel and my favorite little couple and giggling/sleeping off and on through the entire thing
• sliding rock with cory and chaz
• hiking the y on nib's birthday
• finding all the home videos quincy has secretly been making
• the ultimate home remodeling project
• seeing ingrid michaelson live...literally having my heart melt a little and being completely inspired
• meaningful talks with garrison till the sun comes up
• grilled gourmet tacos at rubio's
• peter pan by lehi jr. high school
• getting a poloroid camera. finally.
• inception
• helping garrison work on his mustang
• learning to solve the rubik's cube
• disneyland with kip
• listening to to kip giggle in the tiki room for the entire show. no joke.
• learning what credit actually is
• lake tahoe. every minute of it. will never ever get old.
• cutting my mema's hair into a pixie cut
• tickle/pillow fights with andrew
• laying on the mini trampoline and star gazing and laughing with andrew for hours on end
• getting my own car for the first time
• eating ramen late at night and having discussions on the proper seasoning/water/noodle ratios with scott jefferies
• re-reading harry potter and falling in love with it all over again
• starting the microwave on fire with nib and scott. we all smelled like burnt popcorn for days. literally.
• motab-featuring david archuleta with roman
• the branbury in all its glory
• eating j-dawgs at uvu with mick every wednesday
• reading for one more day by mitch albom
• rice king with my andrew (and sometimes jimmy)
• watching daniel love chloe
• listening to storey giggle
• re-establishing my piano studio and having 8 wonderful little students
• saying goodbye to lehi and making orem home
• browsing barnes & noble for hours and most days walking out empty handed
• creating the awkward blog
• skinny dipping in lake tahoe
• sunbathing and eathing subzero with allie for hours
• going to color me mine with dayna
• saying goodbye to dayna and knowing that her testimony will change houston, texas forever
• all of the people and stories i had the privilege of knowing through supercuts
• my first cheesecake factory experience. so good i dreamed about it that night.
• my first time having roasted starbursts
• swimming from the pier to campers beach at lake tahoe, thinking i was going to die, flopping onto the beach and then sleeping in the sun till i could breath and walk again
• runing to muse
• my turquoise ring
• the epic birthday waterballoon fight
• when allie could see again after i hit her in the eyes with a waterballoon
• growing to love my gray eyes for the first time in my 22 years
• falling in love with chuck bartowski
• pulling all nighters because i can't stop watching chuck
• oreos with milk. every night. all summer.
• aubree and chase...those "tweety love birds."
• "the reptile" (that ones for you nib)
• hiking the g with dayna
• boots. lots and lots of boots.
• quesadilla's with alfredo sauce
• wathcing simon, the sexiest british man alive, latin dance.
• converse days
• cafe rio dates with my mom
• extremely inspirational ward conference
• the day i met my friend steven and we jumped on the trampoline in the pouring rain in late october till i was soaked down to my underwear and my body was frozen and loving every minute of it
• being itroduced to the music of mr steven stucki
• listening to nib sing and play her uke
• at least 365 asian buns
• quincy and the dale hat
• going shooting. the first gun i ever touched or shot was a machine gun. it made my whole body convulse. i screamed bloody murder. almost pooped my pants. i have vowed to never shoot a gun again as long as i live.
• meaningful arguments and conversations with dre
• watching kramer eat his moutian of lettuce everyday.
• bum wars
• crepe nights
• fresca's
• tender mercies.
• jen and jeff's ukulele concerts
• aubree in wheezerland
• daniel aguilera's accent
• all my dear friends and good laughs at progrexion
• making sure all the people i love look goooooood.
• fast food runds and unforgettable chats with dave
• awkwardfamilyphotos.com
• phony photos. best. game. ever.
• laugh-crying.
• deciding my calling in life: to write.
• good cries with my dear friends ben & jerry.
• the way kip man giggles at EVERYTHING
• ending this year and starting the next with the 6 people i love the most.