Goodbye to 2019!

Goodbye 2019! 

It's mostly been a good year, this being some of my top9 favorites including:

8 T-ball games, 

7x7ish loads of freeze drying food, 

6 movies in theater, 

5 5K races, 

4 puppies, 

3 hikes, 

2 trips to the ER and 

1 trip to Disneyland!

Other goals we accomplished this year were:

1. I had a goal to read 24 books this year and I read 28! I also started a book club.

2. I memorized the Living Christ

3. I ran 5K in under 30 minutes (on the treadmill. One time only)

 4. Tai is potty trained

5. We had a litter of puppies

6. We planted a tree in our yard

7. Kasen started Pre-school and is loving it!
8. We found an SUV we love AND also paid it off this year.

Some of my goals for 2020:

1. Read Jesus the Christ again

2. Help Kyle put a garden in this summer

3. Finish the basement, for reals this year (our goal from 2 years ago)

4. Take the kids to hike the Y

5. Visit another state

6. Monticello Temple (also a goal from past years)

And now for everyone's real favorite part! 

Some things I learned in 2019:

1. How to put a truck into 4H to get out of the snow.

2. That Kyle likes ice fishing and can catch way more fish that way than regular or fly fishing combined.

3. It takes one entire magic eraser to clean 6 of my kitchen tiles. I have about 150 tiles.

4. How to get my shoes back out of of the bike after a cycling class.

5. Apparently there is no such thing as 1 year, no interest car loan. Even though we've been told that we've had a first year, no interest car loan before. Twice.

6. When you finance a car and they tell you that you have to wait a year to pay it off, that's not true either.

7. How to dispute the credit bureau. And that there are 3 of them. And that you can request one free credit report each year from each of the 3 credit bureaus. 

8. Never assume how well you know anyone or what anyone believes.

9. How hard a 3.8 earthquake can shake my bed.

10. Pumice stones work really well to clean burnt pans.

11. A basic car wash does not include the air dryers afterwards. Cause air is expensive...

12. While camping, always make sure you close your waterbottle lid at night. Spiders can fit inside those straws...

13. It takes about 9 years to finish a US quarters map.

14. Unless I'm literally dying, I will never go to an ER ever again. Especially if I ever have another miscarriage.

15. Industrial sized sprinkler heads can easily give someone an enema if you are standing above one when it turns on.

16. How to keep my brown sugar soft.

17. Young Women's advisor has been my favorite calling so far.

18. The musical Phantom is different from Phantom of the Opera.

19. Cannibal is my new favorite ride at Lagoon.

20. When you go to a bar for dinner or to a show at a comedy club you HAVE to have ID to get in.

21. Puff the Magic Dragon and Pete's Dragon are not the same dragon.

22. Our pathfinder does have a spare tire.

23. California charges .10 cents for every single plastic bag at the grocery store.

24. Turkey legs at Disneyland are turkey, not emu.

25. Pin trading is a thing at Disneyland. 

26. Crew members will insist on measuring sleeping children for the Star Wars ride at least 4 times.

27. Both professional carpet/upholstery cleaners AND dry cleaners cannot get the smell of urine out of a couch cushion cover. How has nobody figured that out yet?

28. How to make the best homemade turkey noodle soup in the world.

29. What it's like to Uber, paddle boat, throw an axe and swing from a giant ropes course swing.

30. How much stinkin fun it is to have puppies.

31. It takes TeleDoc over 2 hours to speak with you, even at 1am. Also, if you get poked in the eye hard enough they will send you to the ER.

32. Turning your dishwasher on after not turning it on for months and months will flood your house.

33. Seat warmers at movie theaters. LOVE.

34. What it's like to lock your kids in the car. That won't start. At the Zoo. 

35. Funeral's for fallen officers are so freakin sad.

36. Running races by yourself isn't nearly as much fun as running with buddies. 

37. My kids like to hike.

38. Removing a wart from Kasen's finger requires freezing it, using an entire box of Compound W bandaids and then freezing it again. 

39. How to make a barbie birthday cake all by myself.

40. Kyle's secret skill of catching small dogs in fishing nets.

Well, thanks for stopping by!

Hope you all have a very Happy New Year!

Cheers