2012

2012 in photos and journal snippets:

January:  "I somehow ended up at school without my backpack yesterday.  How the heck does that still happen to me?  So, yesterday turned into a stay-at-home day."

February: "Today I accompanied Scott (Bruening) in his district solo festival.  He did well, and almost fell down the stairs on the way out."

March: "After getting offers from all three of my top choices, I accepted the offer with Tax Hawk.  I'm beyond excited."  "Church went well.  My class wasn't too out of control despite the fact that the lesson was about animals."

April: "I did not expect our final WIB event to be so...validating.  I feel like I really did make a difference out there.  I'm so grateful to have met so many of these people over the past 3 years.  I will miss it."

May: "It's my final day at IBC.  Things I will miss include seeing my dad so often, talking to Alvin & Kryzstof, learning about chemistry, and reading books at work.  Things I will not miss include mosquito season, babysitting the ICP when it decides to be temperamental, smelling con HCL, and safety meetings.  Actually, who am I kidding, I loved those meetings."

June

July: "Scott just got a new job offer, which I think he'll be taking.  This means we'll be moving soon.  It's exciting." 

August: "We're watching a little bit of the Justin Bieber movie right now.  Arnold was right, it's pretty good.  Haha."

September: "Scott and I had a fun weekend filled with the Comcast man, BYU football, and yes, you guessed it: painting outside." 

October: "Tonight for our Halloween festivities, we'll probably just hand out candy and watch FNL.  We didn't get pumpkins this year, so at least we won't have smashed pumpkins in our yard this year (punks)!  Come to think of it, we haven't done a single Halloween thing this year...besides buying overpriced candy to feed the neighbors." 

November: "We went to Grandma Bruening’s on Friday to play games.  I played one of the funniest Loaded Questions games of my life.  Playing with Connor and Scott (husband) is hilarious.  Ironically their answers were often along the same lines."

December