A- Apple Juice. Greg and I were given an over abundance of crab apples and we spent an entire evening juicing them together. It's such a simple thing but one of my favorite memories from this year.
B- Beachbody, I decided that I would give Beachbody a go to better my health. I signed up under an independent coach and bought the 21 day fix program, which I really enjoyed! I've slacked off though for a while.
C- Cooking at camp! This summer I cooked for teen camp at SBBC with Debbie, Wendy, Glenda and Micayla. We had a really good week! Cooking for the Hawaiian banquet was a lot of fun! I didn't take proper shoes with me and had very swollen feet at the end of the week.
D- Dog Patch Music Festival. I went to my first music festival, and I was even asked to have a part in it by running the children programming. It was fun, and I would go to the festival again but I probably wouldn't do the kids stuff again.
E- Eastend, Sk. Greg and I took a roadtrip down south over the May long weekend and spent an entire day exploring Eastend. Worth the trip!
F- First anniversary! Greg and I made one year of marriage! We celebrated by spending the night in Lloyd at a hotel and eating a $50 supper at Montana's.
G- Glass walkway. On our Jasper trip (more about that in J) Greg really wanted to go on the Skywalk so we did...it was scary!
H- Heidi and I started to spend more time together. I've wanted to become good friends with Heidi for a while and this year was the year it finally happened! I appreciate Heidi a lot!
I- Infertility. We are experiencing it, and it sucks.
J- Jasper! Greg took me to the mountains for my 32nd birthday and it was fabulous! We went to Malign Lake, the ice fields, the hot springs, and spent the weekend exploring.
K- Kim and Bill. I got to spend Christmas with my (half) sister and birther in law for the first time in my life! It was such a good time!
L- Ladies retreat. I was asked to lead worship at a HHM ladies retreat and it was such a good weekend! I had a bit of an adventure getting there but once I did it was so refreshing.
M- Mom's surprise birthday party! It was her 60th and we were able to pull of surprising her with a big party even though she was very suspicious of us. Also about my mom, she fell down 8 feet of stairs a few weeks before her birthday. One of the scariest nights of my life.
N- New friends. I've never been very good at making friends. I'm very socially awkward and the reality is, most of the friends I have are because they decided I was worth getting to know and forced their friendship on me (which I am so thankful for.) This year there was a few people I wanted to be friends with so I awkwardly made myself make friends.
O- One year since Cheri passed away. April 30th.
P- Pregnancies. Not me, as indicated in I. A few people close to me announced that they are expecting and it's been this weird place of joy and pain.
Q- Queen City. Kaylyn and I went to Regina to use her free stay at the Hotel Sask. Such luxury! I will never again have a Sunday brunch quite like that.
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S- Sea-dooing. Greg has owned a pair of sea-doos for 3 years now and never, not once, taken them out on the lake! This summer I made him! On the first day of summer we took one out and had a blast...until I tipped over and lost my glasses! We took it out another 3 times after that.
T- Tiny Garden. I found an old gun rack at my in-laws yard and converted it into a garden box, along with 5 big planters I bought at an auction sale. I grew carrots, corn, beets, lettuce, radishes, strawberries, brussel sprouts, cucumbers, basil, lavender, rosemary, zinnias, and mint.
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V- Violently ill with strep throat. Right before Christmas I came down with strep throat and it was awful! Fever, chills, headache, nausea, and of course the glass shard throat. Ugh.
W- Wondering and waiting about dad's illness. This summer my dad ended up in the emergency room and then admitted to the hospital for a week. He has been in and out of hospitals since then trying to figure out exactly what is wrong. They are pretty sure they have things figured out now. It's been some stressful months though.
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Y- Youth group has gone through some changes. Some leadership changes, some outlay changes. I think it's worked out but the future of the youth group is a bit unknown right now.
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So I couldn't think of anything for 4 letters...R surprises me, it seems like thre should be something! Oh well, I did pretty good :) 2016 was a good year, not without its hard times though. Looking forward to 2017 and everything that will happen!
