Today, my younger sister, Ali, took me snowshoeing. It was quite the adventure! Exhausting, but fun. She kept me going with a promise of a surprise treat at the end.
We found a trail in Big Cottonwood...
20111228
20111225
11. Attend Midnight Mass
Merry Christmas! Yesterday was a wonderful Christmas Eve. I hit the snooze for over an hour and headed to my friend Vanessa's house for some delicious pumpkin cheesecake! It was so fun to see her, Ryan,...
20111224
Christmas Eve Eve!
I had a wonderful Christmas Eve Eve today! Full of Christmassing and hanging out with the family. I spent the night at my sisters and had a delicious brunch with my dad and his wife! He brought me tasty...
20111223
What a year!
I've been thinking today about how much has happened this year and how different 2011 was from 2010, how different I feel this December versus last. It's been an amazing year. A quick recap of the big things!
January 2011...
I was still living in my old apartment (see here), 390 square feet of happiness...
20111219
20. Make my own amazing CrockPot recipe.
Today I made, what I think was, a totally delicious dinner with my CrockPot. It gets the "amazing" stamp because of its tastiness and economic value. Behold! Spaghetti with vegetables and sausage!
Where...
20111217
3. Have a gluten-free beer tasting.
I decided I wanted to cross an item off my 25 before 25 list before I left Davis for Salt Lake. I had the beer and the snacks for a beer tasting so I went ahead and did it solo.
3. Have a gluten-free...
20111212
Twenty Five Before Twenty Five!
It took me a while to compile this list but, voila!, here it is! It does include a number of items from my twenty four before twenty four list...
So excited to knock these off!
25 before 25
1. Go backpacking.
2. Walk across the Golden Gate.
3. Have a gluten-free beer tasting.
4. Take a midnight...
20111208
San Francisco and Merry (Early) Christmas!

I spent the weekend with Sean, my dad, and his wife in San Francisco. It was a beautiful weekend. Warm and clear, sunny skies! It was actually warmer in SF than Davis. Crazy. Anyway, Sean and I enjoyed...