January 2016:
- Landing in the Salt Lake airport to be greeted by the best mission friend a girl could ask for, Dallis, and to a surprise visit from Natalie.
- Participating in my first mock trial as a Defense Witness at the BYU Law School.
- Attending the Provo City Center temple open house with Jesse and Koa.
- Enjoying a fun filled snow day with Jesse and friends, filming our Let It Go music video and building the giant snowman, Hagoth.
February 2016:
- Another fabulous tour of the Provo City Center temple with my ward Relief Society.
- Convinced my three lovely roommates to take roommate pictures with me in the snowy white mountains
- Enjoyed a fabulous time with Jesse at the Ice Castles in Midway
March 2016:
- Went on a beautiful, ill-fated hike with Karina up Stewart Falls
- Ran my 3rd 5K race
April 2016:
- Hosted a phenomenal Easter dinner with the people I love the most
- Enjoyed the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference in the Conference Center with Koa
- Had the best 23rd birthday a girl could ask for by being spoiled with a Murder Mystery Dinner sponsored by Jesse
- Finished Rape Agression Defense self-defense training
- Was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Service Award for 4,000 hours of community service
- Earned a 4.0 GPA my last semester and had the highest grades in 3/4 of my classes
- Was nominated for Valedictorian
- Completed my internship at Project Read Utah
- Enjoyed time with my mom in Provo/Salt Lake City
- Graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Sociology and my International TESOL certificate
- Shared in Sage and Nathan's wedding festivities
May 2016:
- Passed my NES History exams with only 2 weeks to study
- Enjoyed time with mom and dad at Sauder Village
- Travelled to Crystal Lake, Michigan and enjoyed a week with my dad "Up North"
- BOUGHT MY FIRST CAR--a 2016 Toyota Corolla
- Embarked on a cross country road trip to move to Arizona
- Visited Provo with Natalie
June 2016:
- Completed Teach for America Phoenix Induction
- Began Teach for America Phoenix Institute
- Began teaching 9th Grade English Recovery at Sierra Linda High School
July 2016:
- Took my first trip to Sedona where I hiked Cathedral Rock, held a snake, and viewed the Chapel of the Holy Cross
- Visited the Grand Canyon and had my breath taken away
- Experienced my first professional baseball game at the Diamondbacks stadium
- Started dating Nicolas Betancourt
- Drove into the middle of nowhere to visit the Gila Valley LDS temple
- Traveled back to Sedona to visit an abandoned mine in Jerome and hike Devil's Bridge
- Traveled back to Sedona to slide down a natural water slide
August 2016:
- Visited the Musical Instrument Museum where I saw musical instruments from each country around the world
- Started my first day of school as an 8th grade Social Studies teacher!
- Blessed and humbled to begin serving as the 2nd Counselor in my ward's Relief Society
September 2016
- Watched BYU play the U of A in Arizona
- Watched my first ASU football game
October 2016
- Traveled back to Seattle to watch the Collins family be sealed for time and all eternity
- Traveled to Zion's National Park in Utah for camping and hiking
- Picked a pumpkin and shot zombies at Scnepf Farms and visited the Arizona State Fair
- Hosted a fun Halloween party for our friends at Teach for America
November 2016
- Celebrated Thanksgiving with Nick and Beto
- Traveled to Puerto Penasco, Mexico
December 2016
- Earned 100%'s on my first two big grad school papers
- Finished my first semester of grad school with a 4.0 GPA
- Got my ears pierced...finally!
- Ventured to Flagstaff with Nick, where we saw the telescope that discovered Pluto and other adventures
- Returned home to Ohio for Christmas
- Traveled to Florida to spend time with Nick and his family
Countries visited: 1
States visited: 10
States lived in: 2
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