1. The Gateway we call Death - Russell M Nelson*
2. Creating Health- Deepak Chopra*
3. The dating experiment- Elodia Strain
4. Outliers- Malcom Gladwell^*
5. Healing ADD - Daniel Amen
6. More than the Tattooed Mormon- Al Carraway^
7. How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie^*
8. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith^
9. The Wright Brothers- David McCullough*
10. Worth the Wrestle- Sheri Dew*
11. Running with Angels- Pamela Hansen
12. Run less, run faster- Bill Pierce*
13. The Mistletoe Secret- Richard Paul Evans^
14. The Shack
15. Doctrine and Covenants*
16. Pearl of Great Price*
17. New Testament*
18. Glimpses into the Life and Heart of Marjorie Pay Hinckley^*
^book club picks
*favorites
I ran my first ever marathon this year(in St George Utah)! And this is how many recorded miles I logged for the year for mostly running (a little walking): 1, 280 miles. And here it is broken down by month:
Month Miles
January 43
February 76
March 136
April 140
May 116
June 131
July 131
August 151
September 177
October 90
November 43
December 46
Smith Family Top Ten of 2017
- Scott finished most of our basement! He did the framing, electrical, plumbing, we all primed, I painted and he did all the finishing work.
- I(Elisa) ran my first ever marathon! And I’m crazy and want to do it again!
- Elisabeth attended several camps this summer, including one week long piano camp; she saved her money for a year so she could attend this!
- Charles got to play tackle football for the first time in his life and he loved it(and didn’t get hurt!!! Wahoo!).
- Annabelle took a couple of sewing classes this year and found a new love!
- Jane started tumbling and quickly moved to doing back handsprings and flips! This petite girl is strong and can tumble!
- Nora started her first ever year of organized school! She’s in half day kindergarten and loves it, though doesn’t always want to go (aren’t we all a little bit that way? And who would want to go to school when they can stay home with cool mom all day?!)
- Elisabeth and Charles got braces!! It’s a race to see who gets them off first :).
- Charles, Annabelle, Jane and Nora moved schools (again...4th elementary in 4 years...mostly because of moving). We LOVE our new school so much that they don’t even mind wearing uniforms...that much :).
- We took several road trips this year, mostly to be with family: Washington, Idaho, Bryce Canyon(½ marathon for me and Scott), Scott and I went to St. George(my marathon), and Scott took the kids to Capitol Reef (I was in Mexico for a family wedding; went with my mom and sister).
