Sunday, January 6, 2019

New Years Eve, 2018 in Review, Books Read in 2018

New Years Eve we went to Thai Basil for dinner, just like last year. Charles and Elisabeth then went to friends houses to celebrate and Scott and I stayed here with the littles. Jane and Nora went to bed at 10, but Annabelle stayed up til midnight and had friend Kylie over til about 10. It was a good year. Here are some of the highlights:


  • Me and Scott's trip to Europe- Italy and Austria
  • Trip to North Carolina with Smith Family
  • Family Reunion at our house with Grazzini/Garnica family
  • Jane Braces on
  • Elisabeth and Charles braces off
  • Nora starting piano and tumbling
  • Jane and Elisabeth progressing in Tumbling
  • Charles progressing in percussion and sports
  • Girls progressing in piano
  • Nora going to school full-time
  • Scotts Olympic Triathlon
  • Temple visits
  • Elisabeth teaching piano
  • Visiting family in ID
  • Nora's stitches (cyst removed)
  • Elisa half marathon with Elisa L.
  • Elisabeth's participation in Jordan River temple dedication celebration
  • Jane's baptism
  • Mark and Stacey's sealing
  • Elisa coming back from IT band injury 
  • finishing basement bathroom
  • Elisa winter trip to visit mom in WA
  • Nora stopped sucking her thumb
  • Charles turned 12 and got to go to the temple
  • Elisa starting work and more writing
  • Elisa Certificate of Plant Based Nutrition
  • Scott and Elisa's work in Church callings in Elder's Quorum and as Primary Chorister(not new, but always a big part of our life)

Books Read 2018

  1. Lietenant Terry's Christmas Fudge- by Gerald Lund
  2. Girl, Wash Your Face- by Rachel Hollis
  3. The Power of Habit- by Charles Duhigg
  4. Keeper of the Lost Cities- by Shannon Messenger
  5. Radical Beauty- by Kimberly Snyder
  6. Before We Were Yours- by Lisa Wingate 
  7. Michael Vey, The Prisoner of Cell 25- by Richard Paul Evans
  8. Wonder- by RJ Palacio
  9. Our of My Mind- by Sharon Draper
  10. The False Prince- by Jennifer Nielsen
  11. *7 Habits of Highly Effective People - by Stephen R Covey 
  12. *Edenbrooke- by by Julianne Donaldson 
  13. The Orphan Keeper- by Camron Wright
  14. *The Book of Mormon
  15. One by One- by David A Bednar
  16. The Fifth Way- by David Brisbin
  17. Heir to Edenbrooke- by Julianne Donaldson 
  18. Book of Mormon Study Guide 
* books that I've read before, but reread this year