24 Years of Memories

Is it not crazy how when you are young a year seems more like an eternity?  Now it feels as though time refuses to slow down and I'm just trying to keep up!  I was shocked the other nigh at my party when an old roommate mentioned we first lived together four years ago, and my reply was, "No, I just started college about four years ago..."  until I thought about it and realized she was right, and it was almost six years ago, not four, that I started at BYU!

I though it would be a cool challenge to come up with just one memory for each year of my life, so here it is:

(I definitely used the aid of our family photo album CDs for some of the earlier years)

1986 - I was born!  How could this have been anything but a memorable occasion!
1987 - This is a guess, but I remember always going blueberry picking when we visited my Grandma in Kenora, so I'm betting we did this at some point during '87
1988 - Although I have no recollection of it, the '88 Winter Olympics were celebrated in my home town of      Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1989 - The first real memory I have, as a three year I went to Kenora and spent time alone with Grandma at Easter!  I can distinctly remember making homemade play-dough, eating cream of wheat, and playing hide and seek with the LDS missionaries
1990 - Not a singular memory, but rather a compilation of lots of memories from early on of going for rides to the park across the street or down the block in our red wooden wagon
1991 - Receiving my AMAZING barbie doll house that my dad build for my 5th Birthday
1992 - David and I were always best buds growing up, and we have plenty of memories of making forts, having sleep overs, and reading books together
1993 - Family road trip to Disneyland!  We drove down through Utah, and stopped to see all the Temples on our way.  We also went to the Red Wood forest and our tent trailer got stuck in the giant drive through tree
1994 - February 5th - My baptism
1995 - My first of many backpacking trips.  Twin falls with my dad, sisters, and Auntie Cathy
1996 - Summer road trip to Texas - South Padre Island, San Antonio, and hot springs at the Rio Grande 
1997 - Our family moved to Dallas, Texas
1998 - We moved from Dallas to Caracas, Venezuela
1999 - Our trip to New York on our way moving back to Calgary
2000 - Summer trip to Europe with my Nana
2001 - My Grandma past away this year.  Our family drove out to Ontario for the funeral and I remember us all reminiscing about fun memories we each had with her, and going back to visit all the typical places like Husky the Musky, the chip wagon, and the tree in front of Grandma's old home
2002 - Our family's move to Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 - EFY at BYU - our group was awesome, and we won the "Spunity" Award for being the group with the most spirit and the most unity
2004 - Senior year of high school Alicia, Liz, Emily, and I took our own "Senior Trip" to Villa Gesell, Argentina (and all got VERY burn).  I probably have half a photo album full of pictures from the few days we were there
2005 - For Christmas my parents, David, and I went on a trip to South Africa
2006 - Jared and I met on Valentines Day (exactly six years ago in a few days)
2007 - December 1 - Jared proposed (and I said yes!)
2008 - Jared and I were married for Time and all Eternity on May 9th in the Las Vegas, Nevada temple
2009 - September 21 - I found out I was pregnant!  (the longest few hours ever waiting for Jared to get home from campus to tell him the news)
1010 - Although not a memory yet...I'm pretty certain the birth of our first child will be a significant memory of the year!