report card of my 23rd year

Last year I made a list of 23 things I wanted to do before I turned 24.  My 24th birthday has already come and gone so here is my annual report card:
1. Scrapbook my London experience: F- This didn't happen.  I didn't even consider making this happen.
2. Graduate from BYU: A!!  So happy!  I even have my pocket sized diploma already!
3. Complete an internship: A Yep, this one was easy!
4. Get a full time job: C So this is sort of done... I have a full time job set up for the summer.
5. Go to Washington D.C.: A HOlla!!  So fun.  DC was simply wonderful and I cant wait to go back again someday!
6. Visit somewhere I've never been: A++ Maui, Hawaii, Washington DC, Charlottesville VA, Jacksonville FL, Houston TX, San Antonio TX... I kicked trash with travelling this year!
7. Get a credit card: F
8. Go to the temple at least once each month: A I totally killed this one.  I went more often than once a month and it was marvellous!  I have a stronger testimony of the temple
9. Do something that scares me:  B  I did some things that scare me, but I had to think of them.  There wasn't really one huge thing, so I gave myself a B.
10. Move out of my parent's house: Hahahahaha F
11. Finish my quilt (or at least start it): B- I worked on both of my quilts but neither is finished...
12. Work on Family History: F
13. Blog once a week: F. I need to aim a little lower this time around.
14. Visit Alyson and Kenny in Florida: A
15. Visit Nick and Amanda in Virginia: A
16. Visit a national park: A (I forgot until this morning that I accomplished this while I was in Hawaii!  I went to Haleakala National Park.)
17. Take the GRE: F (This may be on this year's list though...)
18. Fall in love with a person, place, or hobby: C+
19. Become a runner: B+.
20. Be better at staying in touch with friends: C
21. Accomplish all 12 of my new year's resolutions: D (Since I didn't even make any after March...)
22. Forgive: A.  I definitely improved on this, but this will be a lifelong goal for sure!
23. Visit campus with my parents and have them tell me stories from when they were in college (this counts as family history, right?) F

Summer Vacation

It's been a while since I last updated. Basically, I went on some summer vacations which included vacationing from blogging.

First, as noted in the previous post, I went on vacation to HAWAII!!!  It was so wonderful!  Ever since coming home I keep trying to think of an excuse to go back to that island paradise.  I got to go with the coolest cat the the world: Anna.  Anna had been to Maui before so she was extremely nice to be my tour guide the entire time.

First things first: the lava fields.  Who knew the Hawaiian islands are just a bunch of volcanoes in the middle of the Pacific?!

 

The windy Road to Hana was filled with majestic views of the rain forest and it even included a hike that ended in a waterfall!! (that was one of my goals for Hawaii-to go on a hike that ended with a waterfall!  Anna made it happen.  She is a pro at reading guide books!)

 

A true vacation is obviously not complete without eating donuts at least once.  Once again, Anna came through and we got some of the most amazing donuts which I have ever had.  To make them even better they were on a stick!

There's a blowhole on the island that we decided we should see.  What we didn't know was that we would have to hike at least 100 miles to see it.  Luckily, the scenery was worth it.

 

On the way to the blowhole we found Jurassic Park right off the side of the road.  We almost didn't even stop but we were happy we did.

 

 

Don't even worry, we also got to drive to the top of a mountain to a crater (which is a really good idea-putting a road to the top of a mountain so you don't have to hike!). The mountain was so tall we had to drive through the clouds to get there.

Of course we also got to go to the beach and relax by the pool while we were there!