Looking Back. Looking Forward.

2011. The year where new beginnings occurred. As I look back on the year, I realize it was a pretty successful and enjoyable year. Of course there were the ups and downs that life always propels your way, but all in all, I feel like it was a great year! 

The year of 2011 brought a lot of prominent events in my life. My senior year of high school. A very exciting school year that was! There was Prom. Prom is always an exciting and fun-filled time. But this year was different. I was surrounded by all of my good friends and I was able to just laugh and have a great time. Not only that, but I was able to join in on the Promenade. Doing Promenade twice = a great time! Once Prom was over, it was time to buckle down and get serious. Sterling Scholar. That was a good time...but a very stressful time as well. Staying up for hours the night before the portfolio was due. Stressing about the interview. And once it came, the nervousness was beyond what I had ever felt thus far. Once the interview was done, I could finally breathe. And it proved to be a very successful event. I was Runner-Up in the English Category. A great accomplishment. (:

As the months clicked away and graduation lingered closer and closer, the senioritis got worse and worse. I just wanted to be done with high school! Senior trip came. Best time of my life! Just spending a whole week with the people I had spent twelve years with was the greatest. It was a time to cherish. It would be one of the last times I would spend that much quality time with the individuals who had made me who I was. The individuals who had made such an impact on my life. I will always look back on my Senior Trip as one of the highlights of my high school career. And then, graduation came. The time I had been dreaming of was finally here. And what an exciting and emotional time it was! I couldn't believe that I had made it to that monumental event in my life. But with a blink of an eye, it was gone. Over with. The tears were shed, the hugs and congratulations had been given. And it was time to move on. 

The summer was filled with working to get money for college. And all of a sudden, it was time to move away. I wasn't sure about moving. I would miss Orderville. I had a lot of fond memories there. But it was time to move on. Time for a new chapter in my life. And the decision to move to Logan was the best decision EVER. College was everything I had dreamed it to be, and more! The school part of it...of course was not my favorite. And I probably partied more than I should. Actually, I know for a fact that I did. My grades prove that. But I was having the time of my life. I met new people. Made new friends. Lost some. Living on my own has been quite the experience. I have had to learn how to manage my money, cook, pay for my own food...and just so much more!

And now, 2012 is few hours away. And I have nothing but a positive and happy attitude towards it. I have a feeling that this next year is going to be a great one! Probably the best one yet. I am excited to see what 2012 has in store for me. (: I am ending this year with amazing friends, an amazing family, an amazing place to live, and a fantastic girlfriend. I couldn't ask for anything to be any different. I am the happiest I have ever been, and I hope this happiness will continue throughout the year of 2012. Actually I know for a fact that it will. Gonna be an AMAZING year! So, 2011 it was real, but 2012 I am ready! Bring it on!! PARTY ON EVERYONE. (:

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Went and saw the lights at Temple Square (:

Ending the year with an amazing girlfriend. (: Couldn't be happier. ILY Britt. (: