Thursday, December 28, 2023

2023 in Review

January

I turned 39

We had Scotty's grandma's funeral

Nicky got his driver's license

We bought a Jeep for Nicky to drive

We bought a new dishwasher

Nicky got his first job

My grandma passed away

February

Nicky went to Sweetheart's with Lexi (Scotty and I chaperoned)

For Scotty and I took Zoe and Eva to see Bluey's Big Play at the Eccles Theatre

Daisy got new glasses (and apparently wasn't lying about not being able to see)

March

Scotty went on his first Brocation post-COVID

Daisy got her braces off

Daisy performed in her school's production of Aladdin as the "apple vendor"

Nicky competed in the drama regionals and got to move onto state

Nicky went to Disneyland with the performing arts groups from the high school

The rest of us went to Saint George

April

We got family photos taken for the first time in years

Zoe got heavily involved in the "Spikes to Utah" campaign (trying to return the spikes from the transcontinental railroad to Promontory Point in Utah). She got to be on TV and the radio.

Daisy performed her first partner dance

Eva turned eight

Nicky went to prom with Addie

Nicky and Addie performed a scene from A Woman of No Importance at State and medaled

Daisy started a petition at the junior high to do Footloose for the next musical 

Eva went on her first field trip on a bus (to the zoo)

May

Nicky, Zoe, and Eva performed at the cheerleading showcase at the high school

Nicky danced with Whitney in the partner dance (Whitney is one of my best friend's daughters - she has autism)

Eva was baptized by Nicky

Nicky went to Senior Ball with Ellie

Zoe had her 4th grade Utah program and proudly got to hold the sign for Piute County

Eva, Zoe, and Daisy had their spring dance concert

Nicky auditioned for the competing theatre team at the high school and made it

Scotty and I celebrated our 20th Anniversary at Disneyland

Nicky had the lead role in "Everyone Gets Eaten by Sharks" for his theatre performance

Zoe got to be on the Radio From Hell at X96 for the Spikes to Utah campaign

Daisy had her school choir performance and did a rap solo

June

We went to Saint George with Scotty's family

Daisy and I went to girls camp

My brother passed away unexpectedly

Daisy went to Oakcrest (a church camp)

Scotty and Nicky went to Young Men camp

July

Scotty, Nicky, Zoe, and I did the Muddy Dash

Nicky and I went to the Saratoga Springs Temple open house and got trapped in the Celestial Room

Scotty and Nicky started working at USANA to pay for Nicky's theatre fees

Zoe did a theatre summer camp and performed as a "who" in Seussical

Scotty and Nicky went backpacking with some people from our church

Nicky and Daisy attended FSY at Snow College

August

The kids started 11th, 8th, 5th, and 3rd grade

We went camping with Scotty's parents' ward (spoiler alert: by the end of the year, it became our ward)

Nicky was on the high school golf team for the third year

Nicky was cast as "Winward" in the The Little Mermaid at the high school

September

Nicky went to Homecoming with Regan

We went to Fan X

Our fence, garage, and truck got vandalized

The new bike park opened in our area (and the kids love it)

Nicky competed at the Shakespeare festival in Cedar City and injured his elbow from his stage falls (bursitis)

Nicky joined the swim team

We went to Lagoon a lot

Our ward split and our stake boundaries were realigned

October

We bought a new van

Scotty went to Asia for two weeks

November 

Zoe turned 11

We bought a new oven

Nicky received his patriarchal blessing

December 

Nicky injured his elbow (again) 

The girls had in-studio dance performances for Christmas

Daisy was cast as Ariel in Footloose at the junior high (refer to April above)

Nicky turned 17

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