Top 12 of '12

12 Events That Stand Out From Our 2012 Year

1. January Ice Storm
2. Scheris actually accepted a Primary calling.
3. We celebrated our 4 Year anniversary with a night at Salish.
4. Ten-Stake Dance Festival
5. Brigham Young Granddaughters Reunion trip to Utah
6. Road trip to Las Vegas; Scheris and her mother
7. Obtained YW Medallions and Honor Bee
8. Glacier National Park and Waterton Parks
9. We improved our supply of emergency food and added some safety measures too!
10. Scheris' Florida business trip
11. A severe Scoliosis diagnosis for Alyssa
12. Troy obtained his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science!

Scheris was on a two week business trip to KS, OK, TX, and NC and missed this entire January ice storm that hit Washington! 

 

Scheris accepted the calling to teach the Valiant 10's and is moving with them to the Valiant 11's.  This is not the entire class, but we rarely have everyone there on the same day.

It was a Monday night and we had the entire spa to ourselves! 

Alyssa amazed us in her ability to be focused and keep good form!

On our trip to Utah, we stopped to see my mother's cousin Helen.  She pulled out my great-grandmother's wedding dress and Alyssa did the honors of modeling it for us!  It was a moment I hope to never forget!

Mom and I stayed at my aunt and uncle's home during the 117 degree visit, so we had to get creative with working our tan!

Literally a year long group effort for Alyssa and I, tons and tons of work to obtain our medallions!

Our two week trip to Montana and Canada was nothing short of amazing and beautiful.  This bear was about 100 feet from our car!

We had a little group competition, sort of like an Amazing Race.  One of the tasks was to do a group makeover and photograph it.  This was our after picture, of course!

We spent our bonus on stocking up food for emergencies and something to protect it for the end of the world! 

 

With the teeth braces about to come off, it was only natural that a back brace should take the place of annoyance for Alyssa.  We found out she has severe scoliosis.  This brace she agreed to wear for the next 2 years, about 20 hours a day.  All for the chance that she will reduce her need for back surgery from 80% to 30%.  Fingers crossed her diligence will pay off. 

 

Definitely a blessing from Troy's hard work.  He obtained his degree and landed himself a job too!