late twenties...

i turn 28 three weeks from today. 

28 guys...i don't know how this happened. i still feel like i'm 22. but i have to say, 27 has been really, really good to me. who would have thought. i felt very apprehensive about 27. 

i'm taking a page out of courtney's book.

she made a list of 27 things she wants to do in her 27th year. well i'm going to make a list of 28 things {court i think we'll have some similar things...we must be friends or something. let's do this thing(s)}. 

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1 - go to the temple once a week {i've done it before, so i can do it again}

2 - go on a vacation {32 days until Vietnam! is that cheating?}

3 - run 2 more half marathons

4 - go to a play, symphony, ballet, and opera 

5 - go on a road trip, possibly cross country

6 - volunteer at a soup kitchen

7 - go snowboarding again this winter {it's been a few years}

8 - try a new recipe every sunday

9 - at least 30 minutes of daily scripture study 

10 - finish the bible

11 - learn to like a new food {no, NOT onions}

12 - create a budget

13 - pay off one of my student loans

14 - date more

15 - go skydiving

16 - read the 10 books i've bought and been meaning to read that are collecting dust on my bookshelf

17 - lose 20 more lbs

18 - learn to dance {you guys i suck at it}

19 - make slip covers for my couches

20 - learn to control my temper while driving...haha

21 - visit every temple in utah

22 - decorate my patio and have dinner parties

23 - go home to wa {seattle}

24 - go home to wa {tri-cities}

25 - chop my hair!

26 - attend institute {i suck at this too...big time}

27 - learn to read music

28 - take an art class

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so here's to wishing myself well in my efforts to complete this list. i know some of them i already have plans to do. you may call that cheating, but i call it smart. 

please enjoy some lovely picture from last year's birthday. and from the surprise birthday party that i was an hour late for. hurrah.

 {work party}

 {my desk when i came in}

 {showed up fashionably 45 minutes late}

{turning 72 last year}