2024 was a great year. Here are my top 10 photos, followed by what we did:

Family:

• Peter was in 8th/9th grade. He is now the tallest member of our family. He played basketball and made the Lehi Junior High team. He also played soccer, flag football, piano, and percussion, and started a job officiating sports.
• Curtis: His first year of junior high. He played tackle football as a lineman and played basketball. And soccer, but it’ll be his last year. He tried out ceramics and played a lot of video games.
• Henry: He performed in two plays, choir, and garden club with Mom. He’s learning to play piano. He started 4th garden in the A.L.L. gifted class and is doing quite well.
• Zack: Finished preschool at Skyridge, and started kindergarten. He participated in soccer, basketball, and swimming, and loves playing with friends.
• Evelina: Loves adventures, and going about anywhere. We do story time, and she still loves her blankie.
• Joe: He continues to work at Lone Peak Hospital, mentored a student there, and loves to work in his shop wood turning.
• We did a lot of traveling this year! Goblin Valley, Disneyland, St. George including Zions, the Redwoods and Oregon Coast, and Peter & Mom to Six Flags, Universal Studios, and Knotts Berry Farms.
• There were also lots of local adventures, hikes, park visits, and fun times at home.

My Career:

• I finished up my licensing exams, and I’m officially a licensed landscape architect. Big goal complete!
• My design business was rather lackluster: I decided to focus more on developing instructional content, which takes a long time, and my career is not my focus right now.
• I did publish a free online course, available here.

Home:

• We focused a lot on landscaping. We completed our front yard landscaping and got a rebate from that from Utah Water Savers. We also planted a pollinator garden.
• We grew a big vegetable garden and freeze-dried much of the produce. The biggest harvests were 8 huge hubbard squash and sweet potatoes that individually reached 11 lbs. And more tomatoes than I knew what to do with.
• Inside the house, we added a swamp cooler, refinished the banister, changed out some wall art, and moved bedrooms around when my sister moved out.

Ministry:

• The boys were active participants with Young Men’s at church and Joe was one of their leaders.
• I moved from Primary Activities (doing activities with the boys) to Relief Society (the group for women), ending up as a counselor in the presidency.
• I continued a personal goal program with my sisters we dubbed Mountain Club.