I LOVE making lists and goals and what not. This year I decided to do something a little bit different. Instead of just making goals for 2011, I decided to make a 30 before 30 list. I'm 21, so I have almost nine years to complete it, which is good because some of these things will take several years to do! I encouraged Clay to make one too, but he didn't want to. Instead, he promised to support me with my list, which is great because most of the things on this list I couldn't or wouldn't do without him. Here it is:

My 30 before 30 List:

1) Have at least two children
2) Get a good start on my coffee table book (that I will publish before I'm 50)
3) Be featured on a famous blog/site/magazine/or show (not sure yet how I want to define "famous")
4) Photograph a birth (plans to do this in March for my cute friend Coral! I'm so excited!)
5) Cook a completely new meal every single day for a whole month
6) Cook a gourmet 5-course meal
7) Make a beautiful, yummy, professional looking layered cake with fondant
8) Go on a cruise
9) Go to at least 3 countries, continents, or islands I've never been to before (perhaps I will knock numbers 8 and 9 off at the same time?)
10) Go to at least 3 states I've never been to before (I've only been to 7 really that I can remember, so this shouldn't be too hard)
11) Go to NYC (Possibly for my 30th birthday/10 year anniversary)
12) Make pottery
13) Meet every person who lives on my street (and in my neighborhood depending on where we live)
14) Get in the best shape of my life (key word: my)
15) Read the entire Old Testament (along with a manual or something, so I can actually understand everything I'm reading. This will probably take quite a long time)
16) Read Jesus the Christ
17) Be comfortable sewing on my own and make several things
18) Get good at doing eyeshadow and actually wear it occasionally
19) Scan all of the photos I've been wanting to scan
20) Take a great photo of lightning
21) See the nutcracker
22) See Wicked
23) Visit a farmer's market
24) Go to a rodeo
25) Make a service jar and put something in it every day for at least a year (so basically do an act of service every day)
26) Reupholster a piece of furniture (actually do it myself, not just have it done)
27) Buy one piece of famous, classic furniture that I'm in love with (ex: Louis XIV Ghost chair by Philippe Starck)
28) See the majority (preferably all) of my best college girl friends almost or every year (this will take some effort on their parts too!)
29) Hike in Moab, Utah and take an incredible photo there
30) Go to the Manti & St. George LDS temples


With me luck with this! I think I can do it!

A little bit of what we did this year:


In January we moved in with Allan. We spent approximately 1500 hours with him this year! Mostly that consisted of visits to the cemetery, listening to stories, cooking eggs, listening to more stories, and doing laundry.


 Clay took a trip to D.C. for a week with the nursing program and had a blast.


 I spent a bit of time (but not nearly enough) with my best girl friends.

 This is the whole gang before two of the girls left on missions.

 Almost the whole group at Lexi's wedding. We're getting so old! It feels like the other day we all met in the dorms.

 Clay and me at conference in April.

 My parents came to visit almost every month this year! haha. And now they are moving here!
These are the boys in my family. So silly.

 The girls.

Clay and I hung out with my sister McKenna and her husband almost every week this year. It's so nice living just down the street from each other!

 Our sleepy husbands.

 My little brother came to BYU for college! We very much enjoy seeing him more!

 We made some great friends in our ward.

 We did LOADS of yardwork. Above: Allan watching Clay working in the garden.

 Clay and I became professional dog walkers for Allan. No joke. Never thought I'd be doing that for a living!

 We made it up to Texas twice this year to visit Clay's family. We LOVE seeing them and especially our adorable nieces and nephews. We got one new niece and one new nephew this year.

 Our newest nephew, Gavin.


 We had a couple of family reunions. We both come from big families!

 Clay played on several intramural teams including Ultimate Frisbee, football, and basketball. He also took a swimming class.


 We also went to several sporting events (mostly BYU football and basketball games).

 I photographed several weddings, families, babies, etc.










 I also photographed a few homes (picture above is mine, not the two below).

 I discovered that I absolutely love interior design, and can't wait to decorate my own home one day.


 I spent a bit of time with my photographer friends.

 I took a photograph every single day for 4 months! There were many days that I was lazy and just used photobooth on my computer.



We had a great year together and are so excited for 2011! : )

Thought I'd do just a quick post before our trip. We're headed to Houston for Christmas.

 Clay and I have such a love/hate relationship with this little (well, not so little) piggy pug. He is now on a restricted diet that needs to be monitored by the vet. He's almost DOUBLE the weight he should be!

 The Provo Tabernacle burned almost completely down the other day. It was really tragic. It is a historic building that the pioneers built back in the 1800s. Only the brick walls are left barely standing. I took this photo when we just happened to be driving by and saw it. My friend Bethany got a great picture of it. So sad.

 Allan and me out to breakfast. I look like I just rolled out of bed (because I did), and surprisingly, he looks very cheerful and lively!


Clay and I built a graham cracker "gingerbread" house the other night

 ^ Clay feeling sick from eating too much sugar.




 Tempted to destroy it (but we decided to wait till the next day to dig in). Don't we look tough? : )


 Okay we're weird. Frosting war paint & lipstick.

 Reminds me of this that I did a couple of years ago:


Candy lips. I think it would be fun to do something like this with it:

Although I'm not sure Clay would like it.

Okay off to warmer weather! Merry Christmas!

(Photo I took in China a few years ago)