2012 in Review

So this year has been a very exciting year for me. So lets cover it by month.
January:

I started my year off right by slicing my finger with a rotary blade causing me to spend New Years Day in instacare. Don't worry all I got was a pretty big bandage and a tetanus shot.
I went on my one and only date of the year in January, which of course went well as I'm still single ;)
I began my final semester of school.
February:
I bought my plane ticket to go to London, and made all my final arraingments for London.
March and April:
Nothing much happened except work and school. I decided that I was going to move to Salt Lake in August with my friend Allison
May:
I turned 24 and graduated from SUU with a Bachelor of Arts in English: Creative Writing emphasis.

Because my birthday and graduation were so close we had a party and several of my friends came up to Kanarraville and we had a BBQ.
May was a very exciting month because I went to London!!! London was the best trip I've ever taken, and the most memorable for sure. Hopefully there will be many more trips to England.

Right after London my friend Kymn got married.
Memorial Day weekend I moved in with my friend Erika.
June:
I started working at Tuacahn and the Chocolate Factory again. Discovered that the Chocolate Factory was merging with Utah Truffles and would be moving to Salt Lake City. I of course went and saw the plays at Tuacahn. Loved Hairspray, Aladdin was okay. I absolutely loved The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
July:
I spent the 4th of July in K-town with my family

I continued working. At the end of July my family went to Idaho and Wyoming for a weeklong trip.

I had to leave early from Idaho for my friend Erika's wedding. I was her Maid of Honor, plus we've been friends forever, so I had to make sure to be there.

August:
I moved up to Salt Lake City.

Allison and I went to the Brigham City Temple open house.

September:
My friend Camilla came down from Alaska for a wedding, and stayed the weekend with me.

October:
Allison and I drove up through one of the many canyons up here and enjoyed the Autumn leaves.

Then of course there was Halloween.

November:
There was Thanksgiving with the family in K-town.
I saw Breaking Dawn Part 2, and yes I did enjoy it. Now I get to look forward to The Host.
December:
Went and saw The Hobbit and loved it!
Walked around Temple Square and enjoyed the beautiful lights.

Allsion and I went to the zoolights at the Hogle Zoo.

Made Gingerbread houses

Then spent Christmas with lots and lots of family.

Sorry Libby, stole your picture :D

All in all a very busy, very exciting year for me. Hopefully this next year will be just as eventful and exciting!

My Final Day in England

My last day in England was spent visiting the Tower of London and wandering around visiting some other sites.

This is part of the Roman wall. It's the oldest known structure in London.

Here I am standing outside the Tower of London. I'm a bit nervous that I might be tortured when I go inside.

The Tower of London

The Tower Bridge

I think that I would make a good knight...or would it be dame?

The entrance to The Tower of London

Still nervous...

The White Tower, now a museum.

White Tower

A crown displayed in the White Tower.

How would you like to use that toilet? I guess it's pretty much just like using a smurf ;)

A display of weapons in the tower.

With one of the workers in the Tower. They would act out little skits throughout the Tower.

Is that the Tower Bridge behind me? Sherlock Holmes stood on that bridge ;)

The entrance to the Tower.

A Double-Decker bus. I finally rode one for the first time on my last day in London.

Piccadilly Circus

The fountain in Piccadilly Circus.

This is in Hyde Park.

After visiting the Tower of London, and riding a Double-Decker bus through London, I ended up in Hyde park by myself. I could definitely live in London, I felt safe wandering through the town and taking the tube by myself. Thank goodness I was smart enough to wait and tell my parents that I had wandered around by myself long after I'd done it. My parents would have freaked out if they had known about it.

The fountain at the top of the lake in Hyde park.

Alone in Hyde Park.

It was so pretty and green in the park. I could see me wandering around and enjoying a picnic or reading.

Here's the Peter Pan statue. For any Peter Pan or Finding Neverland fans, Hyde park is where JM Barrie wrote a lot of Peter Pan. It's also where Peter Pan was found as a baby in the book.

The Princess Diana memorial fountain in Hyde park.

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain

Princess Diana Memorial Fountain. It had a nice little walkway around it, and you could sit and stick your feet in the fountain.

About a block outside Hyde Park sits one of the LDS churches. It was under construction while I was there, along as everything else. (They're making everything pretty for the Olympics)

The LDS church up close.

And even closer.

Another picture of the church.

I spent two wonderful weeks in England, and it will definitely be a trip that I will never forget. If anyone ever plans on going to England, let me know, I would love, love, love to go back. Next time I plan on visiting more Jane Austen sites, and riding the Eye of London. It really was the most fantastic trip of my life, and I look forward to many more trips in the future!

Stratford-Upon-Avon aka Shakespeare's Birthplace

Part 4 of my epic journey to England. So I've been in England for over a week and we decided that it was time to go to Stratford-Upon-Avon or the birthplace of William Shakespeare. We rode a train for two hours to get to Stratford.

This was the first phone booth I dared stand in. The ones in London had disgusting ads and were gross.

Jessica standing next to a post office box.

Jessica in the phone booth.

Me and Jessica sitting on the river banks of the Avon river.

Trinity Church. This is where Shakespeare is buried.

The graves of Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hatheway.

This is the house of Shakespeare's daughter and son-in-law.

The inside of the Bed and Breakfast we stayed at.

Anne Hatheway's cottage.

Anne Hatheway's Cottage.

Just hanging in the gardens at the Anne Hatheway Cottage.

Walking the streets of Stratford.

Morgan, Crissy, and I standing at the entrance of the museum that leads to Shakespeare's birthplace.

Hanging out at Shakespeare's house.

What's up.

Me and Bob being awesome!

In Stratford-Upon-Avon we went to the different Shakespeare houses including Shakespeare's house, his daughter and son-in-laws house, and the Anne Hatheway cottage. We also saw "The Tempest" at the Royal Shakespeare Company theatre, which was awesome! We were only there for two days but it was lots of fun and very cool to see the different parts of Shakespeare's life in Stratford-Upon-Avon.