Here's a brief review of my life so far in 2008.

One of the biggest things to happen was that I was called as the secretary of the Relief Society Presidency in my student ward. The four girls I served with are amazing, and some of the greatest friends I could ever ask for! Recently the presidency was released, but I was called as the secretary in the new presidency as well. I look forward to forming friendships with the new presidency, and continuing to nurture the relationships formed with the old.

This is the first picture of us all together...and it only took 3 months to get it!

We did lots of fun things as a presidency, sleepovers, dances, lip-syncs, fundraising walks...it's been a fun year!

In February my youngest brother Jon married his sweetheart Aubree in the Jordan River Temple. This is with my mom, step-dad Russ, Chad, his wife Lydia, Aubree and Jon.

With my step-mom Lori, Dad, Chad, Lydia, Aubree and Jon. I'm not sure why my brothers got all the height...but at least I got the looks, right? ;)

In March the Midgley family took a cruise for my grandpa's 80th birthday. We cruised to Mexico; Cabo, Puerto Vallarta, and Mazatlan. It was a fun time, and that's when Chad & Lydia gave my dad the happy news that he is going to be a grandpa! Now we're just over a month away from little Carter joining our family!

Lydia and I at our hotel in Long Beach waiting to go on the cruise.

On "Divorce Beach" in Cabo...the waves were unbelievable there! Lydia and I in Puerto Vallarta in our matching dresses.

The whole family (minus a few cousins and an aunt and uncle). Chad and Lydia the night they told the family that they are expecting a baby boy in October. With our amazing waiter, Alan.

And our assistant waiter, Avil.In April my dad took us to Tuscon, AZ for a spa/golf weekend...it was a lot of fun, and Aubree, Lydia and I had to show off our manicures!

ABC's About Me

A- Attached or single: Single

B- Best Friend: Vee

C- Cake or Pie: Cake

D- Day of Choice: Saturday and Sunday

E- Essential Item: Lip Gloss

F- Favorite Color: Purple

G- Gummy Bears or Worms: Worms

H- Hometown: Murray, UT

I- Indulgence(s): Clothes and shoes

J- January or July: July

K-Kids: Someday

L- Life is incomplete without: The gospel of Jesus Christ

M-Marriage Date: Someday in the future

N- Number of Siblings: 2 brothers, 2 sisters-in-law, and 2 step-brothers

O- Oranges or Apples: Apples

P- Phobias or Fears: Being alone, clowns, spiders

Q- Quote(s): “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want” – Randy Pausch

R- Reason to Smile: The gospel of Jesus Christ

S- Season: Spring

T- Tag Eight: Aubree, Lydia, Sara, Tommie, Kim, Olivia, Katy, Rachel

U- Unknown Fact About Me: I have a very light birthmark on my belly

V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I love meat!

W- Worst Habit: Criticism

Y- Your Favorite Food: mashed potatoes

Z- Zodiac: Cancer

It's been nearly a year since I've blogged...seems to be a pattern for me! I do plan on lots of updates soon, so much has happened this year already. Mostly I've been busy with work and church and school. In December I was called into the Relief Society Presidency in my student ward. That has been so much fun, and so much work!
February was an awesome month...my youngest bro, Jon got hitched to a beautiful girl, Aubree, and the next day, my other bro Chad and his wife Lydia announced that they were pregnant...needless to say, I'm looking forward to October when I get my first nephew...and that little Carter will be spoiled rotten!

How I spent my summer vacation...

Since it's been a year since I blogged...here are a bunch of pictures of all the exciting things I did this summer...it was full of fun, romance, heartache, music and laughter! I wouldn't trade a second of it! (well, except for that heartache part...)


At The Fray concert in July




At the end of July Mom, Chad, Lydia and I went to Vancouver to visit the fam...The Strang clan!I'm not related to him!My grandma JoanThe Empress Hotel...I really want to stay there one day!Courtney Street in Victoria! Why must they always spell it wrong?We visited my grandpa's grave.

I met the very same Johnny Depp look-alike that I mentioned in my blog from a year ago! He still works at that restaurant...they aren't hiring anymore though...sniff!The boys were SO embarrassed!We're not strange or anything...With the statue that looked like my grandpa...Beth never did get to smell his feet!Jesse, Julian, Marcia and I spent most of the weekend reading the final installment of Harry Potter! (Much to Joe's chagrin, "Put those books down! This is not a library!")still reading...and reading...My mom's the best! Jaime, Kayla, Brit, Katie and I went to Disneyland and Sea World in May.This pic never ceases to be funny!We're hot!!!The only rules at Disneyland are that you must hold hands, but NO DANCING is allowed!His nose was too big!I finally got mouse ears with my name on them! Pirate Princess ears, no less!At the end of June I visited Kim in AZ for the weekend! It was too hot to do anything except shop and eat...but that's what we do best!Kim donated 16 inches of her hair to Locks of Love while I was there!Shopping, shopping and more shopping!Together again after too many years!Waiting for Jericho Road...yet again!

My 28th (82nd?) birthday was celebrated the entire weekend! My friends planned a fantastic night on my actual birthday. Ben cooked dinner and then we hiked up to Ensign Peak! On Saturday night we played Nintendo Wii at my dad's house, then Sunday Russ cooked a wonderful dinner for me!A woman's place??? Barefoot (but not pregnant!) in the kitchen...Party at my dad'sMost of the gang at the top of Ensign PeakWhat attitude?Slip N Sliding on the 4th of JulyScared of the dark!Kayla, me and BritDustin, me and Mike at the Jon Schmidt/Peter B/Ryan Shupe concert

My cousin Jonelle got married! I was jealous of her shower gifts and she wanted to kill me for tying the bows in her hair!This week we hiked to Donut Falls...the scene was much different than when we snowshoed in this past winter...