I hope everyone had a great Christmas — I know Bryan and I did!  We got to visit with some friends and spent a lot of time with family.  And now, I can’t believe we are about 14 hours from 2019! Given the close proximity to the New Year I thought I would share our top events from 2018 as well as my New Year’s resolutions.  First, here are some of our highlights from 2018:

January:  

• Got a new car!  Still loving my Mazda CX-5.
• Bac came to San Diego to visit with Alisa.
• Went camping with friends in Joshua Tree and it SNOWED!

February:

• Celebrated our first married Valentine’s Day. We traveled to Temecula for the first time and stayed the night in an Airbnb close to the wineries. 

March:

• Child Life Month: Received a wonderful gift basket from my Surgical Services team.

April:

• I traveled to Austin, TX for one of my best friend’s (Carissa) bachelorette party. 
• Celebrated my 26th birthday by doing a DNA reveal party put together by my husband. Found out I was 34% German, 29% Norwegian, 18% Greek, 15% Irish, 3% British, and 1% Spanish.

May:  

• Surprised Lisa for Mother’s Day in Seattle.
• Bryan and I traveled to the Sacramento area to see our close friends Tyler and Carissa get married.
• Bryan and I traveled to Scottsdale, AZ for Bac’s birthday.
• Our best friends, Will and Lyndsay, told Bryan and I that they are expecting their first child in February 2019.  We are going to visit them in January before the baby is due. 

June: 

• I surprised my Dad for Father’s Day.
• I went to Hoopfest in Spokane, WA for the first time with Bryan and his squad. 

July: 

• My parents moved to Honduras.  
• Bryan and I also road tripped from Washington to San Diego, CA with Reilly, our new dog. 
• Bryan and I also celebrated our one year anniversary! 
• Got to meet Colton and Leo from the Bachelorette! 

August:

• Became a Pura Vida Representative. 
• Completed my first yoga challenge.
• Joined the Social Media Team at church.

September: 

• Celebrated my 4th year in California.
• Started my blog.
• Got my wisdom teeth out.
• Traveled to Joshua Tree with our Connect Group from church.

October:

• A bunch of our friends from Seattle traveled down to Pasadena, CA to watch the UW Huskies play the UCLA Bruins.  Huskies won, of course! 
• My dad, Uncle Pat, and Mateo drove from Oregon to Honduras, but stopped in San Diego for the night. 

November: 

• Bryan and I traveled to Cancun, MX for a late anniversary trip.  
• We also celebrated Thanksgiving in Seattle with Bryan’s parents, Hal & Maria. 
• Went to Bryan’s Holiday party at Mr. A’s in San Diego.
• Won my first giveaway! Thank you to @yogi_therapy. 
• Got to meet my great nephew, Theo.  Cutest thing ever!  

December:

• Celebrated Reilly’s 5th birthday.
• Attended Rady’s Holiday party at the Science Fleet Museum. 
• Attended 3 blogger events and met so many awesome women!
• Traveled to WA to celebrate Christmas with Bryan’s parents, then drove to Hood River to visit the Grimsley’s and Stancik’s.

2018 was another great year for the books and I can’t wait to see what 2019 has to bring! Speaking of 2019, are you a person that likes to set resolutions?  If so, have you thought of your New Year’s resolutions for 2019?  Or are you a person that thinks resolutions are “silly?”  I actually love this time of year. One because the holidays in general, but then I also enjoy this time to reflect on the past year and think how to better myself in the next.

Here are my top 5 resolutions:

1. Regularly attend the gym again. The last four months of 2018 I have really slacked on my gym routine.  I maintained my yoga routine, but have struggled with consistent weightlifting.  So I plan to get back into the gym 4 days a week, with doing weights 2 times a week and yoga 2 days a week. 
2. Drink more water.  This has always been a personal struggle of mine.  I have never really liked water….call me weird, but I find water so boring!!  So when I drink it, it needs to be ice cold or have a lemon in it. My goal is to drink 24oz a day.
3. Get more sleep.  I would like to make my sleeping routine more regular.  I am such a night owl so it is difficult for me to go to bed at a decent time and then I’m always mad at myself when it comes time to getting up in the morning. I would like to go to bed before 11pm on weekdays. 
4. Read the Bible daily. Even if it is a verse, I would like to read more.  It is so important to be in the Word daily, and I need to make more time in my daily life.  
5. Do a handstand yoga pose. I am able to do a handstand, but I would love to hold it for 5-10 seconds and do a cool pose such as Scorpion or handstand with splits. 

Are you going to be setting any New Year resolutions for yourself? If so, have you started to think what you want to accomplish in 2019?