Books Read in 2012

*Sarah’s Key by: Tatiana de Rosnay

Into the Wild by: Jon Krakauer

The Laundry News by: Andrew Clements

*Crossed (Matched #2) by: Ally Condie

We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes by: Patrick Jennings

The Death Cure (Maze Runner #3) by: James Dashner

The Report Card by: Andrew Clements

Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven #4) by: Brandon Mull

Price Caspian: The Return to Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia #4) by: C.S. Lewis

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by: Rick Riordan

The Non Cyclist’s Guide to the Century and other Road Races by: Dawn Dais

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by: Rick Riordan

One Crazy Summer by: Rita Williams-Garcia

The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles #1) by: Rick Riordan

*Insurgent (Divergent #1) by: Veronica Roth

The School Story by: Andrew Clements

Lost and Found by: Andrew Clements

Keys to the Demon Prison (Fablehaven #5) by: Brandon Mull

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by: Stephen R. Covey

A World Without Heroes (Beyonders #1) by: Brandon Mull

The Leader in Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child At a Time by: Stephen R. Covey

The Diamond of Darkhold (Book of Ember #4) by: Jeanne DuPrau

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by: Gary D. Schmidt

Cruise in 3 weeks

This picture was Bing.com's wallpaper today and got me excited...

I'm going on my first cruise in 3 weeks. Yahoo! Cheers to good weather, good health, and lots of fun in the sun!!!

CrossFit

I started CrossFit Sandy on December 11th. No huge results YET but sore muscles. Do I like it...yes! I like that my workout is organized, there's multiple people there to help me if I don't know what I'm doing (which is frequent because I'm new), and I push myself harder than at the gym because of the peer pressure and accountability. We share our reps, weight lifted, and time finished. 

Each day at CrossFit there's a warmup, strength, and WOD (workout of the day).

The picture above shows the WOD:

10 shoulder presses

15 toes to bar

20 double unders (my 6th grade jump rope skills helped me today)

There were so many people at today's workout we didn't do a strength. The WOD was:

5 pull ups

10 push ups (lift hand at bottom)

15 squats (no weights)

repeat for 15 minutes

Gines Family

My family and I haven't taken a professional picture in ten years or longer. During Thanksgiving Amy made these pictures happen. Not professional but pretty darn good.

Love you familia!!!

Best sister ever - love you Amy!

Advent Sunday 2012

Cook Family Tradition
Share Christmas stories, musical talents, and tasty treats

Brandi

Such an inspiring concert. Ben said, "My ears are never quite the same after an amazing concert." Agreed. She is better live.

Live Theater Plays 2010-2012

2012
The Game's Afoot
Zorro-The Musical
Father of the Bride
The Sound of Music
9 to 5
Oliver!

2011
Born Yesterday
A Tale of Two Cities
The Hasty Heart
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
My Fair Lady

2010
The Importance of Being Ernest
Fiddler on the Roof
The Three Musketeers
The Wedding Singer
The Pirates of Penzance
The Drowsy Chaperone

USA: One Hungry Planet

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Thank you - Old McDonald!!!

Canyonlands

Thanks crew for another amazing adventure.

Keep Calm & Carry On!

Alicia and I got another Bountiful Basket...delicious, fresh veggies & fruit. Only $16.50 for local grown produce.

Jake & I went to the UofU game on Saturday. The UofU crushed Washington State but overall is was a good game. During half time they did a tribute to the veterans and troops. Veterans Day is Nov. 11. Thanks Jake for the entertaining afternoon.

The Hermanas that I love - Naomi Tohara Masina (third companion) & MaryElla Wolford (my trainer). We went to lunch at Plates & Pilates in Bountiful. Absolutely delicious. The conversation was my favorite part but the food sure didn't let us down. So good!

Tuacahn

Girls weekend in St. George * We saw Aladdin & Hairspray.

In The Heights

My mom, sister, and I went to New York back in 2008. We went to "In The Heights" because it was on all of the billboards for winning the Tony Award that year. Glad we did. It was an incredible play. It came to Utah and my mom got us tickets. My niece, Makell enjoyed it as well. She was funny, every time the actors spoke in Spanish she wanted to know what they said. This was a great experience with my niece, mother, and sister.