Life!

Hi! It's been awhile since I've posted. In case you wanted to know what I've been up to the past couple of months, you can read this post. It's not everything (obviously because that would be too hard to do) but a few of the highlights. ;) 

The pictures aren't in chronological order except the first two. 

On New Year's Eve Eve, I got dressed up, had my niece, Emma, do my hair and danced the night away at the Single Adult New Year's Eve Dance. It was a lot of fun! I went early to help set up and ended up staying for the whole dance. I loved it! I danced the fast songs with groups of people, I got asked to dance and I did some asking too. It was a lovely time!

I went to the musical Secret Garden at the Shakespeare Theatre in downtown DC with some friends. I really enjoyed the musical and I was happy to realize that one of the main characters in the show was the man that played John Newton in Amazing Grace that I saw on Broadway. :) (Click here to see the post I wrote about Amazing Grace after I saw it.) 

I flew to England and watched my nephews while their parents went on their 10th wedding anniversary trip by themselves. I plan on doing a separate blogpost about this. (Apparently I missed the memo to smile in this picture, because they were all smiling cutely while I was being silly.) ;)

I discovered a cute outfit that I owned. I had always worn this skirt with a white top, but decided to try it with black and I've decided I really like the black and pink together. :)

I've seen some pretty awesome sunsets near my house! There's a small lake in my neighborhood and I like to walk around it near sunset (especially after it's been rainy or partly cloudy that day.) This was one particularly beautiful evening!

One Saturday, my brother, Tim, and I discovered Mason Neck State Park. I had heard of it before but had never been. Tim and I went one day and did a nice hike. I really liked it! I'm excited to go again when it's a little warmer and when more things are in bloom. :)

Mason Neck State Park!

Mason Neck State Park! Although it was sad that the tree had fallen, I liked this shot with the one tree holding up the other and the way the sun was shining through.

I made a bunch of cookies for a work training meeting. I love baking and offered to make cookies for the meeting. While I was distracted by other things, my nephew, Adam, helped me out and made the peanut butter chocolate chip cookies and snickerdoodles for me. They were delicious!

I made the hot chocolate cookies. Just in case you didn't know from other posts, I love baking cookies! If you ever need or want cookies, I'd be happy to make some for you. :)

I bought a new rain jacket. I decided it was time for a real rain jacket. It rains enough here during certain times of the year and I knew I'd be traveling places where it rains quite a bit that I thought I should get a real one.

I've been trying to learn how to draw. I bought two of those How to Draw books that have the drawings in steps and I've been practicing a couple of days a week. I don't need to trace to draw, but I definitely still need to look at the drawings to do it properly. It's hard, but I'm really enjoying it!

I had a good turnout to FHE when we went to Silver Diner. I plan on doing a separate blogpost about my calling as mid-single FHE coordinator. (I bet you're so excited about that.) ;)

I made Baked Alaska for an international food night FHE! It turned out pretty dang well if I do say so myself. ;)

Even though all of my pictures are only good things, I've definitely had my ups and downs the past couple of months. I've had some pretty tough days but overall, it's been good.