10 of '11 Grewe Style

10. Punchbowl Falls. Best hike ever.

9. Beaching. I build my life around being in beautiful places. Utah, New England, The Tetons and now Oregon. The Oregon coast is second to none. Betsy and I enjoyed several trips with friends and family out to the beach this year I even got a couple night stay in Lincoln City with the Jensens.

8. Church. Betsy and I get to work with the youth at church. Its our job to give the kids reasons to do the right thing and hope to heaven they do. I am surprised how much more difficult being a teenager in Sandy, Oregon in 2011 is than being one in Logan ten years ago. These kids are tempted with things I never even dreamed about and they usually only speak in text message language. These kids are top notch.

7. Work. Betsy and I no longer need birth control now that she spends her days at the Mt Hood Athletic Club day care. That being said, we are grateful that in the era of 10% unemployment that she has a job. (Insert rant about a do-nothing congress here.)

6. Seattle. You know that look that little kids get when they walk in the gate of Disneyland and see the castle and lose their frickin' mind with excitement? That happened to Betsy at Pike's Place Market. Never had she seen such a cornucopia of flowers, fruit and weird crafty things. 5 hours later it happened to me at Safeco field. I love going to baseball games. I love eating ball park food. Seattle was awesome.

5. Two birds. One stone. We had the most family packed week of our lives in Utah one weekend when we got to see both the Williams clan and the Grewes. We ate lots of food and turns out, when you're the aunt and uncle they only see once a year, you're kind of a big deal.

4. 2lips. Or is it tulips? We went to the wooden shoe tulip farm in may. I'll let the pictures do the talkin.

3. Apple cider and pig meat. Parkdale, Oregon has got 3 things going for it.

    1. More fresh fruit then you can shake a stick at. (who made up that saying?)

    2. A really big volcano.
    3. the best $6 BBQ sandwich. Ever. Seriously.

2. Skiing. I skied in every month of 2011. By definition that makes me cool. The late Shane McConkey said, “If you're doing what you love every day... you're happy all the time..... that doesn't suck.” That sums up life for me working on the mountain.

1. Moving. We don't have much to complain about but for a while in 2011, we had neighbors that were worthy of our whining. We heard them laugh, cry, watch movies and well..... other stuff. So in November, we started renting an awesome house here in Sandy. Our TV is loud, our dancing is frequent and we absolutely love it. Win.

Try that on for size 2012