a little something in my christmas card

Moments that “shined” in 2009

Best family get together since Hawaii: attending my nephew Nintendo’s baptism in Terre Haute, Indiana

Best additions to my electronics collection: tie between my new MacBook computer, first digital SLR camera, blu-ray player and the Wii with Rock Band (apparently 2009 was the year of new electronics J)

Best reason for sibling to visit: Flex helped me move to my new apartment…no more stairs!

Best New York moments: viewing the city with my brother Big Lug at Top of the Rock, free admission to Museum of Modern Art during summer Fridays, and cheap karaoke in K-Town

Best vacations: Last minute trip to Prague in March, Plymouth Rock on July 4^th, seeing friends from home in Mesa, Arizona and fall foliage viewing in rural Connecticut and Massachusetts

Best experience serving in Primary: attending baptisms and participating in the Primary Program

Best photographic pose: jumping in front of beautiful landmarks (see below)

Best songs in iPod rotation: You Find A Way (Graham Colton), All I Want (Ahn Trio), Someday (Plain White T’s), Halfway Gone (Lifehouse), Radio Song (Days Difference), S.O.S. Let the Music Play (Jordin Sparks), Just Say Yes (Snow Patrol), and everything by the cast of Glee

Best television shows: Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, White Collar, The Good Wife, SYTYCD & Top Chef

Best new hobby: taking photographs of family and Central Park

Best reason to have a flight cancelled: a four hour layover in Amsterdam where fry sauce comes in a bottle

Best concerts/Broadway shows: Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity 10^th Anniversary @ Terminal 5, Plain White T’s @ Irving Plaza, Ragtime, Kelly Clarkson @ Roseland Ballroom, Hamlet (starring Jude Law), Twelfth Night - Shakespeare in the Park, Snow Patrol @ Beacon Theater

Best hours spent in a movie theater: An Education, The Blind Side, Angels & Demons, Star Trek & The Proposal

Best reason for a movie ticket return policy: Fame