Music of 2016

Albums I Bought:

• Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
• Hawaiian Beach Party: 50 Songs for Summer
• Kristin Chenoweth: A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas
• Lady Gaga: Joanne
• Michael Buble: Nobody But Me
• Moana
• 98 Degrees: This Christmas
• A Pentatonix Christmas
• Phil Collins: The Singles
• Seasons Greeting: A Jersey Boys Christmas
• She & Him: Christmas Party
• The Very Best of The Grateful Dead
• The Very Best of Prince

Albums of 2016:

• Ariana Grande: Dangerous Woman
• Bruno Mars: 24K Magic
• Lady Gaga: Joanne
• Meghan Trainor: Thank You
• Michael Buble: Nobody But Me
• Moana
• A Pentatonix Christmas
• Phil Collins: The Singles

Albums Most Played:

• Dirty Dancing
• The Essential Billy Joel
• Grease
• Jersey Boys
• Singin' in the Rain
• Maroon 5: V

Artists Most Played:

• Billy Joel
• Blake Shelton
• Cyndi Lauper
• Earth, Wind, and Fire
• Four Seasons
• Huey Lewis and the News
• Maroon 5
• Michael Jackson

Songs Most Played:

• All About Soul by Billy Joel
• American Girl by Bonnie McKee
• Beat It by Michael Jackson
• December 1963 by Four Seasons
• Do You Love Me? by the Contours
• I've Had the Time of My Life by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
• Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) by Billy Joel
• The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News
• Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees
• What a Feeling by Irene Cara

Best Songs of 2016:

• Ain't Your Mama by Jennifer Lopez
• A-Yo by Lady Gaga
• Can't Stop the Feeling by Justin Timberlake
• Falling by Trent Harmon
• How Far I'll Go from Moana
• Just Like Fire by Pink
• Love on the Weekend by John Mayer
• Nobody but Me by Michael Buble
• Side to Side by Ariana Grande
• 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

Books of 2016

Books I Read in 2016

• After You by Jojo Moyes
• Another Day by David Levithan
• Army Wives by Biank
• Before I Go to Sleep by Watson
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
• The Big Short by Michael Lewis
• Butch Cassidy and Other Mormon Outlaws of the Old West by Kathryn Jenkins Gordon
• The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
• The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
• Colorful Characters in Mormon History by Kathryn Jenkins Gordon
• The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapenar
• The Demonologist by Brittle
• The Dressmaker by Ham
• Famous in Love by Serle
• The Fever Code by James Dashner
• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
• Finding Oprah Roots by Dr. Gates
• First Comes Loves by Emily Giffin
• Frozen by Melissa De La Cruz
• Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
• The Girl from Everywhere by Heilig
• Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
• Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Durrow
• Going Off Script by Giuliana Rancic
• Hamilton by Anthony Chernow
• Happily Ever After by Keira Cass
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling
• The Heir by Keira Cass
• Hitler's Last Days by Bill O'Reilly
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Alvarez
• A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams
• I Love the 80's by Crane
• The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
• In-Laws, Outlaws, and Everything in Between by Kathryn Jenkins Gordon
• Killing Jesus by Bill O'Relly and Martin Dugard
• Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Relly and Martin Dugard
• Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Relly and Martin Dugard
• Killing Patton by Bill O'Relly and Martin Dugard
• Killing The Rising Sun by Bill O'Relly and Martin Dugard
• The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian
• The Last Star by Rick Yancey
• The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman
• Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
• A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
• Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
• The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
• Love, Rosie by Cecilia Ahern
• Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
• Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
• Mindhunter by John Douglas
• The Mother Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick
• Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
• Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
• My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
• My True Love Gave to Me by Stephanie Perkins
• The Nazi Officer's Wife by Beer
• Night Film by Pessl
• The Ninth Wife by Stolls
• The Other Story by Tatianna De Rosnay
• One Plus One by JoJo Moyes
• Outlander by Diana Galbadon
• Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner
• Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance by Wendy Leigh
• Peter and the Starcatchers by Barry and Pearson
• The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
• Ready Player One by Cline
• Replica by Lauren Oliver
• The Revenant by Michael Punke
• Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman
• Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham
• Seal Team Six by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin
• The Shining Girls by Beukes
• Silver Bay by JoJo Moyes
• Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
• Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
• Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
• Station Eleven by Mandel
• Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
• Superficial by Andy Cohen
• Tell Me Three Things by Buxbaum
• Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Gray
• 13 Hours by Zuckoff
• This is Where it Ends by Nijkamp
• A Thousand Pieces of You by Gray
• Tim Burton by Ken Hanke
• The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi
• Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
• The Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
• We Should Hang Out Sometime by Sundquist
• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Kim Barker
• The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
• You Know Me Well by Lacour and Levithan

Best Books I read in 2016:

• The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
• Alexander Hamilton by Anthony Chernow
• Me Before You by JoJo Moyes
• Tell Me Three Things by Buxbaum
• Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
• Harry Potter & The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
• Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
• The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
• The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman

Best Books released in 2016:

• The Fever Code by James Dashne
• Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly
• Replica by Lauren Oliver
• The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry
• Tell Me Three Things by Buxbaum
• Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty
• Harry Potter and The Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
• The Last Star by Rick Yancey
• The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapenar
• Superficial by Andy Cohen

West Coast Christmas

I made a Penguin Snow Village in a Jar.  I decorated our front room coffee table with wrapped presents.  I decorated our railing with paper lanterns.   I decorated the outside of our house. I decorated our table with reindeer, sleigh, snowflakes, and presents.  I decorated the three trees with bows and animal ornaments.

We went to Trolley Square and City Creek Center to see the lights


I've been learning to Knook, knitting with a crochet hook.  It took me fifteen days to knit my mom a Infinity scarf for Christmas.

On Wednesday, we drove to Vegas.  We stayed at the Orleans.  We went to Premium Outlets South and bought some gifts.  We ate dinner at Los Tacos.  We drove out to see the Las Vegas Temple.  The hotel had a banner for Cornell and a bunch of decorations.

On Thursday, We drove to Irvine and stayed at the Courtyard Marriott.  We ate dinner at Luna Rossa at the District in Tustin.  I got a travel humidifier for Christmas.

On Friday, We brought my nephew, Coen a snowman hat.  Our hotel had a gingerbread village and a tree, and gave us apple cider and cookies every night.  We went to El Torito for dinner.

On Saturday, we went to Roger's Gardens to look at their Christmas trees.  We ate lunch in the food court at Fashion Island. 

For Christmas, we opened presents in the morning.  We went to Denny's for lunch.  We went to Church.

On Monday, we went to Downtown Disney.  We ate lunch at the Crab Cooker in Tustin.  We ate dinner at Ruby's in Corona Del Mar.

On Tuesday, we drove to Vegas. We stayed at the Orleans.  We ate dinner at Metro Pizza and then went shopping at Town Square.

Boy Band Playlist

Larger than Life by Backstreet Boys
Back Here by BBMak
Because of You by 98 Degrees
Mmmbop by Hanson
Girl on TV by LFO
I Want You Back by N Sync
Step by Step by New Kids on the Block
All or Nothing by O-Town
What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction
Slam Dunk by Five
Glad You Came by The Wanted
Swear it Again by Westlife

Royal Literature

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Hamlet
King Lear
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Princess Bride
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
The Selection series by Keira Cass

Florida Reading List

• Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• Replica by Lauren Oliver
• The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay
• South Beach by Aimee Friedman
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
• The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Non-Fiction

Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman
American Sniper by Chris Kyle
Army Wives by Tonya Biank
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Clapton by Eric Clapton
Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
End of Your Life Book Club
Finding Oprah's Roots by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Gidget by Frederick Kohner
Ghost Soldiers
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Going Off Script by Giulianna Rancic
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Kamikaze by Kuwahara & Allred
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Killing The Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
A Lotus Grows in the Mud by Goldie Hawn
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Mindhunter by John Douglas
Natasha by Suzanne Finstad
The Other Side of Heaven by John Groberg
Papa Hemingway by A.E. Hotchner
Paul and Me by A.E. Hotchner
The Reagan Diaries
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Saturday Night Widows by Becky Aikman
Then Again by Diane Keaton
Troublemaker by Leah Remini
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Kim Barker
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald is about a woman from Sweden comes to Iowa to meet her pen pal and opens a book store in the small town of Broken Wheel.  The book is well written and the characters are hilarious, diverse,  their histories are compelling, 

Las Vegas

On  Friday, we drove to St. George and stayed in the Temple View RV Park.  We went to the Red Cliffs Mall and ate dinner at Chick-Fil-A.

On Saturday, we went to Kohl's and Downeast Basic and then watched Conference.  We went to Coen's blessing.

On Sunday, we watched Conference.. We drove to Las Vegas and stayed at the Oasis RV Park.  We ate at Metro Pizza for dinner.  Then we drove down the strip to see the lights.  The Route 91 Harvest festival was going on and we could hear country music and see line dancers.

On Monday, we went to the North Premium Outlets and ate lunch at Los Tacos.  We went to the Town Square Mall and ate dinner at the Claim Jumper.

 On Tuesday, we went to Bellagio and walked around their gardens.  Then we walked across the street to Bally's and went through their marketplace.  We then walked over to Caesar's Palace and walked around the Forum Shops.  We got a frozen hot chocolate at Serendipity.  We ate lunch at McDonald's.

On Wednesday, we drove home.