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Ogden Temple

 Today I went to the Ogden LDS temple and received my endowment. 

My friend brought me white roses as a congratulations gift:

TV of 2021

 Shows I Downloaded:

• Alias
• Chuck
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
• Friends
• Fringe
• Gilmore Girls
• Gossip Girl
• Jane the Virgin
• The O.C.
• One Tree Hill
• The Originals
• Supernatural 
• The Vampire Diaries
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Shows I Rewatched:

• Big Brother
• Dawson's Creek
• Gossip Girl
• Hart of Dixie
• Supernatural

Best Shows I Watched for the First Time:

• Chesapeake Shores
• The Chosen
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark
• His Dark Materials 
• Real Housewives of Miami

Best Shows That Ended in 2021:

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Good Girls
• Last Man Standing
• Mom
• Supergirl
• Superstore
• Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Best New Shows of 2021:

• The Book of Boba Fett
• The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
• Girls5Eva
• Hawkeye
• The Hustler
• La Brea
• Loki
• Schmigadoon!
• WandaVision
• What If

Movies of 2021

 Movies I Saw in the Theater:

• American Underdog
• Black Widow
• Chaos Walking
• Cruella
• Dear Evan Hansen 
• Dune
• Encanto
• Eternals
• F9
• Free Guy
• Ghostbusters:Afterlife
• Godzilla Vs. Kong
• Jungle Cruise
• No Time to Die
• Old
• A Quiet Place Part 2
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• Reminiscence
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Snake Eyes
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• West Side Story
• Witnesses

The Best Movies I Watched for the First Time:

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1967)
• Greyhound (2020)
• How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (1967)
• Love and Monsters (2020)
• Love's Unending Legacy (2007)
• Love's Unfolding Dream (2007)
• Love's Abiding Joy (2006)
• The Pajama Game (1957)
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

Best Movies of 2021:

• American Underdog
• Coda
• Come From Away
• Dune
• Encanto
• A Quiet Place Part 2
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Summer of Soul
• West Side Story

Books of 2021

Authors I Read the Most in 2021:

• Paula Brackston
• Julia Quinn
• Adalyn Grace
• Jean Hanff Korelitz
• Kelly Rimmer
• Rebecca Serle
• Emily Belle Freeman

Best Books I Read in 2021:

• Saints, Volume 1
• The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
• Refugee by Alan Gratz
• Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling
• Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts
• Dominicana by Angie Cruz
• Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
• Not All Diamonds and Rose by Dave Quinn
• Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Best Books Series I Read in 2021:

• All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
• The Bridgertons by Julia Quinn
• Chaos Walking by Patrick Ness
• Faith of Our Fathers by N.C. Allen
• Saints
• Shadow Chronicles by Paula Brackston
• Virgin River by Robyn Carr
• The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

Best Books of 2021:

• All the Murmuring Bones by A.G. Slatter
• A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil
• Mrs. Rochester's Ghost by Lindsay Marcott
• Not All Diamonds and Rosé
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
• People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
• Remember by Lisa Genova
• The Seven Day Switch by Kelly Harms
• Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer
• What Passes as Love by Trisha R. Thomas
• Words We Whisper by Mary Ellen Taylor
• The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Books I Reread in 2021:

• Dune by Frank Herbert
• Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
• 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston
• You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Music of 2021

Albums I Downloaded:

• Anastasia- The Musical
• Big Fish- The Musical
• Body Language- Blake Shelton
• Dear Evan Hansen
• Duets- Reba McEntire
• An Evening with Silk Sonic- Silk Sonic
• Forever- Lea Michele
• Great Songs from Stage and Screen- Seth MacFarlane
• Happiness Is...Christmas!-Kristin Chenoweth
• Hell of a Holiday- Pistol Annies
• In the Heights
• Jordi- Maroon 5
• The Lockdown Sessions- Elton John
• Matilda- The Musical
• Mele from Aunty’s Beach House Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa
• Schmigadoon!
• Sob Rock- John Mayer
• Something About Christmas Time- Rob Thomas
• Spaceman- Nick Jonas
• 30-Adele
• A Very Darren Chrissmas- Darren Criss
• Voyage- ABBA
• When Christmas Comes Around- Kelly Clarkson

Best Albums of 2021:

• Body Language- Blake Shelton
• An Evening with Silk Sonic- Silk Sonic
• = by Ed Sheeran
• Jordi- Maroon 5
• My Savior- Carrie Underwood
• Schmigadoon!
• Sob Rock- John Mayer
• Spaceman- Nick Jonas
• 30- Adele
• Voyager- ABBA

Best Songs of 2021:

• Beautiful Mistakes by Maroon 5
• Butter by BTS
• Cold Heart by Elton John and Dua Lipa
• Easy on Me by Adele
• Follow You by Imagine Dragons
• Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo
• Her by Jordan McGraw
• Leave the Door Open by Silk Sonic
• Mininum Wage by Blake Shelton
• Shivers by Ed Sheeran

Most Listened to Songs:

1. If I Were a Boy by Beyonce
2. Love Shack by The B-52's
3. Mad World by Adam Lambert
4. The Sign by Ace of Base
5. God's Country by Blake Shelton
6. Tempted by Squeeze
7. Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
8. What the World Needs Now
9. Take on Me by A-Ha
10. Old Town Road

Layton Park

We drove around Layton Park and looked at the lights.  

 

Roy Fire Station

We drove around the park in back of the Roy Fire Station to look at the lights

 

Christmas Parties

Today was a busy day for us.  I had to get up at 6:40 AM.   I had to bake a breakfast casserole made of sausage, tater tots, eggs, sour cream, milk, cheddar cheese, onions, and peppers.  While the casserole was baking, I went and took pictures of the beautiful sunrise over the mountains.

We went over to the church for our Christmas Breakfast.  We had breakfast of casserole, donuts, muffins, and fruit.  Then we had a Christmas program.  Our table of 10 was assigned to sing the “Three French Hens” as a group sing along to 12 Day of Christmas.  Someone at our table insisted we sing it as “Three French Fries,” which was pretty fun.  They had children sing a couple of Christmas songs around a piano.  We all had to bring a pair of white socks for a homeless shelter and we had a snowball fight with the socks. 

         We went to a Chinese restaurant called the Mandarin with Grandpa’s three siblings, because his oldest sister was visiting from Texas.  I ordered the sweet and sour chicken and fried rice. We went to my uncle’s new house and he gave us a tour.  My aunt made us a peppermint ice cream dessert.  We brought them the fudge we had made as a Christmas gift.

 

Christkindl Market

We went to the Christkindl Market at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.  We went past Temple Square afterwards to see their lights.