1.08.2012

The Big 3-0 . . .

It's official, I'm now an adult. I've been looking back in my life and trying to determine the 30 ultimate events that made me who I am now at 30. This list is in no particular order, and I know I'm missing a bunch, but here it is:

1. Working as a welder for my dad for basically every summer of my life.
2. Scuba diving in various parts of the world.
3. Playing in the half-time of a bowl game.
4. Lake Powell: with my family, friends, perfect strangers, and the Naccarato family!
5. Studying the Book of Mormon in South America.
6. Meeting a boy with the worse bleach-job I've ever seen at Ricks College my freshman year.
7. Working with Grandpa Walker.
8. The Ultimate Summer where we rock-climbed, waterskied, and long-boarded every day after work.
9. Studying art in Italy.
10. Graduating BYU.
11. Traveling Europe with my mom and Candice.
12. Standing in the top of a pillion during a race in Reno.
13. Taking a spontaneous trip to Canada to go skydiving.
14. Various random road-trips to California in college (some without knowing where we are staying!).
15. Marrying Jon--the kid with the bad hair--after 2 months of dating and 4 years of friendship.
16. Moving to Texas.
17. Sevryn Kelly.
18. Becoming a fitness instructor.
19. Kristian Teik.
20. Training for and completing the MS 150.
21. Running my first 5k.
22. Competing in my first triathlon.
23. Drumline
24. Deckland Knute.
25. The Sunnyside Branch.
26. Hiking in the Swiss Alps.
27. The SSU (if you don't know what this is, you are missing out)!
28. Learning to quilt.
29. Hawaii with my mom and sisters.
30. My family. (this includes all Bagley's, all Walker's, all Ormson's, and all non-related "family" members who helped mold me into who I am today.)

I look back at my first 30 years and can only hope my next 30 are as fun, adventurous, and worthwhile! Hopefully we will be added more kids, cousins, friends, in-laws, grandkids, trips, memories, and more!

7 comments:

Candice said...

Oh, happy 3-0. I really did not realize that this milestone was this year. I am so glad that my name was mentioned on your life defining list. Thank you, Trin. I love you.

Natasha said...

So glad that I'm not missing out on SSU!!! Congrats on the bit 30!!

Ben and Shara said...

I am sad that I don't know what SSU is. Can I know?

Happy Birthday! I love your 30 things. You have done some incredible things!

Miss K$ said...

I agree with my sister, youve done some great things. Im glad reno and the pillon made it in there.

Nancy said...

You certainly made 30 worth it! Holy Adventerous woman batman!

Anonymous said...

That really was The Ultimate Summer. I learned to slalom ski thanks to you and CB. You rock and I'm glad I've been able to appreciate your awesomeness approx. 18 of your 30 years.

Aaron and Kalle said...

Wow, fun to read over your 30 for 30. I can honestly say the best summer of my life was the summer we did all the playing after work. Glad to know I have had the privlage of being in on some of your adventures. I hope to be in the future ones to. Love you. Happy 30th. Can't wait to celebrate with all the SSU's this summer and fall.