Category: year in review

January

• 9 – I had a 90 minute massage with cupping (my first since Missoula!) and it was heaven.
• 10 – Daryl and my 14th anniversary!
• 14 – Three years at Taproot Theatre Company
• 15 – RoadCompany recording
• 17-26 – TTC tech weeks
• 26 – I saw Deb Perelman (of smittenkitchen) and J. Kenji López-Alt at Town Hall Seattle with my friend Lia.
• 27 – A Woman of No Importance opens at Taproot
• Whole30 year three
• Books read: Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner, Smitten Kitchen Keepers by Deb Perelman, A Bend of Light by Joy Jordan-Lake
• Bag nights (sleeping bag nights; camping): 0

February

• 4-13 – Ski n Soak Vacation!
  • 7 – Ski Look Out Pass with approximately four other people.  I had a GREAT private ski lesson!
  • 8 – Got lunch with my friend Katie then walked to campus and chatted with folks for a couple hours.  I discovered my resume is posted as an example in the back hallway.  ❤️
  • 9 – We ski at Lost Trail with Brian and Caitlin.  Such a fun day at my favorite place to ski!  That night we head to Jackson Hot Springs for the evening.
  • 10 – After Brian and Caitlin made us breakfast in our cabin, we parted ways.  We go soak at Elk Horn Hot Springs on the way to Georgetown Lake area.
  • 11 – Ski Discovery Ski Area.  Another beautiful day and great day of skiing!
  • 12 – We stopped in Missoula for the day and I got to spend time with my favorite Clare
• 14 – Taco date with Annie
• 18 – Ski at Blewett with Daryl, Mike, Micky, and Riley
• 23-26 – Wintergrass Festival in Bellevue.  I got to run lights for ten hours of shows and attend the rest of the festival weekend for free!
• Books read: Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson, La Gringa by Carmen Rivera, The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson
• Bag nights: 0

March

• 2 – Riley and I go on a nice long walk with Anya at Magnuson
• 5 – Ski at Blewett with Daryl and pups
• 9 – Daryl, Mike, and I attend a recording of LiveWire at Town Hall Seattle
• 14-23 – TTC tech weeks
• 18-19 – Blewett ski camp.  We went on a fun night time tour by moonlight and headlamps.
• 24 – As It Is In Heaven opens at Taproot
• 25 – Solo date to Boundless at PNB.  “Wonderland” by Penny Saunders, “Black on Black on Black” by Alejandro Cerrudo, and “Let Me Mingle With Thee” by Jessica Lang.  The Saunders and Cerrudo were among my favorite contemporary works I’ve seen in a really long time.
• Books read: Hidden Figures by Margo Lee Shetterly, The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson by Misty Copeland
• Bag nights: 1

April

• • 1- Taproot Gala at Triple Door.  Daryl got to attend this year!
  • 4 – Daryl and I start a four week bouldering class at Halfmoon Bouldering
  • 10 – Tea date at Friday Afternoon with Clare and Patrick
  • 15 – Steazy day of skiing at Blewett with Daryl, Mike, and the pups
  • 16 – I got to visit my dad at a coin show in Tukwilla
  • 20 – Youer did an event with Kula Cloth at Halcyon Brewing, around the corner from work.  Anya and I met up there, and I ran into a lighting coworker as well.  Daryl joined and then we shifted gears to go see A Midsummer’s Night Dream at PNB.
  • 26 – My business cards arrive and I got to represent Taproot at the Cornish senior design portfolio showcase, so I got to give some out immediately.
  • Books read: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs
  • Bag nights: 0

May

• 7 – Hike Wilderness Peak Loop with Daryl and Riley
• 9-18 – TTC tech weeks
• 19 – Jeeves Takes A Bow opens at Taproot
• 20-21 – Ski camp at Artist’s Point with Daryl, Danielle, and Riley
• 24 – See Jeeves with Daryl, Anya, and Ross
• 26-28 – Weekend in Spokane
  • 27 – We see Lord Huron at the Spokane Pavilion – wow!  What a concert!
• 31 – I give my two month notice at Taproot.  Back to being a freelance babe.
• Books read: Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz, The Book of Boundaries by Melissa Urban
• Bag nights: 1

June

• 1 – Lighting Designer for CCBdance at BASE Experimental Arts
• 4 – Daryl’s birthday!  Skin up to Naches Peak and then have a fun ski back to the car.
• 8 – Worlds To Come at PNB
• 11 – The Highwomen & Tanya Tucker at The Gorge with Annie!
• 17-19 – Ski camp weekend in the Goat Rocks Wilderness
• 27 – my birthday!
• 28 – Mariners game with my parents
• 29 – Daryl and I went out to dinner with my parents at Ivar’s Salmonhouse to celebrate our birthdays and my parent’s 40th wedding anniversary!
• Books read: Happy Place by Emily Henry, Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita, All The Pretty Places by Joy Callaway, A Country You Can Leave by Asale Angel-anjani, The Bones Remember by Sara E Johnson, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers, Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning, Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P Manansala (Adult Summer Book Bingo)
• Bag nights: 2

July

• 5-13 – TTC tech weeks
• 6-16 – Daryl on a High Pointing/Missouri trip
• 14 – The Hello Girls opening night – the first, and last, opening night I attended while on staff!
• 15 – Sydoney, Jeff, and Carissa were in town from Portland, so I spend the day tourist-ing with them.  I love when the cit shows off for friends.
• 27 – Another Kula event at Halycon
• 28 – Last day on staff at Taproot!
• 29-30 – 11th Annual McIver Float with the Beech Haus fam
• Books read: Lone Women by Victor LaValle, Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea, Tanya: Poems by Brenda Shaughnessy, Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call by Claudia Friddell, Never Say You Can’t Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories by Charlie Jane Anders, Witches by Brenda Lozano, Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell, Peg and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson (Adult Summer Book Bingo)
• Bag nights: 1

August

• 5 – After living here for five Augusts, we attended our first Lake City Parade
• 8-13 – Montana Vacation!
  • 10 – Hike St. Mary Peak in the Bitterroot
  • 11-12 – Hang out with zero obligations at Kreis Pond
  • 12 – See our friends Rob & Nola (and pupper Gabe)
• 16 – See The Hello Girls with Daryl, Mike, and Ike
• 17 – After 4 years, 8 months of weekly (then every other week, then monthly) therapy, I was graduated to “as needed”!  I’m so proud of myself and the really hard work I have done.
• 19 – Daryl flies us to Harvey Field for brunch
• 21 – First day of school for Last Drive To Dodge (stage manager)
• 23 – Riley and I take a long walk with Anya in the Arboretum
• 25 – Daryl and I drive up to Vancouver to see Vance Joy.  The concert sounded good, but we spent 97% of it in line for food.
• 26 – Received my business license, so I’m officially Kathryn Louise, Theatre Magic Maker!
• 29 – Lia and I got brunch in a cute old Craftsman.  I completed my Adult Summer Book Bingo card.
• Books read: The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst, Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng, The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst, Swan Songs by Lee Scott, And Yet: Poems by Kate Baer, The Stars Are Not Yet Bells by Hannah Lillith Assadi, Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King (Adult Summer Book Bingo)
• Bag nights: 3

September

• 11 – I found a Pilates studio I really like and start taking almost weekly reformer classes
• 11-21 – Last Drive to Dodge tech week.  KCTS9/Crosscut was in the house recording a story on Andrew Lee Creech (playwright) and shot b-roll of me calling my first set of cues.  Only slightly intimidating!
• 22 – Last Drive To Dodge at Taproot opens!
• 28-10/2 – Denver for Gab’s wedding!
  • 28 – Flew to Denver (double masked!), then got dolled up for Gab and Brian’s wedding.  We shared an airbnb with Lindsay and Tami.  Such a wonderful day full of love and lots of hugs.
  • 29 – Drove to Idaho Springs and spent a lovely day wondering.  We drove up to Guanella Pass (11,670′) and absolutely felt the elevation.
  • 30 – We drove to Hot Sulphur Springs and soaked at the hot springs.  Set up camp in the city campground, then walked to the 2nd annual River Festival.  On the walk back to our campsite, D tripped over a piece of rebar sticking up from the parking spot and dislocated his shoulder!  I drove him to the hospital 17 miles away (that we very thankfully had driven by and commented on earlier in the day!) and the incredible folks at the ER got his shoulder reduced within an hour of him dislocating it.
• Books read: Lady of Bones by Carolyn Haines
• Bag nights: 1

October

• 9/28-10/2 – Denver for Gab’s wedding!
  • 1 – We soaked at the hot springs for a couple hours before heading to Denver.  That night we get dinner and ice cream with Aria, Jordan, and Jackie.
  • 2 – We go to Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs for the day before flying home that night
• 8 – My parents were in town for a coin show, so we had them over for dinner.  I made a yummy asparagus prosciutto pizza.
• 11 – I start working my way through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
• 21 – Closing day for Last Drive To Dodge.  I’m so thankful I was given the gift of stage managing this beautiful show.
• 23 – Michelle, Taproot’s Production Manager, and I were honored with the Melissa Hines Backstage Award at this year’s Gregory Awards!
• 24 – Boosted!
• 29 – We hike up Diamond Head at Blewett Pass and catch an incredible sunset
• 31 – Daryl and I see the Hadestown national tour at Paramount.  WOW!
• Books read: All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson, Starlink House by Alix E Harrow, An American in Scotland by Lucy Connelly, Murder Under a Red Moon by Harini Negendra
• Bag nights: 0

November

• 6 – We make a trip to Astoria to see Jad Abumrad at the Liberty Theatre with Tammy
• 8 – Daryl’s friend Jenny came to down for a concert.  We got dinner at Elliott’s Oyster House then got drinks at a speakeasy where we entered through a secret door in a bookcase!
• 11 – Daryl, Mike, Fisher, Ike, the pups, and I drove down to Portland and went to the Griz game with Liz.  Definitely more Griz fans in the stands than PSU fans!
• 14 – Took myself on a solo date to see Little Women at Seattle Rep
• 16-21 – I get to spend the week working at Taproot: on book at tech for Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, lighting hang & focus for Charlie Brown Christmas, checking folks in and being a reader at the Sister Act callbacks, and subbing at stage manager for Charlie Brown.
• 20 – Cascade Grotto hosted a screening of Subterranean, a caving film staring a couple of our Canadian friends!
• 23 – Poultry Day! Roast chicken with schmaltzy cabbage, bacon & leek dressing, butternut squash and white bean gratin, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and cranberry-raspberry pie.  Yum!
• 24 – Go on a hike with Will
• 25 – Christmas tree hunting and a hike up Johnson Ridge
• 30 – White Christmas at 5th Ave.  Daryl’s first time there!
• Books read: The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer, The Shadow Girls by Alice Blanchard, The Love Scribe by Amy Meyerson, And then She Fell by Alicia Elliott, Absolution by Alice McDermott
• Bag nights: 1*
• *a bag night because we slept in our bags on my parents floor 😆

December

• 5 – We see Audra McDonald at Beneroya Hall.  She’s so incredible!
• 6-8 – Lighting Designer for Cornish College Dance New Moves at NOD Theatre
• 11 – Take myself on a date to see the proshot of Waitress The Musical in the movie theatre.  Lighting Designer for one of the Acting Studio Christmas camps at Taproot.
• 13 – Daryl tests positive.  We stay in different rooms, wear masks when in the same, set the air purifiers on high, and I move onto the couch.
• 21 – Michelle was selected as one of the December issue of American Theatre Magazine’s “6 Theatre Workers You Should Know” and I, and our COVID work, was mentioned!
• 22 – Daryl tests negative!
• 26 – At 4am, a neighbor work us up banging on the door and ringing the doorbell.  There was a fire in our car port!  Daryl doused it with the fire extinguisher while I called 911.  Absolutely never thought I’d be thankful D had COVID, but it’s the reason we were home to put the fire out.
• 26 – First day of school for The Book of Will at Taproot (stage manager)
• 27 – Daryl and I go to The Nutcracker at PNB
• Books read: Beer and Loathing by Ellie Alexander, We Must Not Think Of Ourselves by Lauren Grodstein, How To Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix, A Deadly Dedication by Margaret Loudon, The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill, Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper, Unbound by Steph Jagger

Number of books read: 53
Total bag nights: 9
Taproot shows worked while on staff (Mainstage, Road Company, Acting Studio): 6
Freelance shows: 5
Theatre/Dance shows attended: 11
Concerts attended: 5

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January

• 1 – Ski-N The New Year at Blewett Pass with Daryl, Mike, and Riley
• 4 – Ice Skating with Daryl, Mike, Fisher, Ike, and Elsie.  So much fun!
• 10 – 10th Anniversary <3
• 11 – I started seeing a therapist!  I’m so proud of myself for telling myself to do it and then actually following through.
• 13 – First day of rehearsal (Stage Manager) for Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains.

February

• 3 – Hike to Source Lake with Daryl and Riley.  So much snow!
• 4 – The beginning of Snomagedon in Seattle.  I LOVED it!
• 7 – Daryl and I see Sleeping Beauty at Pacific Northwest Ballet
• 16 – Opening for Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains at SecondStory Rep!
• 23 – Daryl and I go night skiing at Snoqualmie.  So much fun!

March

• 4 – We go night skiing again.  Less fun.  (There are no *bad* days on skis, simply *less fun* days on skis)
• 8 – I got my very first passport!
• 9 – Sparkle Fairy’s School for Formerly Vile Villains closes
• 15 – Start tech as Light Board Op (and Programmer) for We Will Not Be Silent
• 16 – I answered a call for Technical Director and Lighting Designer for a performance at Velocity Dance Center and it was for my friend Emily’s show Decision Fatigue!  So happy to be designing lights for dance again, especially for a friend!
• 17 – Daryl and I go backcountry skiing at Blewett Pass with Danielle and Riley.
• 22 – Opening night for We Will Not Be Silent at Taproot Theatre Company

April

• 6 – My last night at We Will Not Be Silent
• 11-25 – Iceland for our Honeymoon!  (I promise one day there will be more stories and photos from the trip!)
  • We skied at two areas, went backcountry skiing in a fjord, and went on a cat ski trip!
  • We soaked in two city pools, one natural hot spring, and at Myvatn Mineral Baths
  • We flew to the Arctic Circle in a Twin Otter and hiked to the sphere at the magnetic line of the circle

May

• 4-5 – I visit Astoria
• 7 – Start tech as Light Board Op and Programmer for Kim’s Convenience
• 12 – Backcountry ski at Crystal with Daryl, Danielle, Julie, and Riley
• 17 – Opening night for Kim’s Convenience at Taproot Theatre Company.

June

• 1-2 – Brandi Carlile at the Gorge with Annie!  My first Gorge show!  So incredible.
• 4 – Daryl’s birthday!  We ski at Naches Peak
• 20 – We got to see Ask Me Another record an episode at the Moore
• 22 – Closing night for Kim’s Convenience
• 26 – I start working at the Taproot Costume Shop
• 27 – Happy 32nd Birthday to me!  We start our ballroom class that fits perfectly between my show closing and us leaving for Montana.
• 28 – I drive down to Portland for a friends wedding.  Perfectly gorgeous day!

July

• 12-14 – Annual McIver Float with Daryl, Chris & Amy, Jess & Jason, and friends
• 15 – The first of five weeks of Stage Managing one-week acting camps at Taproot
• 21 – Grotto cave hunting trip near Mt. Baker.

August

• 8 – My friend Hannah from UM was in town, so we got coffee.  Always so happy to see friends!
• 10-11 – I5SAFC Weekend in Cottage Grove
• 17-18 – Fisher Lake backpacking trip with Daryl, Johnny, Grand Paw, and Riley
• 21 – Almost exactly two years from my first day (8/30/17), I quit my coffee job to pursue theatre full time!
• 24-9/3 – Montana!
  • 24 – Drive to Missoula.  Amy and Sam get married!  River City Roots Fest that night.
  • 25 – Drive to Benchmark
  • 26 – Hike into Scapegoat
  • 27 – Caving!  Daryl leads Amy, Kai, Brendan, and me on a loop tour
  • 28 – I take a camp day with Amy, Mike, and Bob
  • 29 – Kai and I join Galen on his survey trip to the Northwest Passage (the passage containing the connection from Greek Fork Falls Cave to Kathy’s Icebox Cave)
  • 30 – Galen, Kai, and I finished the survey!  The historic through trip I was on in 2015 is now officially surveyed!
  • 31 – Camp day with Daryl, Brian, Adam, Caitlin, Amy, Bob, and Mike.  That night we had a perfect final night fire and we saw the Northern Lights!

September

• 8/24-9/3 – Montana
  • 1 – Hike out of Scapegoat
  • 2 – Recover in Missoula with both of Daryl’s brothers, Mike and Kevin
  • 3 – Drive home to Seattle
• 6 – See a recording of Live Wire with Luke Burbank at the Neptune
• 12-18 – Clare and Patrick visit Seattle!  We got dinner one of their first nights in town and then they couch surfed here for a couple days before heading back to NYC.
• 16 – First rehearsal (Stage Manager) for WHITE
• 21 – Grotto trip up to Cave Ridge
• 25 – While I was in Scapegoat I did field recording for my favorite podcast.  Episode 127: Shining a Light on Caving eeee!

October

• 13 – Daryl and I go flying!
• 18 – Opening night for Theatre22’s WHITE at 12th Avenue Arts
• 22 – Sara Bareilles concert!  I bought tickets the moment we were back from Iceland and found out a week later that I had a performance that night.  Magic was worked and we were able to go!  She has been one of my favorite artists for over a decade and I finally got to see her in concert.

November

• 3 – My friend Megan from school was in town so we got brunch!  As I was walking from my car to the restaurant I realized it was just up the block from my first coffee job in Seattle (which is just around the corner from where my Grandma grew up!).
• 9 – Closing night for WHITE
• 14-17 – Lighting Designer and Stage Manager for Occurrence #8 at Spectrum Dance Theater(!!!)
• 26 – Start Stage Managing the Spectrum Dance Theater performances at the Frye Art Museum
• 28-12/1 – Papbougie FriendsCavegiving with Cascade Grotto and Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto

December

• 14-15 – Stage Manage the NWAA ChristmasSounds concert at Highline Performing Arts Center
• 15 – See Cabaret with Amy at 12th Avenue Arts
• 17 – Daryl, Riley, and I go Christmas Tree Hunting
• 18 – Annie and I go downtown to see the Gingerbread Houses.  I have wanted to see them since high school!
• 19 – Daryl and I take Mike to see The Nutcracker at Pacific Northwest Ballet
• 21-22 – I5SAFC weekend at Edgefield.  We had hoped to ski, but have also all decided we’re too old to ski in the rain.
• 24-25 – Christmas in Astoria with my parents and my Grandma
• 26 – Start rehearsals (Stage Manager) for Steel Magnolias

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January

• 10 – Get married at Seattle City Hall on our 9th anniversary
• 14 – Wedding Day at McMenamins Edgefield!
• 16 – Start teaching ballet at UW Rec Center
• 29 – Wizard of Oz at Nathan Hale High School rehearsals start
• 30 – Get drinks with Kayleigh, a coworker of Daryl’s from Sacramento

February

• 8 – Swan Lake at Pacific Northwest Ballet
• 10 – Hike Little Si
• 12 – Sell Sue Ann, my 1991 Subaru Legacy with 312,619 miles.  I bought her in 2008 for $2000 (with insurance money from when Rosie was totaled) and sold her in 2018 for $900.  Not bad!
• 28 – Bought new skis with money from selling Sue Ann!

March

• 3 – Jessie and Darren’s wedding!  It was so wonderful for us to get to spend time with Arina, Emily, Jesus, and Frank – unlike when we saw them in January at our wedding.
• 4 – Snoqualmie Pass was closed and we got turned back to Ellensburg.  In all the years I’ve been traveling over the pass, I have never been turned around before!
• 7 – Hamilton!  I still can’t believe we got to see it!
• 13 – Tech Rehearsals for Crowns at Taproot Theatre start
• 18 – Clare has a 12 hour layover in Seattle!
• 23 – Crowns opens
• 26 – Finish buying my new ski set up: ski boots, bindings, and ski crampons
• 29 – Cascade Grotto Pub Night at Floating Bridge Brewing
• 30 – Drive to Astoria.  Drinks with Tammy!
• 31 – Mama and I drive to Roseburg for my Aunt Karen’s Celebration of Life.

April

• 10 – Danielle and Greg took us out to Stateside as a wedding present.  So good!
• 22 – Daryl, Johnny, Danielle, and I catch the last day at Steven’s Pass for their Pond Skim.  The first day on my new skis!

May

• 3 – Wizard of Oz opens
• 5 – Vertical practice for the Grotto at Ravenna Bridge
• 6 – Daryl and I catch closing weekend of Mt. Hood Meadows with Chandler
• 12-13 – North Cascades Recon trip
• 19-20 – North Cascades ski trip
• 22 – Sub as LBO for Lady Windermere’s Fan at Taproot Theatre
• 26-28 – Eugene with the Greaser-McDaniel Clan

June

• 1 – We moved into our new place!  Riley gets a yard!
• 4 – Daryl’s birthday!
• 8-11 – Papoose Cave with 19 people from 6 grottos!
• 12-15 – I got to be the Tech Advisor for the Center School’s student written play festival with Seattle Public Theater
• 24 – June Birth Month Ski Trip: Chinook Pass
• 27 – My 31st Birthday!  We saw West Side Story on the big screen!
• 30 – We got to spend the day with Mike, Saville, and the kids at the Pacific Science Center.  I love our family.

July

• 7-8 – Astoria Weekend with Sydoney!  We got coffee at 3 Cups, lunch at T. Pauls, coffee at Astoria Coffee House, climbed to the top of the Column, snagged tickets to a “Sneek” Peek of Shanghaied in Astoria, then we camped at the Saddle Mountain trail head and summited the next day.  Talk about a perfect weekend!
• 9-12 – I spent the week as Technical Director and Lighting Designer for SPT’s summer camp production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
• 14-15 – McIver Float with the Beechaus!
• 20-Aug 5 – Montana
  • 21-22 – Camp with Tom and his kids at Benchmark
  • 23-24 – Benchmark.  Float the creek between the campground and the airport
  • 25-27 – Scapegoat
  • 30-Aug 3 – NSS Convention

August

• 4 – Mike’s birthday float.  We floated the confluence of the Blackfoot and the Clark Fork rivers!
• 7-10 – Lighting Designer for Charlotte’s Web at Taproot’s Summer Acting Studio
• 11 – Jack White concert with the Beechaus
• 16 – Skype date with Emily and Arina!
• 17 – HanaSara was in town for the shortest amount of time, but I managed to steal her for breakfast
• 19 – Becky and I had planned on going hiking, but smokey skies are gross.  Brunch instead!
• 25-26 – Clear Lake with the Beechaus.  The lake was practically gone and it was chilly, but we all had so much fun.  Daryl and I got to be in charge of breakfast!
• 26 – On the way home from Clear Lake we stopped by Spencer’s brewery, 54’40’
• 27 – LBO for Sandbox Radio Live at SPT

September

• 14-16 – 56 hours in New York City!
  • 15 – I got brunch with Mark, an online friend from the days of sondheim.com message boards in high school.  Then I got drinks with my high school friends Temple and Jess.  And to top the day off, I had dinner with so many UM friends: Emily, Ellie, Clare, and Christopher!
  • 16 – Daryl and I got to spend the day wandering around the city!
• 27 – We saw Program B of the Jerome Robbins Festival at PNB (including The Concert, a ballet I’ve wanted to see for years).  It was so good!
• 29 – Program B was so good that we got tickets to see Program A too!

October

• 1 – Riley’s 2nd birthday!
• 11 – We saw the MountainFilm World Tour at the Mountaineers tonight.  Lots go great films and a lot of stoke to get outside.
• 15 – Rehearsals for Taproot Theatre Christmas Touring shows start.
• 20-21 – Dynamited Cave trip with Cascade Grotto!
• 27-28 – I made a trip home to see my parents and Grandma.  We went through family photos and I learned more about our history here in Seattle.

November

• 3 – Date night at the Showbox to see Lil’ Smokies!
• 10-11 – I5 Super Awesome Friends weekend in Hood River!  We visited the Western Antique Automobile and Airplane Museum – it is AWESOME!
• 19 – Rehearsals start for A Charlie Brown Christmas at Taproot
• 30 – A Charlie Brown Christmas opens

December

• 6 – Banff Mountain Film Festival at Benaroya Hall
• 8 – Cascade Grotto Holidays Party!
• 10-12 – LD The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe for Taproot Acting Studio
• 14 – Betsey got new boots (Cooper CS5s)
• 16 – After months of trying to have a work get together, we finally have a Greenwood Diva holiday party
• 20 – The Nutcracker at PNB
• 24-25 – We spend Christmas in Astoria.  Christmas Eve at my parents with my Grandma and cousin, then Christmas Day at our favorite beach.
• 31-Jan 1 – Ski-N The New Year with Mike at Blewett Pass

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JANUARY

• 1/1 – Daryl and I start driving from Missoula to Portland.  It was a very wintery drive.
• 1/2 – After getting donuts at Spud Nuts in the Tri-Cities, we arrive in Portland.
• 1/6 – Dinner at the Beech Haus
• 1/8-9 – Edgefield weekend.  We woke up to an inch of ice over the 4Runner!
• 1/9 – Daryl, Chadler, Riley, and I head to Mt. St. Helens to try to ski.  We didn’t ski, but we did encounter three stuck vehicles.
• 1/10 – 8th Anniversary!
• 1/11 – The first of several Portland snow days.  We went back country skiing at Mt. Tabor, a dormant volcano in Portland.
• 1/13-15 – Astoria weekend.  We get dinner with Tammy and Gerhett at Fort George and Daryl skis Coxcomb Hill at the Column!
• 1/16 – After barely making it to the airport because of the snow, I fly back to Missoula.
• 1/23 – The first day of my last semester of undergrad!

FEBRUARY

• 2/3-4 – ACDA Benefit Concert
• 2/18-19 – Daryl and Riley visit Missoula!
• 2/27 – I was able to get out of tech early to see Blind Pilot play at the Wilma!  My heart and soul was so filled.

MARCH

• 3/8-11 – Dance In Concert.  I get to use both my majors, performing in Giselle and Heidi’s piece and designing lights for Racheal Lincoln’s piece.
• 3/17-28 – Spring Break!
• 3/19 – We hike at Wallace Falls then get dinner with Chadler.
• 3/24 – Smash Putt!
• 3/25-26 – I5 Super Awesome Friends weekend: We stay at the Crystal Hotel with Lizommy, then the four of us meet up with Chadler at Mt. Hood to ski.  When Daryl heads back up to Seattle, I head south to Eugene with Lizommy.
• 3/27-28 – Eugene with Liz and Tommy.  I snuggle with Debo and Bindi while doing homework and help them pack up their house.
• 3/29-4/3 – The American College Dance Association Northwest Regional Conference at the University of Oregon in Eugene!
• 3/30 – Since I was at the UO campus, M and I got lunch.  I’m so thankful internet friends continue to be in-real-life friends.

APRIL

• 4/1 – Charlie and I take an amazing ballet class with James Sutton, one of the Adjudicators at ACDA.  Both of UM’s piece are selected for the Gala Concert!
• 4/2-3 – Heidi and I take turns driving us (and Hannah) home from Eugene.
• 4/10-14 – Emily and Arina visit!  My heart and soul was so filled with their love and laughter.
• 4/14 – Spring Studio Works.

MAY

• 5/1 – My Modern class took a field trip to Arlee High School to do a Lec/Dem.  It was so much fun dancing for and with high school students who haven’t been exposed to modern dance before.
• 5/2-6 – Dance New Works and Where We Start.  I am so proud of the work everyone presented, but especially my fellow Seniors and I.
• 5/3-15 – My parents come to town!  It was so great to have them in Missoula for two weeks, even though I was extremely busy.
• 5/7 – School of Theatre & Dance Picnic.  I was given the Jack of All Trades and Most Promising Senior Technician Solo Cup Awards and the Ripple Effect Paper Plate Award.  I am so thankful for this school and these people.
• 5/13 – Graduation!  I officially graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Lighting Design and Stage Management!
• 5/29 – Daryl drives our moving truck to Seattle.
• 5/30 – Riley and I drive to Seattle.  I can’t believe we live here now!

JUNE

• 6/4 – Daryl’s birthday!  We go to Bremerton to see Saville, Mike, and the kids.
• 6/10 – Fort George 3-Way IPA release party at Rueben’s Brews.  So much fun!
• 6/13 – Daryl and I see Emily perform at the Spotlight on Seattle show at Broadway Performance Hall.
• 6/17-18 – Daryl, Johnny, Riley, Grand Paw, and I go backcountry skiing at Chinook Pass on Naches Pass.  I love the mountains.
• 6/24 – 6 weeks after graduating, I start my first job in one of my fields!  Stage Managing Madagascar, Jr  with the Hi-Liners.  We move into our first Seattle apartment!
• 6/27 – Daryl and I go to a Mariner’s game for my birthday!

JULY

• 7/4 – Daryl and I ski and climb Naches Peak.  Look at that view of Mt. Rainier!
• 7/13-16 – Madagascar, Jr performances at Renton Civic Theatre.  I’m so proud of these kids!
• 7/28 – My second job post graduating was designing lights for a Summer Acting Camp at Taproot Theatre.
• 7/29-30 – Daryl and I head down to Portland for a float trip with the Beech Haus.  So thankful for our friends!

AUGUST

• 8/4 – Daryl, Johnny, Niki, Ian, Riley, Grand Paw, and I spend the evening floating at Matthew’s Beach.
• 8/11 – My second lighting design gig of the summer at Taproot.
• 8/13 – We head to Mt. Pilchuck to hike for a bit before going to Woodland Park Zoo to see Blind Pilot and Gregory Alan Isakov!
• 8/14 – First day at Diva Espresso!
• 8/14-26 – Daryl, Johnny, Riley, and I head to Idaho for the Total Solar Eclipse.  We hiked into Alpine Lake in the Sawtooth Wilderness just outside of Stanley, ID.  IT WAS SO COOL!

SEPTEMBER

• 9/9 – Griz vs Huskies game!  We totally lost, but had a blast!
• 9/12 – Tech week starts for Relativity at Taproot Theatre (I was the Light Board Op and Programmer).
• 9/16 – Emily, Anya, and I had a lady date at Velocity to see Seattle Dance Showcases, then we got drinks at Optimism Brewing.  So thankful for have UM people in Seattle with me.
• 9/17 – Daryl and I spend the day with Mike, Saville, and the kids in Bremerton.  So happy to have family so close.
• 9/22 – Opening night of Relativity.
• 9/24 – Daryl, Riley, and I hike to the look out on Mt. Pilchuck.  It was such a beautiful day.  I love hiking so very much.

OCTOBER

• 10/1 – For Riley’s first birthday, Daryl, Johnny, Grand Paw, Riley, and I hiked to Rampart and Rachael Lakes.  It was such a perfect fall hike – and it snowed while we were at Rachael Lakes, which was the cherry on top for me.
• 10/8-9 – Edgefield weekend for our cake tasting!
• 10/21 – My Dad visits and is our first visitor to our apartment.
• 10/29 – I bought a new car!  I drove to the dealership in a 1991 Subaru Legacy with 311,645 miles and I drove home in my new 2014 Subaru Crosstrek with 37,247 miles!  She’s so beautiful!

NOVEMBER

• 11/4 – Date night to see Mike Birbiglia at the Moore Theatre
• 11/9 – Date night to see Her Story at the Pacific Northwest Ballet.  We love Beer & Ballet!
• 11/11 – My Mama and Becky come to town for a ladies day.  I buy my wedding dress!
• 11/18-19 – Astoria weekend to see Blind Pilot at the Liberty Theatre.  I saw them three times this year!
• 11/22 – Daryl has emergency hernia surgery.  Very thankful for modern medicine.

DECEMBER

• 12/7 – Date night to see the Banff Mountain Film Festival at Benaroya Hall.
• 12/14 – Date night to see The Nutcracker at PNB.  I cried during Waltz of the Flowers – it was the most beautiful, clean version I have ever seen.
• 12/16 – Cascade Grotto Christmas Party!
• 12/23-25 – Eugene.  We have Chrsitmas Eve dinner at the Carriere’s.  So thankful for our I5 Super Awesome Friends.
• 12/25 – Christmas dinner in Astoria with my parents and Grandma.
• 12/28 – I got to be a sub LBO at Taproot for A Civil War Christmas.