Favorites 2011

What where your favorites of 2011?  This is a list of some of our favorites this last year, some of them are new, others new to us or rediscovered.

Books:

1. Harry Potter #1,2- read these with Clara.  When she told me the kids were playing harry potter at school and she didn't know how to play I figured it was time to start the series.

2. Peter Pan- pirates, mermaids, flying.  Doesn't get much better.

3. The Piggie and Gerald Books-  Clara loves to read these ones and I usually laugh too.

4.  Unbroken- made me grateful to be alive, to be a runner, and to be an American, and gave me another reason to not complain.

5.  Cutting for stone- listened to this over many, many, many runs.  A little disappointed in the ending but a great medical narrative.

6.  Nine unlikely tales- e.e.nesbitt, free on librivox, great hiking stories.

7.  The hunger games- a guilty pleasure

8.  Moominpappa's memoirs- our kids love the moomin books.  We unknowingly bought a pillow in Japan with a picture of snufkin on it.  Heidi still loves that pillow.  I bought the first book as a Christmas present for Heidi a long time ago and we finally dusted it off and now have fallen in love with the series.

9.  The fly guy series- easy readers that make me laugh.

10.  The children of noisy village-  Hannah is staying awake for these innocent stories.  That's saying something.

Movies/TV

1.  The best years of our lives- the stories of three returning vets from WW2.  The veteran functioning with upper extremities prosthetics is the essence of my field of medicine.

2.  The nun's story- I had no idea it was so tough to become a nun.  I always thought becoming a nun was a froofy sound of music deal.  I'm glad my daughters won't have to become nuns if they want to go into the medical field.

3.  180 degrees south- sometimes still wish I could just be a bum that just goes around hiking all the time, my dad has taught me that's what retirement is for

4.  Gnomeo and Juliet- very funny.

5.  Kid History- on youtube.  Mormon adults acting out stories told by kids. 

6.  Phineas and Ferb- discovered them this year.  There you are perry.

7.  Pucca Kung Fu kisses- a little strange but funny.

8. Modern Family- still making us laugh.  Only show we wait through adds for.

Music

1. Good advice- Song by Keller Williams- "Never pick your toes and then pick your nose" nuff said.

2. Mama tooted- also by KW- "I'm going to blame it on Mama .  . . all night" both of these songs were from KW's kid album.

3. Furr- blitzen trapper- Thanks Ann.

4. Distance- Cake- old song but a great running song that always gives me a little more kick.

5. 2Cellos- classical renditions of U2 and michael jackson songs etc.

6. Single Ladies- the girls love this song.  Curse you chipmunks.

7. The Avett brothers

Grateful for all the good things we found in 2011.