Complete: 45. Watch the nominees for Best Animated Picture for each year in the list

I really finished this one last week, but I saved it for this post because the past week has just been packing. Our truck is loaded and we leave for Washington tomorrow. Bittersweet!! We're sad to leave so many good friends, but excited for a new adventure.

So I really hate to tell you there's a film worse than Boss Baby, but there is: Ferdinand. Yikes. I'm so sad that's the one I had to end on because the others for this year were amazing. Dang DVD release dates.

My very favorites were: The Breadwinner, Loving Vincent, Coco, Kubo and the Two Strings, Zootopia, and Moana. Don't make me rank them.

I'm going to keep up with the nominees, but probably only to make sure I see the underrated ones. If Boss Baby 2 gets nominated, I will die.

Goodbye Utah!!!

Complete: 85. Go to the Penguin Encounter at the Living Planet Aquarium

One more Utah thing down!

We went to the Penguin Encounter this week (after I finally caught someone on the phone to schedule it). It was super adorable. Basically the penguins are super divas/toddlers and I love it. They have personal bubbles and get mad when things get in them. As such, we couldn't touch them, but we did get to feed them fish, though they were very particular about how they were fed.

The room was freezing cold, but they were super adorbs and it was totally worth it.

Complete: 23. Host a Rummikub tournament

It wasn't integral, but I was really hoping I could get this one done before we left. All my Rummikub homies live here! My mom, especially, is the biggest Rummikub fan I know. She was so jazzed about the tournament - she's still talking about how much fun it was.

1st place (top) to 7th place (bottom)
Hubster and I are the Alpha and Omega of Rummikub

Macey's ran a great sale on Red Button that perfectly coincided with the tournament, so I bought 7 of them, and we sampled as we played.

With that, I just need to have Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake (limited fall flavor, so I'll have to visit) and the elusive Lime Rickey Sherbet, which was no where to be found. Hopefully we can track it down before we go. 

I keep calling the Draper aquarium so I can experience their penguins, but nobody wants to talk to me. I hope I can get that scheduled soon. 

I'd feel pretty fake going to a Utah Old Time Fiddlers meeting when I'm completely out of practice musically, and we're probably not going to be able to squeeze in a trip to New Mexico with everything going on, too. We did get a picture in Florida, so maybe I'll allow one sub state. I'm all about making things achievable.

Complete: 11. Ride the Heber Valley Railroad

So it's official, we're moving to Washington. Time to squeeze in that Utah list!

Hubster and I decided to ride the Monday night train at the Heber Valley Railroad, and boy, was it delightful!

It was beautiful weather.

The train started in Heber, and went out to Decker Bay. When we got to there, they took the locomotive off the front and moved it to the back of the train to take us back.

It was about 90 minutes for the whole ride, which I think was a good length. They have 3 hour rides, as well, and that might have been a little too long. They had on-train entertainment - fiddlers and dance parties, which we successfully avoided, haha.

Overall, we super enjoyed it. And I got a bonus smashed penny!

Hooray!

Complete: 58. Have yearly family portraits taken + 67. Build a fancy cake for someone

30 items done!!! Just in time for my 30th birthday, and I didn't even plan it that way. I should have - that would have been a good goal!

We got family pictures taken twice and then we just had family take our picture at GRADUATION!!! I figured our family hasn't changed enough to justify paying someone again, haha.

And then I made a great cake, also for GRADUATION!!!

Hubster's family literally applauded when I cut into into it and pulled out blue cake. It was great.

We're so excited to be done with this chapter of our lives. Time to have real lives and no more homework!!!