50 Reasons Why 2012 Was Great:

1. Got a job at GC

2. Opened up a show for Drake Bell

3. Fed and prayed with homeless people with Mission Tulsa

4. Raised enough $ at the benefit show for the youth shelter for them to stay open

5. Went to Louisiana again and met a lot of cool people while doing missions work there

6. Held a 6 ft. alligator in my boat while gator hunting at night in a bayou














7. Met a very influential paraplegic man

8. Played music for sick kids at a children's hospital















9. Sang and played harp in 2 different friends' weddings

10. Became a part of Prison Discipleship

11. Met Patrick O'Meilia at a show we both played



















12. Reached year 8 of surviving brain damage


13. mewithoutYou released a new record






















14. Saw mwY play in OKC and every single one of them recognized me




















15. Went on a lot of adventures with Patrick and founded Orion's Hill

16. Went to a drive-in movie for the first time




















17. Saw Bon Iver

18. Finally acquired merchandise for the band

19. Walked on top of a tiger cage at the Broken Arrow animal safari














20. Held a fox
















21. Got bit on the face by a kangaroo

22. Held a very large boa constrictor

23. Auditioned for American Idol

24. Played FreeTulsa music fest again and packed the venue out














25. Rode roller coasters inside the Mall Of America in Minnesota

26. Went to Canada














27. Acted out The Princess Bride while rolling down a sand cliff















28. Slept outside all night for the first time on a Canadian beach

29. Watched an epic meteor shower


30. Drove across the country through 5 states

31. Hunted zombies in real life

32. Went inside a volcano in New Mexico

33. Stood in 3 states at once

34. Saw dinosaur footprints














35. Went camping for the first time

36. Stood atop Black Mesa


37. Found a geo cache

38. Turned 20

39. Began dating Patrick O'Meilia

40. Had my photography business featured at an art cocktail














41. Added more band mates














42. Got taken to the fair by a gentleman














43. Went to Eureka Springs with my best friends

44. Snuck inside of an old train car














45. Had an alteration made on my leg brace that reduced a lot of pain

46. Shared Thanksgiving with 3 different families














47. Played shows performing Christmas songs only

48. Received my badge to allow me to work with jail inmates

49. Bought Finch (new Fender Telecaster)

50. Grew even closer to my Heavenly Father