For the last two years (see 2011, 2012) Jenn and I have been collaborating on a post we like to call "Our Favorite Things". Each year its an opportunity to look back on the year that was and remember the TV, Music, Movies, and memories we want to remember from those years. So as is now tradition here are our favorite things from 2013. 

The Wolf of Wall Street might be the most over-the-top, gratuitous movie I've ever seen. Going in you know this a movie all about excess, but the lengths in which Martin Scorsese goes to portray it, was to much for me. Its a three hour movie and he takes more times then I can count to show the incredible excess that these crook stockbrokers have. 

It's the day after Christmas and all of Southern California basked in the glory of its amazing weather. Jake and I indulged ourselves into the fine sport of golf and had a fun nine holes at the Newport Beach Golf Course; an Executive Par 3 course a couple of miles from our apartment. 

In 2012 I joined an incredible service called Goodreads. Its a service that helps you track what you've read, want to read, and are currently reading. They also have personal goal tracking on the site that tracks how many books you want to challenge yourself to read every year. In 2012 my goal was 20 books and I hit 28. A lot of that had to do with commuting with Jenn to Rosemead. In 2013 I set a goal of 25 and wouldn't you know it I hit my goal with only twelve days to spare.  Here are the 25 books I read in 2013 in order of how I read them. 

Each year Jenn channels more and more of her mom and decorates more and more of our apartment. It really began last year when she decorated each room with a tree, now not only does each room have a tree but each area that could potentially hold a decoration is now covered. And I hate to admit it, but I kind of love it.

Jenn and I have watched around a dozen seasons of The Amazing Race. At the very beginning of the first episode of a season we pick our teams who we are going to root for. The competition between Jenn and I really heated up when Jenn won in Season 9 with the hippies, and has continued to this latest season, 23.