Life is CRAZY fun!!

So I realize it has been nearly a month since I last wrote. I'll try catching you up...

One of the biggest things that occupied my time is spending time with my family at a LOT of Ogden Raptor's games. You see, it was about this time a month ago that I met some new friends, two to be exact. I met these friends at my brother's championship rec baseball game (he won!!). Kind of funny that we met there because they happened to be from Dominican Republic. They told my mom and me that they were here for work. My very first thought was "How boring! Who would come to Roy, UT to work?" As we continue to talk I realized what their jobs are. They are players on the Raptor's team! It has been fun getting to know the two I first met and then also the six other players that are from the DR. We now can get tickets whenever we want. I think I have gone to more games in this season than I will ever go to for the remainder of my time on earth. They are a fun group of guys to have over for dinner and just be around. They all like to laugh and joke around. One thing they tease all of the kids about is not really knowing much Spanish. They encourage us to try to speak but since I hardly ever know how to translate the whole sentence, I resort to English. This brings me to my next change in life.

I am happy and sad to say that I no longer work for Zion's Bank. A few weeks ago I was pretty set with the idea that I would put off going to school for another semester or two. After all, starting back to school in the spring still put me on track with Tim. I decided to talk to my parents about it and to my surprise, they completely disagreed. In fact, they told me that they wanted me to go back to school full time this fall. I tried to explain that I was an adult and needed to work in order to earn money. But then they said something that I couldn't argue with. My parents pointed out the odds of me finishing my school after I get married is very slime. Not that my future husband wouldn't support me, but if I started a family with kids and all then it would be extremely hard to do both. I know that if or when I get into that situation I would be able to handle it, however, why not get as much school done sooner rather than later..? So as of today I haven't worked for Zions for two of my normal work days. Instead I have been going to classes a Weber State. I am now taking two English classes: British Literature and Biographical Writing, a studio art class, a volleyball class, and last but not least, a Spanish class.

I am very excited to dive into school. I feel like I have taken just the right amount of credits and classes that are very important to me. The English classes I have are going towards my major (English with an emphasis on Creative Writing). The art class is allowing me to continue with my passion for drawing. The volleyball class, I think, is pretty self explanatory. And the Spanish class is allowing me to better communicate with my family and new friends!

There is one last big change in my life. I am really looking forward to this semester of school. The reason being is that I am now the sophomore coach at Fremont High School!! I have a new group of girls (the ones I have coached before are now on Varsity!!) and a new set of challenges. There is quite a noticeable gap in the skill level between varsity and sophomores. I know these girls will work hard and close that gap fast!! It will be a season full of growth!

Something else that isn't really new but extremely important. Tomorrow Elder Tim will have served the Lord for 18 months in Porto Alegre! I ONLY HAVE 6 MORE MONTHS!!!! I can't begin to expression the joy that I am feeling at the very moment!! What an amazing man that I have been so blessed to have in my life. I am scared to near death about not being what he needs when he comes home. At the same time I am filled with hope that I am. I feel like he is exactly what I need. He will be terribly sad to have to come home from a place and people he has grown to love almost more than his family. He truly has engrossed himself in the work of the Lord. I know this because he hasn't written to his family, via email, for a couple weeks now. I continue to pray and worry about him. He is constantly telling me in letters that I don't need to worry but I just can't seem to help it. I can hardly believe that my wait is almost over!!!