Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Welcome!

Well I finally started a blog!  It seems like every time I have moved, whether it be from home to college, from California to Utah, from Utah to Texas, from Texas back to Utah, and now from Utah to another part of Utah, I have had to leave a lot of people I care about and miss very much. Hopefully this will be yet another way of keeping in touch with everyone and keeping everyone updated on my life.  

So a little you should know about me and my life right now....I was married in May and I couldn't be happier with Cody.  I just received my associates degree and am working on my bachelors degree in English Ed so I can be a teacher.  I am coaching high school volleyball in hopes of someday being a head coach.  I talk to my mom and brother often, they are so important to me and I wish they lived closer.  My dad passed away last year.  It still doesn't seem real.  Everyday I wish that I had more time with with.  He has been so much to me and I can't wait to see him again someday.  Since I have been so far from home, my friends have become my family.  

Things that I want to accomplish in my life... I want to always be a family oriented person.  I struggle to stay connected with my family from California. Distance really makes things hard. But my aunts were like my sisters at one point and I continue to look up to them always.  I want to be a big part of my sister's life and her children's lives.  It's so hard when the one thing that connected 2 people is no longer there.  I want to always stay close to my friends.  I tend to push people away when I don't want to deal with "life".  Over the past few years I have changed and grown so much, but to do that have had to go through a lot and it seems that through that I have lost sight of some good friendships.  

On a lighter note, I want to have a handful of kids and have a tight family, I hope to publish a novel...or 2!  I want to learn how to crochet and I want to become more fit...run a marathon or something! Well, maybe a triathlon?  I want to get my masters degree and teach night classes at the local college, wherever that may be.  I want to someday have ALL of my pictures scrapped...that's quite a project! I want to learn how to play the guitar, how to take pictures, take a pottery class, and travel a lot! 

I know that I am so blessed to be where I am and to have a good husband beside me.  I am grateful for everyone in my life...I love you all!