A real job

What a fantastic weekend it's been! I survived speaking in sacrament meeting on Sunday. I love our little branch. They were all so supportive of me, especially after my last talk (I passed out at the pulpit... yeah...) and I made it through the whole thing on my feet! I even think I did an okay job with my Spanish accent, at least that's what I've been told, but maybe they were just being nice. Jajaja (That's how you say hahaha in Spanish ;) My topic was on fathers & the priesthood. I told a story about my dad being supportive of me and coaching my soccer teams throughout the years. Then I told a story about how he got a yellow card once... I knew our branch would appreciate that! We have quite a few serious "futbol" fans.

Then, today was my first day volunteering at the Refugee Summer School. I absolutely loved it! This school was organized for kids that have just arrived in the US, and haven't had the chance to go to school yet. Some of them have only been here for a week. It'll be good for them to get a bit of a head start and have a chance to socialize beforet they're thrown into the public school system. There were kids there as young as 4, all the way up to 15. I have to admit, I'm not as good with little kids as I am with teenagers. I'm working on it though! I made some friends from Iraq and Nepal (and somewhere else that I can't remember). I wish I could take pictures with my new friends, but the Refugee Center doesn't want pictures to get in the wrong hands, which is understandable. Just take my word for it, they are stinking adorable! I talked with (or tried to talk with) the older girls a lot and one of them gave me a hug at the end of the day. I love them already! I'm only signed up for one day a week, but I think I might just show up on the other day too.

Another thought I've had this week- I am so lucky to have the opportunity to do the things I get to do. Most of my time is filled with non-paying gigs, like college, teaching at the DI, coaching (it pays, but I've never calculated my pay per hour... Man, that would be depressing!) and now I get to spend time with the cutest kids I've ever seen! Maybe someday (possibly soon) I will need to get a real job, but I just seem to be attracted to the jobs that don't come with a paycheck. Is that bad?

...Or maybe with our current president, I won't need a real job anyway! jajaja ;)

Graduation

Congratulations Kati!

It totally stinks that you're already off to college... But we're absolutely positive that you'll do great and have so much fun!

Sore muscles

Ahh... Cheer camp. If you've never been, let me tell you... It's exhausting!

This year being the first year of the Canyon Ridge cheer squad's existence, we coaches decided to stay home for cheer camp instead of spending the couple hundred dollars per cheerleader to go away to camp or to bring staff here. So... I got the opportunity to teach a boot camp! I was totally comfortable doing so, because I spent my summers in high school teaching boot camps to junior high squads. I choreographed and taught a half time routine, as well as game-time chants and we did training exercises, team-building activities, and a whole lot of stunting. I'm so proud of my girls and guys! Here are a few pictures... I'm sure in the next few months there will be plenty more to come!

Canyon Ridge Cheer is #1!