My, my time flies!

I was listening to this song today while in the car. It makes me think of a few things...

• Yes, time does fly! Holy cow! Where has the summer gone? It's supposed to get up to 103 this week, but I can't help but feel depressed that there's only one month of summer break left!!!
• Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of an American on the moon. What have we done since then? Aren't we supposed to be on Mars by now? I'm just hoping it will be in my lifetime.
• And, since when did Enya have guitar solos in any of her music? Kinda different, I think I like it!
• I would like to play around on a harpsichord. Wouldn't that be fun?

On a side note, totally unrelated to anything Enya, I really hate it when pants wear out. Usually I have no problem growing out of clothes, shrinking clothes, or staining them, but when a perfectly good pair of jeans still fit, but start getting a little faded and frayed I'm going to keep wearing them. Maybe I should rethink my pants philosophy because sometime this morning, unbeknownst to me, I acquired a rather large rip across the rear pocket that extended to the middle seam. Let me think of all the places I went this morning... Hm... Oh yes, I coached 22 junior high girls, then put on my missionary tag and taught my adult ESL class at the DI. I then had a meeting with other service missionaries and did a little shopping in the DI itself. It wasn't until I was in the dressing room that I noticed the rip in my pants! ("How long has that been there?") I had some grocery shopping to do, but I decided to come straight home instead... I wonder if it's against missionary dress code to expose as much as I did today! Ugh!!!

July

July has been great! My cousin came and visited us last week and we went on a little hike to Ross Falls. Here are some pictures:

This could so be Logan's Senior picture...

Dylan hides from the camera and Logan looks like he's going to hurt me...

But I know he wouldn't...

Dennis doing cowboy stuff...

Youth Conference was a few weeks ago. The theme was "Decisions Determine Destiny." We got to meet many people from the Book of Mormon. This is Captain Moroni. It was a pretty neat experience!

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!