Back to School - Fall Time

We have had quite the busy Fall time.  At last minute in favor of a friend, Roy helped coach the Springville 9th grade - Team B football team.  He had practices every night and games on Saturday.  He would even spend several hours watching the recordings of the past football games to see where they could improve.  I never realized how serious football can be especially for 9th graders.  Roy and Jim Brau, did an incredible job with these boys.  They were able to have them meet past BYU players and played better than they ever thought.  The boys were able to come in 3rd place in the season and were able to play in the semi-finals.  They did a great job! Here are some pictures of one of Roy coaching.  He is the one with the red hat. 

Also during this same time, we decided I would go back to school to get my bachelors degree.  I have an associates and have been working towards a bachelors for quite sometime.  My only hold back was my associates degree was specialized and a lot of my generals didn't transfer to UVSC.  So I felt like I was retaking classes I had already taken.  I did some research and decided to go to Stevens Henager School of Business.  Financially, I was able to get some pell grants and financial aid, which I am grateful for.  I wasn't sure how I was going to fit this all in with me working full-time, dedicating my time to my little family, and church.  We have so many things we are doing.  I liked the idea of doing school online.  I knew I would have to do a lot of sacrifice with my time.  So far I have been able to make it work.  I have been getting up at 3 a.m. in the morning to do my homework.  Most of the time, I am able to finish my school work by Friday morning so I can relax from school stuff for the weekend. I will be going to school straight through for a little over 2 years.  I will finish before Kaitlyn goes to kindergarten.  :)  Hopefully this will help me be a greater asset for the company I am currently working for.

We also enrolled Amanda in a class piano course.  It is at Art City Music Academy.  She is doing a great job in there.  They have a parent sit in with them in their group class.  So I am able to see what she is learning, and be able to help her.  We were able to set a routine for her, especially now that she has started Kindergarten.  She will usually wake up around 6 or 6:30 a.m. and we will practice the piano first thing in the morning.  She gets pretty excited when she passes a song off.  One of her favorite things to do is doing the flash cards.  She will have her first recital on January 21st.  We are excited to see her perform. :)