Sunday, January 11, 2015

Third Semester

Hola my son!  How was your birthday? How does it feel to be 20 years old?  I was a little bit sad on Tuesday, because I really wanted to help you celebrate, and make your day special for you.  I hope someone did that job for me!  And I hope you had a great week.


We are doing good, the third semester begins this week! That means we are half way through the school year! Stefanie's grades were awesome again, all As and Bs, hooray!  She is excited about her new classes, especially Drivers Ed.

Lehi Varsity Basketball had a rough week, the first week of region play, two games this week and they lost BOTH of them to American Fork and Lone Peak.  But the good news is that Dad's JV team is still undefeated!  They are on fire! This week they will take on Pleasant Grove and Riverton. Dad says if they want to make the playoffs they must win at least ONE of those games.  Good luck, Lehi! 

We have had a few neighbors move away!  I have lots of new primary kids in the ward. Just in the last few months the Drakes, Whatcotts, Shavers and Sindts all moved away. Stefanie and I went this week to meet our new neighbors across the street, the Cardells. We took over some brownies and visited with them for awhile. Nice young family, they have two cute little kids. 

Lehi is growing fast…many new housing developments going up around us.  We were recently listed as the 5th fastest growing city in the nation!  We also found out that property has been purchased for a THIRD high school.  Wow!  The second high school is under construction, looking very nice, it will be completed in 18 months.  It is near where Rachel and George live. 

So how would you like to play college soccer in Iowa?  We were surprised to get a message from Coach MacRae this week.  Also, we heard back from the UVA (Virginia) coach, he wanted to come meet with us last Saturday but Dad told him you were not interested.  We hear from Coach Atkinson every so often, we need to get some paperwork started there, but we are waiting until the end of February to see if you get accepted to BYU.  If so, you will have a tough decision to make! Going to BYU would mean you could extend your mission an extra transfer if you decide to do that.  But going to Western Wyoming would mean you would need to return home as scheduled.  Coach Atkinson wrote...

"We start our training camp on August 2nd.  Braden would be required to move up to his dorm in Rock Springs at that time.  We run this training camp until school begins on August 26th." 

Well, that is all our news for this week!  We love you so much! Keep working hard!  Love, Mom