March

Hola, my son!  Well, here we are in March!  We are glad to put the winter months behind us and look forward to spring.  We were so happy to hear about the baptisms of Marisol and Jensi and see a picture of you all dressed in white.  What cute girls!  So happy they are taking the steps necessary to become a forever family.  

So I think you may have changes coming up soon...is that happening this week?  You have been in Los Llanos for awhile, are you ready for a change? We are excited to hear your news.

Good things are happening here!  Dad got a call from the principal at Lehi High School, he has an interview for the Head Boys Basketball position this week! He is excited and hopeful.  Saturday was the State Championship game, Lone Peak went out early so everyone was happy to see a new winner after their four-year run.  It ended up being Layton vs. Brighton in the final game, Layton came from behind to win by one point.  So exciting!  And just like that the high school basketball season is over for another year.  Say a prayer or two for Dad this week that he will nail his interview and become the new head coach at LHS!

We are moving forward with your plans to go to Western Wyoming. This week I got you signed up for housing, you will be living on campus in a dorm set aside for the Men's soccer team.  How fun will that be?! You will get to know your teammates well!  I sent a text to Landon Jacobsen, he replied in about 30 seconds, haha! Thought you might be interested...

Me:  Hi Landon, this is Janeal Smith, Braden's mom. Coach Atkinson gave us your #. We are wondering about housing for Braden, do you recommend he live on campus? There is a $150 deposit to apply for housing so we wanted to check with you first.

Landon:  Heck yes Im excited thats what I was hoping for! Good to know ill be playing with him again!! If my roommate now doesn't come back next semester im going to push to have braden as my roommate just to let you know on that!! :)
Haha, so there you go, you may or may not be Landon's roommate, but at least you will live in the same building as him and the rest of the team.  

In other news, we found out this week that you will soon be getting another cousin! Linda and Rob are expecting baby #5 in August!  Haha, it was a big surprise, Caden is 11!  Hunter will come home from his mission to a new little sibling, wow!  Also, your cousin Sarah just had a new baby boy, Paul Xavier Lontine. We've only seen pictures of him, hopefully we will get to meet him soon.

That's it from us this week!  We love you!  Keep working hard, we are so proud of the great work you are doing! 

Love, Mom