2013 At the Maxey Pad
Our 2013 is finishing off much more exciting than it started. As I was making note of all the things to mention in our Christmas blog there was only a few things all the way until June! Rich, Myles' brother, and his wife, Lindsey got married in January. That was a fun party!
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| Our surprise visit |
In February we surprised my family and joined them in Oregon for a few days! That was more fun than words can describe! In April we drove to the Phoenix, AZ area to see the Easter pageant at the Mesa Temple, as well as go to a wedding reception for Myles' cousin. While we were there we picked up a kid that attended EFY with Myles as his counselor. Collin spent a week with us in Las Cruces and he surely kept us busy! We even took him to a carnival and made him puke, right after he cooked us dinner all by himself! At the end of his week with us we, along with Mariah and Ann drove him all the way to Springville/SLC area where his family met us. We were all there for General Conference. That was an amazing experience! Not to mention we got to see the Boyack extended family and my dad, Hannah, and Lillian! Both of our drives to AZ and UT were within a week of each other and they wore us out. After that we decided we didn't want any other exciting things until GRADUATION!
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| Graduation | |
Myles Graduated as a Crimson Scholar with Honors from NMSU with a Bachelors in Family and Child Science. He even walked with his class!
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| Collin and Myles |
In the end May we moved to Bluffdale, Utah so that I could attend Healing Mountain Massage School. We live in the basement of a sweet family. We have become really good friends with them and we love to spend time with them and their three little ones! We even went sledding with them yesterday! We only dropped our things off for a few day before we headed off on our Summer trip.
We toured Myles mission first. I met a lot of great people there! It's good to know he was so well taken care of while he was out. They sure did feed us well!
In Oregon we played with my family and went to our annual Sand Castle building contest. Mariah and Ann even came to join in with the fun! Sand Castles is one of our favorite things to do in the summer time and when you combine it with our favorite people it is even better!
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| Sand Castle team! |
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When we came home to Utah life was in full swing before we could take a breath! We brought Chad home with us and he spent a week here! We enjoyed having him here although, I think we are too old and boring for him now. ;)
Through a series of interviews, job offers, and prayers we ultimately ended up with Myles working at the Work Activity Center as a Program lead. Allow Myles to explain: I applied for a completely different position, but they liked me so much that they offered me a higher paying "mid-management" job. I work with adults with disabilities ranging from physical to severe intellectual. I'm in charge of one of the departments, where each day I provide recreational, social/communication, vocational, life skills, and community learning activities to enhance their lives and assist them in become more independent. I also write daily reports on incidents that occur throughout the day and a monthly report on each client that is on my caseload. I absolutely love my job, more than I thought I would and the clients that I work with each day help me to grow and become a better person.
I am almost finished with school. I will Graduate on the 31st and be eligible to take my Licensing test to be come a Massage Therapist. I have loved my program and am thrilled to be able to apply it in the real world.
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| Our Journey to Utah, our new home |
Myles has applied for Graduate School to BYU's Marriage and Family Therapy Program and is finishing up his application to Utah State University's program to begin next Fall. We will know by the middle of March where he has been accepted. We are hoping and praying for BYU, as it will put us closer to family, but we are willing to go where the Lord needs us most.
In our new ward I am the Relief Society Activities Coordinator and Myles is the Gospel principles teacher. Myles refereed again this year, both football and basketball. We are too busy to enjoy our new area too much.
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| In line for General conference |
Beside all of the hustle and bustle of our lives, our testimonies of our Savoir Jesus Christ as once again increased! We are reminded again in this Christmas season that we are forever indebted to him and we will ever serve to show our love for him. Jesus lives! He was born of a virgin mother and an eternally powerful Father. His life and mission was to glorify our Father in Heaven. We strive daily to be disciples of Him and His Gospel. Although we fail in our endeavors, we know that through the Atonement of Christ, we can repent and be saved. So, as this new year begins, remember that there is a way to return to God, the Father. Strive for a better relationship with him, He is there with open arms waiting for you to take the first step. We know this with all of our hearts!
Have a blessed Christmas and a very successful and happy New Year!
