Left foot.. BROKEN

So about 7 weeks ago Pete decided to get together a team for a charity basketball tournament called Hoops for the Homeless. Sounded great as it would be right after we'd get back from moving my brother and

sister in law down to GA from Chicago. Pete was on a rolll being charitable and all and then....

which needed...

which leads to...

and.

..

and now looks more like...

Synopsis: pete goes up for a rebound.. guy takes em out in the air... lands on foot.. which gives way and lands hard on elbow.. broken fibula in 2

spots, broken radius bone in elbow, plate and 11 screws in leg, 12 weeks of recovery, 3 x a week Physical Therapy (started last week), and will get screws out at the beg. of next month... can't work for another 6-8 weeks light duty when he can walk on it..now he can atleast use crutches!

What a trooper!! or shall I say Mountaineer?!

Internship/New Job!

So this semester has been a breeze so far and lots of fun! I am doing my internship with A5 Volleyball Club which is one of the most prestigious clubs in the whole southeast.. How lucky am I to be learning from the coaches and these girls! I help coach the 15-1s team (aka the best 15 yr olds that tried out in the area). We have won our first 2 tournaments and it has been a blast! I am proud of our girls, but there is still a lot of growing and learning for all of us!

I also interviewed last week with a company called The Fun Pack. I found the posting off craigslist, and Got the job! I will be part of a team who goes to different daycares (mainly in gwinnett and Alpharetta I am told) And teach them the very basics of many different sports. This next week I will be teaming up with a girl and learning from her and then wed. I will be all by myself teaching day care kids basketball! (how perfect for my first lesson!) This experience I feel will greatly benefit me in my marketing and make me want to truely market myself so I can get paid more! (I get paid per kid in the class.. so recruit more kids = more money!) The lessons are only 30 min long! I can do anything for 30 min! But I am so excited as this will be perfect for my schedule! http://www.thefunpack.com/Programs.html

We are also officialy moving back in with my parents in Gwinnett which will cut my traveling time to this new job immencely! The main reason why we are moving is to quickly save money for a house! We could still live in our apt and be just fine.. but the savings would go by soo much slower! But we are really excited about moving back in since we have so much fun with my family!

been forever.. typical

SOOOO about this vacation update... I'll try keep it short and sweet!:)

*Thanksgiving was lovely and always a blast... i mean w

ho

doesn't love the best food and great company?! I helped make broccoli salad, and some DELICIOUS pies!:) one triple layered heath bar, chocola

te pudding one and a yummy peanut butter

and chocolate one for my lil peanut butter lover (pete)

*Started my internship in Nov. with the A5 Volleyball club i

n Alpharetta.. one of the best clubs in the southeast supposedly.. and I assist coaching

the 15-1 team... aka some of the best 15 yr olds in the area! And I am also going to help out the di

fferent aspects of the club in finance, trave, records, data entry, and all that fun stuff to get

mo

re knowledge how it all works out!

*WON FLAG FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP-

GO THUNDERING HERD!! we really started out awful! and then we changed our defense and started playing with authority!

I also did break my finger in the championship game.. but no biggie.. it was worth it! We got a sweet football trophy. Champion team consisted of (Wolferts, Thomas', Forsyths of course, Angie douglas, john king, david schmid, ezra owen, jambors, thadeu

s, jeff babcock, conner hogan, and I am sure I'm missing someone...) But it looked scary.. but

tou

rnament time is all that matters!:) BACK 2 BACK CHAMPS!

* Went to Disney World!! Havent been since I was about 4.

. we got to hang out with one of petes' bros family and his mom and it was SUch a blast! the 3 1/2 yr old twins road all but 2 rides because they weren't tall enough.

We went to Hollywood studios as well and started the day off at the Tower of Terror, and finally I got to ride Aerosmith. We also spent a day at the pool and

shopping with the twins as the older boys got to have some fun with their parents and grandma. OVERALL- AWESOME TRIP!!

*JOHN BOY CAME HOME FROM THE MISH (Bolivia Santa Cruz)!!!! :):):):):) I am also so glad he's stickin round here and we get to play again!

*We had everyone home for christmas minus Spencer who is floating in the Arabian Sea. We played tennis, ticket to ride, Ooodles, RockBand Beatles (my parents are rock stars.. I wonder where we get it from :) Ate lots of food, watched a lot of good movies, played with baby Mason for the week they were in town!

*Christmas was celebrated early which was great (pete had to work and brooke left on christmas) Pete got the PS3 he'd been wanting along with Madden10, we got a BEAUTIFUL painting my mom did of Lani Kai Beach! And my dad's book And thuse we See that he has been working on for many years and finally finished. Stacy gave us a great photo album of her pics of us in Hawaii from this summer, some new clothes and accessories, a cute lil Mason calendar for the year!, New wallet and Jewlry from Bolivia, and a HUge bag of sweedish fish which were devouered during all the movies! And dean gave group gifts of Beatles rockband, 500 days of Summer

*New Years- we threw it DOWN! we always gotta go big to open the new year and so pete got some BIG fire works! They were so good! I was so amazed! we also did our anual Sobe bombs and had great food but even better company! a few of us stayed up till about 5:30 in the AM catching up and sharing stories. Nate and pete of course played an intense game of ping pong going through atleast 4 balls and having to play on a cracked one on game 7 in the series!

But we did indeed catch up on lots of sleep and have not gotten back to a normal shedule since.. it's been bad!

*PETE WON 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS! In one week might I add.. both monday and tuesday night leagues won their championship and it was a great start to the new year! He of course was ballin it up!

*And our volleyball team is just getting ready for its 1st tournament this weekend in Suwannee!

= thats it for now.. sorry it took so long

*ps.. Its been freezing here in Hotlanta.. icy roads, schools cancelled, white-ness around (snow like.. haha)

Backpackin in the Backwoods

So for my Outdoor Recreation class our final assignment was to go on a weekend trip packpacking to Jack's River up in north GA and it was so pretty! The trip was only 9 miles round trip.. which could have been done in a day.. but It was fun to be able to go to this beautiful waterfall. And the weather was perfect for us! Here are some pictures I took that I am pretty proud of especially taking them with my camera phone!

The Big 23!

So I didn't update about how my bday went! Maybe it's because I don't have pictures but that's even more of a reason to blog about what happened! But It was such a fun day on the 3rd of Nov I took the day off school since I only had 1 class that day and pete wasn't working! We spent the morning running some errands and watching my moms tennis team play which is always fun- they crack me up! Then I had to get back for my tennis lessons for the 5-7 yr olds that I still coach. Then went to Glady's and Ron's Chicken and Waffles which is just delish!!! And they had a recording of Glady's singing a happy birthday song that they played for ME! It was great and yummy! For my party we had about 30 friends and family come to celebrate at Dave N Busters to play! Everyone was also asked to represent their favorite team or player and I wore number 23 to represent the Hall of Famer and great Michael Jordan! It was fun running around playing the arcade games and I must say.. I did beat Pete and Dallin in the Nascar racing game! it was so awesome- and they weren't even letting me win! haha But my friends were winning tickets for me which I bought some cheerleading shorts with at the end of the day for my present! I also received some gift cards, a stuffed ga bulldawg from Dave n busters and my wonderful husband gave me a compound bow and arrows!! I took an archery class and I would come home telling pete how much fun I was having and he got his mom to ship out his Dad's old bow that pete would shoot with as a kid! At first we didn't think it would work because it was a 60 lb bow.. aka i couldn't pull it back! but We made it work and we tried it out at my parents last weekend! It was great.. and it looks like I'll be bringin home the dinner!! But finally my last birthday present from the dallin and michelle were tickets to see Twilight and New Moon on opening night! It was great to go out with the girls and I was so excited to see the movie!! I just love love stories! I enjoyed myself!! I think my overall conclusion is I really like Taylor.. and I really like Edward... if that makes sense.. haha and I meant exactly that. But I can't wait till number 3.. and then 4 (which i hear might be 2 movies!!!:))

Overall..GREAT birthday!!! Thanks to all my friends

and family! My mom made me the best present! A b

lanket with a t-shirt from every school I have been to and my sports teams.. well the school teams at least.

playing Dress Up

Oviously being such a tom boy growing up I didn't ever really play dress up... Well the older i've gotten the more i've really enjoyed the art of putting costumes and outfits together! I think thats why i love shopping.. and accesorizing. But Halloween comes around and it is just so fun! I had to dress up three times in the month of october.. and was thinking about what to be in early/mid september... haha sad i know.. but here are the pics..

1st party- birthday/mission farwell for friends= Angry Serena Williams from US open

2nd= Olive Oyl for City of Acworth carnival

3rd =Pamela Anderson!:) (paired with michelle as kid rock who is not pictured)

Lately

So this lovely fall weather has been SOO nice! After all the crazy flooding it has been so nice!! It just smells of football season!! We have quite enjoyed watching football on tv as well as playing in our co-ed league that has just started up.. We are only 1-2 and my husband is quite depressed about it.. but it is fun to be able to play again! And i think i finally found the place i want to do my internship at. It is 2 miles from my apt. and it has a cafe, spa, indoor/outdoor tennis and swimming, gym, courts, and sandy volleyball.. SWEET! I don't know exactly what they would want me to do yet.. still have to email but I did get to talk to the manager and he said I would be able to do my internship there in the informational interview i had to do for a class. But it was a good experience and he seemed to really like me. Something else fun that happened this week was in my last day of archery class we got to shoot balloons on the target and it was so sweet! I got like 5 balloons! I have really enjoyed archery class and will now be moving on to badminton..not as exciting.

Random bit of info thats been interesting.. I have found the solution to my back pain.. I have an L6.. you're only supposed to have 5.. i have 6 lumbar bones. So i have been going to the chiropractor for about 3 days a week but finally there has been some improvements and I won't have to be going as frequently! Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of my low back pain! And pete has been doing great as well working and playing ball.. a little depressed about our flag football because we have not been winning as much as we should.. but life overall has been great!

The month of August

Sorry it has been so long! But the month of August has been quite adventurous!

The first week we had a fun time at the lake that our wonderful friends the Jambors put together! It was great Pete got up on the wakeboard for the first time!! It was so fun! I got to work on my skills and be more comfortabl

e out there on the water. Sadly michelle had to go get stitches on her head.. but it was just a lil adventure... but I am so glad she was alright! I was going back

and forth from my tennis camps and pete was working a few days as well

Then we got to visit some of Pete's old friends from Southern Virginia University up in Nags Head NC. Also being able to go to the tiny temple in Raleigh NC. It was nice to visit and play games. We also got to spend 2 days in the water.. one day was sunny.. one not so much.. But it was a great time! We are so glad for our wonderful hosts the Couey's. We also spent time Carla and Ryan and their boys.. one of them which fell in love with me! the 3yr old.. it was funny

Then the next week school started!! This semester my classes on Monday and Wed are: Developmental Movements( really for PE teachers.. but teaches how to play games and teach them..) Outdoor Rec. ( get to do teambuilding, orienteering, canoeing or kayaking, backpacking and camping) Archery and Badminton ( I have almost gotten a bulls eye every class! We use the Compact and the Recurve bows) and Senior Seminar ( where you do the practicum and work on resumes/interviews)

Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Intro to Italian (just for fun! Buon Giorno! I will go to Italy some day..) and Coaching Principles( I really like this class and learning more about coaching)

I am still coaching tennis through the fall and get to have some kids from my ward there! The campa twins and the Heckers son noah are playing tennis are there. But I am also helping Sequoyah High Schools volleyball teams. Also I am coaching their middle school team, or teams.. There were so many interested they made two teams and Both teams won their first game!! It was a lil crazy but it worked and i was going a lil hoarse at the end.. but we had victories!!

And last but not least.. We are now officially Macbook owners.. Our other computer crashed so pete went to the store and bought a Mac.. just like that! hehe but it is nice..

Summer 09 Vaca week 3 almost over!

We landed back in LA and went to dinner with James at Ruby Tuesday's- quite delish before making our trek home in traffic... we also watched the movie Boy in the Stripped Pajamas on the way back and it was really good! Sad, but good! the two boys who are in it are great!
Friday we make our way over to the Del Mar fair where Petes' brother John had sponsored a pig in the fair. We had a great time and I never really went to a fair before so it was fun!! There was a monster truck show.. which of course we went to, pig races, spinny rides, some yummy food and a TON of people!!

On the 4th we went to Oceanside beach which was also really crouded and Pete tried to surf.. he almost got up if it weren't for John's board getting in the way!! The water was also FREEZING compared to hawaii!! so did I get in? nope!! We went to a BBQ of one of John's friends and then went and saw the movie The Proposal with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.. SO FUNNY! i loved it and so did the boys!! it was perfect! Sunday was full of church and... idk.. Monday was our last full day so we went to San Diego and went around Old Town San Diego which had some sweet shops and met up with John for lunch at a great mexican restaurant. We then went to Coronado Beach.. well Imperial Beach which was beautiful! and enjoyed one last day at the beach before our flight at 10pm that night.
The Red Eye really messed up our schedule but we were SO glad to be back in HOTLANTA!! We got in around 9 am and slept from 11-5 pm.. so our sleeping schedule is still recovering and trying to get to sleep earlier to get out of bed before 12!! Pete has had a few days of work to get him back in the loop, and I don't have tennis camps till next week! So more beach days and relaxing for me!! Only one more month till my last semester of classes starts!! :)

Summer Vaca week 2.5 - HAWAII

It was so nice to make it back to the Aloha State where I was returning for the 2nd time and pete was going for his 1st! Both of us agree that it was an amazing trip!! Mainly full of relaxing and i got to do some of the touristy stuff i didn't get to do previously! We also got to spend lots of fun time with stacy and spencer since they didn't have to work at all while we were there!! how perfect!!
Day 1-chill and grocery shop then eat with stacy and spencer
Day 2-BEACH- Wiamea!one of my favorite beaches to go to while at school... and dolphins welcomed us!! there was about 5-6 of them and they were putting on a show for us! one was jumping and flipping and doing all sorts of tricks! it was great!! lots of swimmers went out to meet them since they hung around for about an hour! but then the lifeguard asked everyone to move back for their space! but it was great! we also ate at a lil motor home restaurant shack and ate some yummy shirmp and steak with rice!!mmmmm we also brought out the boogie boards! idk whose legs those are... The boys also got to go play ball while we hung out with the Perkins fam.








Day 3- we went to Kailua beach- some did not put enough sunscreen on to handle sun for day 2... but we still had fun in the sun and got our boogie on! After the beach we went to the movies and watched Transformers 2.. it was entertaining=successful move
Day 4- Hanauma Bay Snorkling.... not as hyped up as it seems... but pretty and has a lovely beach area!

Day 5- Me and pete went on a hike to Maunawili Falls... This was the ONLY thing pete required of us doing this whole vacation... to make out under the waterfall... hahah .. i had previously done this hike and it was only a few min from where stacy and spencer live! It was a fun muddy hike and then a refreshing finish.. except the fire dept bringing a helicopter in and getting the guy who broke his leg out on a stretcher.. that was interesting

Day 6- we went Shopping! Stacy had some errands to run so I went with the boys shoping down in Waikiki at the Ala Moana Mall and we all purchased some clothing.. the boys got polos and i got some pants and a shirt.. and sunglasses.. and a bracelett.. . hehe but i bet Ispent about the same amount of money as the boys! We also went to dinner at The Back Yard House with one of spencers roommates on the boat!There was this old lady outside wearing a hooters shirt and spandex.. had to get her in the pic

Day 7- Sunday! Went to church and had a good time with Stacy and Spencer's friends we had heard so much about the Perkins' and had FHE and dinner over there with their fun family! Pete had some nice typical hawaiian food and some fresh orange mangos which were yummy!!
Day 8- Pearl Harbor Day- We got to go early and take pictures of spencer's roommate Lee getting promoted on the USS Arizona memorial.. We got to be there all by ourselves without the other tourists around. We also watched the movie at the visitors center which really put the whole situation into perspective- then went over to see the USS Missouri which spencer helped give some insight on what his boat will be like that he will be on. It was a perfect place to go right before the 4th of July and what hardships we went through for our independence. We then went to the beach at Lanikai where we had a fun photo shoot and got to see prettier fish and coral there than at Hanauma bay!!Day 9- MORE BEACH!! we originally went down to sandy beach which we had passed previously cause we saw big waves.. but once we got out of the car.. we were obviously not up to par for the INTENSE waves!! so we watched and then were told there were"fun" waves at another beach and.. where pete got stung by a portuguese manowar and played football and enjoyed the rays.. stacy and spence boogied lots this day!!Last full day-10- Laie Day.. we went to the Hukilau Cafe for lunch and stuffed our faces full of yumminess.. then i took them over to the point where i had jumped and bruised my legs severely.. hahah and then made our way to the PCC and go to some fun villages and the luau where i worked!! I also finally made it to see the night show.. which Kala and Albert got us better seats cause they got the hook ups! My friend Shaina from my old basketball team came over that night too and we talked from 12 am-2.. it was great catching up!!Day 11-We left for the airport around 5:30 am the next morning! It was so fun spending days at the beach and nights watching a movie or video games eating ice cream and. Stacy made us some wonderfull meals while we were there and they were the best hosts She also took 50-75% of the photos which also are always top notch!!! Thanks for the great time!! and now our next stop... back to LA!