I cannot believe it is already summer. It is crazy that it has been nine months since august. Now it is time for.... EFY ONCE AGAIN! Yay!!! I got rehired to do another fantastic year of EFY. For those of you who do not know, EFY stands for Especially for Youth. This is a church camp through BYU that helps teens gain knowledge and understanding of the gospel. It follows the standards and is known as a church camp for The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints. I love this camp so much and I am so excited I get another opportunity to work it. I am going to try really hard to blog and share my adventures throughout this summer because there are always some fun stories to be told.
Today was Day One! This is the first session of the summer and I get to work it!! WOOHOO! This year is a little different when it comes to training. So for all returning counselors we had a three day training last week, and for new counselors they have a week long training and then they "shadow" a returning counselor. Pressure much?! So I have three shadows this week and they are great. I can already tell they are going to be great at this job. It is definitely a little scary knowing people are watching you, but it all works out.
My girls are fantastic! I have 10 girls this week and I already love them. They are crazy, fun, super talented, and wonderful in every way! They are the older group which is always exciting to have. Lets get real just being a counselor to any age is always exciting. I am loving getting to know these girls. They have so much light and positive. And they put up with my rambling. Lets just say in meet your counselor I could not keep my thoughts straight. Luckily they love me, still got what I was saying, and just make fun of me about it now. I cannot wait to see what the rest of the week brings!
My company is once again awesome. I am in a trio which means there are two girl counselor groups and one boy counselor group. Can't forget my amazing co-counselors who definitely know what to say. Love them too already. The other girls and boys are fantastic as well. It is so cool to see how there are these 35 kids who all are different in some way and yet come together and become friends. Our company name is "Remember the Name" which is pretty legit I must say.
This day was great. Played lots of games with our kids. They already seem so comfortable with each other which is awesome because the faster they become comfortable, the more they will get out of this week. We made some amazing goals for the company for this week. I decided I am going to work really hard at reminding them of the goals and for me to work on these goals as well. I cannot wait to see what the rest of this week will bring. :) Its summer, I am working the best job, I love being with the kids, and I love my job! :)
Monday, May 26, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Thoughts from a College Graduate
It has been awhile since my last post... Well that is because I spent the last couple of months focusing and finishing up my LAST semester of college. Crazy I know but it is true and guess what? I made it! I am officially graduated from Southern Utah University with my Bachelors of Science in Psychology. It is still so surreal to me.
My graduation day was super crazy and none stop from 6 am to about 1 am. It was definitely one busy day. I woke up and being a girl wanted to curl my hair and look super cute. Well my hair did not want to work for me AT ALL! Now I know you are probably laughing but seriously it was really annoying and stressful. So fast forwarding to the first ceremony (yeah in college there are two you go to...) I walk in and the first thing I do is start searching for my family. Luckily they were on the same side as me and I was actually pretty close to them. During the ceremony my roommate texts me and tells me that they are all making funny faces at me and I do not even know it. I turn to see that two other people have been added to my little fan club. My aunt and uncle from California came up! I was in total shock. I was seriously on the verge of tears. My uncle is my dads brother and seeing him helped feel the gap of thought that my dad was not there. They seriously drove up for the ceremony and drove right back home. I am still in shock and love them so much for that. I later found out that my dad made my uncle promise to be at everything really important of ours. That made me cry and feel really grateful that he kept his promise because it seriously made my day.
As I was sitting in my second ceremony, I realized that there were some things I wish I did at my two years at SUU. One was to get to know my professors better. I did not care to know them or go ask for help. Honestly, I did not really want to do anything but go to class and then go home as much as possible to be with my family. I know my situation is a little different with my dad but I could have done some of that this past year. As I got up to get my "diploma" (really just its place holder thing) my name was read and oh my freak my family was so loud! They even got some professors in shock. They were by far the loudest crowd! It was legit. It made my regrets go away and made me realize that no matter what my family will always be there. That will never change.
It is weird to say I am a college graduate but I love the experience I had through the years. From Snow College to Southern Utah University I have had the best four years a girl could ask for. Do I wish I could have done more? Yeah there was somethings I wish I could have done but if that meant changing some memories then I wouldn't do it. I have had the most amazing roommates a girl could ask for, I have had some great opportunities, and I got to see what it was like living on my own. If I could give any advice to anyone about to go to college it would be, leave home to go to college and be involved. My roommates are now some of my best friends and when I did get involved so many doors opened for me and it made my college experience a better one. I have no clue what I am going to do without school but I am ready for a new adventure. :)
No matter what life brought us, we stand together with a smile on our faces. There is no way I could have gotten through these years without my brothers and mom. Its because of them I got done in four years. And a promise to my daddy that I would finish. :) I did it!!!
My graduation day was super crazy and none stop from 6 am to about 1 am. It was definitely one busy day. I woke up and being a girl wanted to curl my hair and look super cute. Well my hair did not want to work for me AT ALL! Now I know you are probably laughing but seriously it was really annoying and stressful. So fast forwarding to the first ceremony (yeah in college there are two you go to...) I walk in and the first thing I do is start searching for my family. Luckily they were on the same side as me and I was actually pretty close to them. During the ceremony my roommate texts me and tells me that they are all making funny faces at me and I do not even know it. I turn to see that two other people have been added to my little fan club. My aunt and uncle from California came up! I was in total shock. I was seriously on the verge of tears. My uncle is my dads brother and seeing him helped feel the gap of thought that my dad was not there. They seriously drove up for the ceremony and drove right back home. I am still in shock and love them so much for that. I later found out that my dad made my uncle promise to be at everything really important of ours. That made me cry and feel really grateful that he kept his promise because it seriously made my day.
As I was sitting in my second ceremony, I realized that there were some things I wish I did at my two years at SUU. One was to get to know my professors better. I did not care to know them or go ask for help. Honestly, I did not really want to do anything but go to class and then go home as much as possible to be with my family. I know my situation is a little different with my dad but I could have done some of that this past year. As I got up to get my "diploma" (really just its place holder thing) my name was read and oh my freak my family was so loud! They even got some professors in shock. They were by far the loudest crowd! It was legit. It made my regrets go away and made me realize that no matter what my family will always be there. That will never change.
It is weird to say I am a college graduate but I love the experience I had through the years. From Snow College to Southern Utah University I have had the best four years a girl could ask for. Do I wish I could have done more? Yeah there was somethings I wish I could have done but if that meant changing some memories then I wouldn't do it. I have had the most amazing roommates a girl could ask for, I have had some great opportunities, and I got to see what it was like living on my own. If I could give any advice to anyone about to go to college it would be, leave home to go to college and be involved. My roommates are now some of my best friends and when I did get involved so many doors opened for me and it made my college experience a better one. I have no clue what I am going to do without school but I am ready for a new adventure. :)
My Aunt Sue and Uncle Tavy. Honestly, I cannot express how much this meant to me. They were seriously on the road more than they were in town and that is amazing to me that they would do that for me.
[There were a lot more family members who made the trek down for my graduation and there like 10 more pictures. So I just want to mention how much that too meant so much to me. I am truly the luckiest girl. I have a family that supports me, even if they could not come I felt the love from them, comments on facebook, and just knowing that they cared. I love them and thank every single member of my family for everything.)
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