*The Rhoades*: July 2009

Well, we are still alive but summer has been crazy!! Super fun but super busy! Preston has been kickin but in another semester that ends next week, he'll have a 2 week break then will be back at it for another semester. He is so dedicated and motivated for school. He's been doing so awesome in school. He's also been doing awesome at work and enjoys his job and the people he works with and they love him! I'm one proud wife! As for me, work has bee NUTS! I just recently got a promotion and I am now the Individual Plan Coordinator. I had about a month to train until Jaime left to school (just yesterday... we're all super sad that she left, she's one awesome girl, but she's off to pursue her schooling in AZ to become a physical therapist). So I've been trying to remember and cram everything into my brain and today was my first day by myself in my new position. I think I did pretty well! I'm pretty confident about it and I'm excited for the new experience!

We're starting the application process for Pharmacy school in just a couple of weeks. So if everybody has a little extra finger crossing and an extra prayer... think of us and that things will work out for the best and that things will go smoothly and that we can get accepted to where we're supposed to be! If we do get accepted somewhere, it wont be in UT... we're applying to schools out of UT. The list isn't final yet but a few places are Cali, Idaho, Oregon and we're going to decide on 1 or 2 other schools. We're holding onto a lot of faith, prayers and excitement that everything will work out. We're pretty confident that it will but it's still pretty dang nerve-racking... We're excited for a change. We'll miss our Utah bubble with our friends and family and everything we know but we're really excited to get out of our Utah bubble for a few years and have an awesome experience and get through SCHOOL! And move on with our lives haha.

We've been having such a fun summer with camping, hiking, bbq's swimming, driving ranges, fireworks, and just hanging out with friends and family!

Camping at Bear Lake with Shawn and Katie:

Check out that awesome sunset!

Our awesome tent!

Cookin breakfast!

Shawn and Katie brought a balloon launcher. We had a blast with that thing.

The water was so cold but so relaxing!

haha

oooo lala!

Hanging out in the town!

Katie is pretty much awesome!

For the 4th of July.. On the 3rd SSL always puts on one incredible firework show... seriously. Preston says SSL is poor because they spend all their money on fireworks. It's probably true haha. They do this every year at my High School and this year they had the school open and LOTS of memoribilia. This school first opened in 1906. They had some of the coolest stuff out. I could have looked at that stuff for hours. It's always a mini high school reunion. I always see all my awesome friends and lots of family friends. It's a blast and it's been our family tradition since I can first remember!