Recent Life

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Well, I managed to survive the move to Idaho, my first Christmas away from family, and my first semester of Graduate school, coming out with a 3.75 GPA! I'm very pleased! Our decision to move to Idaho has been the greatest blessing in our lives to this point. We have a three bedroom apartment that costs less than our tiny one back in California. The dogs have room to play. The dogs also like the attention they get from the little kids around the complex. It is nice to see so many kids playing outside! They even get along most of the time. 😜

Anyway, I'm out of school for the summer and am enjoying doing crafts for the time being.
Here is my very first quilt top, using squares! I love the owls, and mom Northrup taught me it is fun to make patterns... This could become an expensive hobby!
Here I used the extra to make a small baby-sized quilt that will fray nicely when it's washed. Flannel is wonderful that way.

When school starts in August, I will be taking five classes! Three of them are intensive graduate courses online... Ugh! One is Special Education 260 and he other is ASL 101. I have decided to take sign language for the next four semesters that I'm in school to become proficient at it. With my major being Early Childhood/Special Education, that is truly the best second language I could have under my belt! I've been going through some free online ASL lessons at www.lifeprint.com and enjoy it very much. I've learned many new signs, and am glad to have the time to invest in learning as much as I can now, so it's not as intense in the fall. I am going to be one very busy lady! That's why I've also requested to be released from my Primary calling, so I can focus on my classes. Primary was hard enough with four classes.

Well, that's our life in a nut shell.


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