SYNCHRO

This summer has been suuuuper busy!!

I decided last minute to take the job as head synchro coach again.  Yes, I decided to work a part-time job on top of a full 12-credit externship.  I'm crazy!  I know!

This meant that I woke up at 4:45am every morning and rarely worked less than a 10 hour day.  Towards the end of the summer, it took all that I could to survive with my severe sleep deprivation.

But I did.  And, it was a ton of fun.  9 years of coaching and I still love coaching synchro.  The girls this summer were so much fun!  

Here is a picture from championships...

I am so glad I got in one last summer of coaching before I get "a real job"!!  It has been an incredible job all these years and I have been so blessed to have it!  I have so many good memories at the pool at 6am!!

*Story from this summer: ALL my girls wanted to use the microphone to sing karaoke to the songs we swam to.  (Yes, even the 7 year olds knew each and every song. That's what happens when you listen to them every single morning for 8 weeks straight.)  I let them, and it ended up being the most hilarious day of practice in the history of my career!!  They were sooooo cute!  I miss those girls already!!

Always Home

Flagstaff

I dreaded moving up here.  I wasn't looking forward to it.  I had a hard time looking past the small-town feel and the lack of family.  I didn't want to be alone in a new place.  I really didn't want to be alone.  Little did I know how much I would fall in love with this place!  I quickly was converted to the Old Route 66 town filled with laid-back people and a significantly slower pace.  The speed limit never tops 40 mph and drivers never top 38 mph.  Downtown Flag is filled with quaint buildings and a homestyle feel.  The train horn brings a smile to my face.  The skies are always blue - a clean blue.  The air is crisp and fresh.  It is a biker/walker town.  The Urban Trail is the world's best running trail.  The 7,000ft elevation is challenging in a fun way.  The sound of the never-ending wind is calming.  The mountains are breathtaking.  The lake is peaceful.  The trees are protective.  The town is active: Health is a priority.  Gratitude is a way of life.  Kindness is freely given.  Tradition is honored.

God's hand is so easily found. 

I am a different person when I am in Flag.

It is there that I learned to

Be Still, and Know God.

Flagstaff will always be 

HOME. 

Weekend Get-Aways

For the past three weekends, I have driven up to Flagstaff to enjoy it as much as I can before officially moving out.

Week One: Sedona, West Fork, Racquetball, Beaver Street Brewery Restaurant, The Creperie, Taking in the incredible stars

Week Two: La Bellavia Breakfast Restaurant, Fisher Point, Eating all our left-over food in the freezer, hot-tubbing

Week Three: Enjoying the cool evenings, Chatting with Cami in the hallway, late-night movie, mid-night runs to Wal-Mart, Dinner at Charley's, Waiting for trains, Making Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, hiking Mt. Elden

I seriously LOVE Flagstaff!!