~allison~: January 2013

These past couple of weeks have been an absolute great way to start off a new year. Nothing bad has happened, basketball is going well (for one team, anyways lol), school has started, and my class schedule isn't completely awful either.

I'm still serving in the nursery at church, going on three years strong now, and I couldn't imagine having a better calling! I absolutely love these kiddos with all my heart. The only sad part about a new year rolling around is that we lose all the older kids to primary. I miss having a huge brood of boys around me, singing, coloring, tackling me, and tickling me all the time :( but we still have an amazing group of children!

Basketball has officially been in full-swing since October and I don't think anyone quite expected the season to be going this way. The boys are really struggling. They have had three guys have broken feet, with two of them needing surgery. Another is out with an AC joint problem, they've redshirted two of them (they might pull one off), another guy is a transfer, and our best player is academically ineligible because he's a grad student and needed to have 3.0 and he ended up with a 2.7...that leaves them with about 7-8 guys that are eligible and not injured to play. They are struggling immensely right now, and unfortunately, I don't foresee it getting any better :/

The girls, on the other hand, are doing fabulous! They are 9-7 (but should really be more like, 12-4). They are 3-1 in the Summit League, which has them sitting in second place! I am so proud of these girls and all of the hard work that they have been putting in this season. I can't wait to see how well they continue to do the rest of the year!

I am taking 12 credit hours, which translates to 4 classes. I have one class on Monday, one evening class on Tuesday, two classes (the other half of my m/w class, and another evening class), an evening class on Wednesday, and an afternoon class on Friday. My classes aren't spectacularly exciting, but it's only the beginning of the semester, so I guess I should give them a chance hahaha

Ooooohh, also...my birthday is just 3 days away! So long 21! good riddance lol can't wait to see what 22 has in store for me :)

Anywho, I just wanted to share some of the pictures from the end of 2012 through this past week!

This is Romeo. His mom just joined the church and he is just the sweetest little guy ever!