Springville Track and Field

As most of you know I was an assistant coach for Springville High School this last season. It was a fun experience and I feel I learned a lot and formed some great relationships with the athletes. Last weekend the season came to an end at the state championships. We had quite a few qualifiers and most of them made it to finals. The weather was absolutely terrible on Friday, it was raining, windy and cold. Luckily on Saturday for finals the weather cleared up and it was beautiful. The day was suspenseful to say the least. Our fastest girl runner pulled out of the 100 meter and wouldn't be unable to compete the rest of the day due to a hamstring injury. She was suppose to be on both of the relay teams so the team realized they would have to win without her. The girls responded and performed above and beyond. With an alternate on the relays they still managed to win the 4x100 and second in the 4x400. The day was filled with exciting races and unexpected performances. By the end of the day we knew that the points for teams standing was close. The Springville girls have placed 2nd for 3 or 4 years in a row. Well not this year.....We got 1st place!!!!! I cant even explain how excited I was for these girls. I think I was more excited and emotional for these girls than I was when I placed 3rd in state, lets just say there were tears. The boys did well too, they got 2nd place, which was an amazing accomplishment. After the word got back to Springville they fire department wanted to drive the boys and girls team around town on top of the fire truck. It was awesome! Everyone pulled over and we were sitting on top of the truck screaming, o man, what a day. I was so exhausted from the two days of competition, and I didn't even run! My voice was gone, but it was so worth it. I loved, loved, loved being a part of the season, and I loved coaching these kids. They are so awesome, and I am sad it over. Hopefully I will be back next track season;)

The Echo

Twas a sheep not a lamb that strayed away

In the parable Jesus told,

A grown-up sheep that strayed away

From the ninety and nine in the fold.

And why for the sheep should we seek

And earnestly hope and pray?

Because there is danger when sheep go wrong;

They lead the lambs astray.

Lambs will follow the sheep, you know,

Wherever the sheep may stray.

When sheep go wrong, it wont take long

Til the lambs are as wrong as they.

And so with the sheep we earnestly plead

For the sake of the lambs today,

For when sheep are lost, what a terrible cost

The lambs will have to pay!

C.C Miller

Become as a Little Child

To become as a little child is not to become childish but rather to rediscover childlike attributes in yourself. Think of the the wonderful attributes of children: believing hearts, full of faith, receptive to the spirit, teachable, humble, obedient(for the most part), loving,innocent, forgiving, etc. Do we still have these attributes as adults? As I taught sunday school today I though about this, and the fact that it is harder now as an adult to posses these attributes. It may be because of life experience or the fact that we are a bit tarnished by the the world around us. Whatever it may be we can learn so so much from children. Their innocence, faith, attitude of humility, and love can be great examples to us. To posses this attributes again in our lives we must be willing to follow the example of children and have an open heart to learn. If we can become as a little child we might be able to unlock our own spiritual growth. While preparing this lesson I watched the Mormon Messages for Youth on youtube. We use a video almost every week in class, there is one for almost any subject. The video's geared towards youth were absolutely amazing. I cried during everyone I watched. The video titled Dayton's Legs was so powerful, it goes to show the type of things children and youth are capable of.

Mother's

I love the fact that today (Mother's Day) I was able to sit through three hours of church and hear three hours of wonderful stories and praise to women and mother's in general. We have the opportunity to teach Sunday school and today I chose to teach the whole lesson. We talked about women and their role in this world. We used a talk by Elder Cook called "LDS Women Are Incredible!" It's true isn't it? In fact all women are incredible. INCREDIBLE. Today I really thought about all the women in my life and what I have learned from each of them. I am so grateful to have married into a family with 6 sister! Seriously 6 wonderfully, amazing, strong, smart, talented sisters; and ONE amazing woman responsible for all of them. In our lesson today we also used some quotes from Sheri Dew's book "No One Can Take Your Place" There is a chapter titled "Are we not all Mothers?" In this chapter it talks about the amazing blessing it is to bear children and the wonderful responsibility that our Father in Heaven has given us. "Motherhood is not what is left over after our Father blessed His sons with the privilege of priesthood ordination. It was the MOST ennobling endowment He could give His daughters." I look forward to the day that I was the opportunity to be a mother with both excitement and fear. What a huge responsibility!!! When I think about responsibility and sacrifice ever mother has made it makes me so thankful and fills my heart with gratitude towards my mom and all that she has done for me and my family. I love you mom, and all the moms, and all the women who have been an influence on me in my life. Happy Mothers Day!