Hey guys,

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! School has been pretty busy! 

Let me catch you up on some things!!

This semester I am taking a algebra, biology, psychology and English 102. So far I am loving my psychology class! Math is giving me some challenge, but I think I should be okay... I hope. Biology is going well, it's just really boring to me. And English 102 is going well, but also boring. English is usually one of my favorite subjects but my teacher this semester is really boring and the essays we have to do are argumentative/fact based essays and I prefer creative writing. So as of right now, I thinking psychology could become my major. 

A few weeks ago I went and gave a talk to third and fourth grades at a local elementary school about my health and how I've been bullied throughout my life. It was a lot of fun and in a few weeks I may be going back to talk to the middle school aged kids at the school. 

My family and I participated in something called 'The Color Run'. It is a 5K that goes around Tempe Town Lake and at every K, you get some type of powder thrown at you and each time the powder is a different color. At the very end you get one bag to yourself and then everyone who has crossed the finish line gets in one area and at the same time we all tossed the powder into the air. I tried to look up while doing this, but I couldn't even see the sun! There was colors everywhere! It was a lot of fun and I was able to walk most of it! I only sat down in the wheelchair when we had to walk up a hill. It so much fun and I can't wait to do it again next year!! 

Not much else is new here!

Love,

Becca 

Cold in the Summer?!

Hi everyone!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I have been really busy. Let me just catch you up on a few things that are going on in my life right now. 

So all last week I woke up before 9 AM (GASP! In the summer time that is a miracle for me. Ha ha.) and I helped out at Vacation Bible School at my church. The first half of the first day I walked around taking pictures of all the little kiddos; feeling like a creeper. :P They would all stop what they were doing and ask their teachers, "Why is that girl taking pictures of us?" Thankfully all the teachers knew who I was and we all helped to reassure them that I was allowed to take their pictures. The second half of the day the lady helping run VBS asked me to go help out the in the nursery since the person they thought would be helping there hadn't shown up. So it was me and this wonderful woman named Dinna taking care of 5 kids all under the age of 3 for a whole week! Now I LOVE kids, I adore them! I think they are the cutest things in the whole world and very precious. BUT, they can be crazy. By the end of the week I had at least one scratch on my body from each kid in that nursery. I must say though, all the kids were very well behaved when someone in another classroom pulled the fire alarm and we have to evacuate the building. (Well behaved as in they didn't try to run away; but there was screaming, crying and panic.) I am not very strong so picking up a sleeping baby, (who thank God slept through the whole thing) and a two year old was a bit difficult, especially when another child is clinging onto your leg; not letting you walk. Thankfully that day we had another girl helping us. I can honestly say though, I never want to be in a nursery full of kids when the fire alarm goes off again. Ever. However, I would volunteer my time again at a nursery; maybe just not five days out of the week because I cam home a little after lunch time feeling exhausted. I have NO idea how my mom and dad did it with 10 kids living in one house at the same time. I don't know how they do it now, and there are only 6 kids living at home and things are still crazy for them! Gave me a whole new perspective on being a parent; and I wasn't even with the kids for more than 3 hours!

So with that whole week gone and me being exhausted; naturally my body isn't very strong and I somehow catch a cold in the summer. Summer time! Normally this is my best time of the year! But no, here I am with a stuffed up nose, scratchy throat and my lungs full of junk. I went to the doctors yesterday and they gave me a burst of steroids to help so that should work and I am taking my inhalers every 3 to 4 hours as well. My little sister also had a cold earlier this week and my niece is being taken to the doctor today to see if she has strep throat since her throat is killing her. I got checked and I don't have it, thankfully. 

Other than that not much else has been going on. We did host the Youth Group Pool Party at our house for our church. That was fun except that was the day I was starting to feel sick. On the bright side though, I did get to eat my nachos. =) 

Well I am going to go lay down and rest now! Love you all! 

Becca