looking back

This week, I have been thinking about how quickly life changes. Looking back on past spring breaks in our lives amazes me. Someone was looking out for us long before we ever knew and was working out a way for us to be together. I apologize for the long post. It is for my own documenting purposes.

It was only five year ago that I was a sophomore at Sky View High School and Jason was junior at Burley High. (Just so you know, both schools had a bobcat for their maskot.) Jason was anticipating a new track season, where he ran the 4 by 4 and threw the shot put. I had just finished up my first and only season of basketball and was enjoying school. It doesn't seem that long ago that both of us were running around our high schools. We would have never guessed that either of us would be married a few short years later.

Three years ago, I was a senior at Sky View. I was anticating my second season of track and a trip to Washington D.C., where my team and I represented Utah in a political debate for high school students. Jason was in Honduras, specifically Choluteca. He was there for six months and enjoyed the people he taught. To this day, he still talks about how much he enjoyed those Hondurans and would like to go back one day.

One short year later, Jason was in Monjaaras, Honduras. Exactly two years ago, Jason was not allowed to walk near the beaches in his area, because it was spring break. Dispite the crazy people there for the break, he was loving the area. I was on the beaches of Hawaii for this spring break. I was enjoying my classes at Utah State, but I had no idea what I wanted to major in. I thought that I might go on a mission a few years later, if it was right at the time.

One year ago, I was at my apartment at Old Farm. All of my roommate has left for a fun spring break. I really had no desire to go any where, so I just stayed and worked. Jason was now at Utah State. He also was at his apartment, and his roommates had left too. Our apartment complex was pretty vacant for the spring break. He asked me out on our first date. We had hot chocolate and watched a movie.

Well, now this is all history. Time flies by all too quickly. Five years ago, I would have never guessed that my life would turn out to be like this, but I thank heaven every day that it is.