SO SO SORRY

So I apologize a million times over for not telling anyone what has been going on.... and just stopping my blog all of a sudden, I promise in this blog I will catch you all up on EVERYTHING. I quit the Tomahawks due to the realization of my coach not working to truly move me forward in hockey and the reality of most likely not getting a scholarship out of my hard work out there. I simply ended up on the wrong team I believe. I do not regret it, let me get that straight. Everything out there was an enormous growing experience and I believe that I came away from Washington with a new outlook on life, greater maturity, a self driven motivation to go to school, and so much more than I ever could have going straight into college. I believe God still brought me there for a reason. I received a ton of life lessons and realize now what I need to do and what I want through life. I am going to school now. I was reaccepted into CU Denver. I will be transferring out, however, and that is still to be determined. I will be trying to blog more often now that I am home and will be living at home for the remainder of the semester and the summer as well, we will see about next fall though. I am again sorry that I left without saying anything about what was happening on this. Thanks for reading! love you all Hebrews 11.1

And the Doctor says...............

So I started my drive down to practice last night only to get about five minutes away and decide after just putting my equipment in my car that there was no way I had enough energy to actually practice hockey. I called coach told him I thought I was going to be ok but then started driving and decided I just couldn't do it. I ended up just going to the doctor, luckily it went a lot faster than the last time haha. the last time it was about five hours, or at least that is what it felt like. The doctor ended up telling me that I had Bronchitis.... YA. Haha. So I just have a cold on top of that, which is the congestion part. The good news, however, is that I have pills that will be over with in five days and then it will all be gone :) maybe not all of the congestion but the bronchitis will be :) which is awesome.

So I still have not been to practice though this week, and I know coach is pretty worried haha. Not because of my health or that I alone won't be able to play but rather, Boyko is out too I just found out last night with the flu. So now coach is looking at going on a road trip with his first and fourth string goalies only, that would be stressful no doubt haha.

Em and I are still just so excited to see each other for christmas break! It is jus going to be so exciting to spend such a great holiday together! With both of our families and all our friends again, it is just going to be such a great experience!! I cannot wait!

Goodness

Goodness I really have been awful about blogging for you guys since I have been at the new house. I guess that is a good thing if you look at it from the right point of view, that mean that I am simply enjoying being here, and not just being cooped up in my room all day haha. I have been pretty sick since Saturday, coughing, headaches, chills, sinus infection, all that fun stuff. I ended up missing practice yesterday because I simply did not have enough energy to play at all. I am starting to feel a little better today, which is awesome because I still felt awful going to bed jsut last night.

Hockey still seems to be going pretty well, still not a lot of ice time for me but that is ok. I was interviewed at the last game and you can go and look it up on our website you just have to follow through our media guy's website, I'm not entirely sure how to get there in detail but if you just keep looking around I know the name is Ryan Krall Goaltender Puget Sound Tomahawks, something similar to that at least. haha Everyone really enjoyed it that already got to watch it.

I cannot wait for Christmas it is going to be so amazing to be home!!!!

Emily and I are so excited to see everyone again! We are doing great and just cannot wait to be in one another's arms again. I love you baby girl.

I love you all thank you so much for reading, I will try and get better, I know I have said that in the last few haha but I really will try and get better about blogging for all you guys out there. Thank you for your support!!

Sorry

Haha I am so sorry, now that I have moved I have been horrible at blogging for all of you guys. I apologize for that. A lot has been going on. For thanksgiving Aaron, Jessica, Mom and Dad all came out here to spend it with me :) Jason and Kellie went to her house for thanksgiving and will be with us at christmas :) dont' think they just didn't want to come haha :) But anyways the Patton's, my new billet, made dinner for all of us! It was so great!! We all had so much fun! They got to see me play even! I wish I had played my best but I was just a touch off that night, I went in for relieve after the starting goalie got pulled but i didn't do much better haha. But they got to see me play and they were happy with that! and I was too!! I was so excited :) We got to wonder around Seattle and just spend time together :) I was so glad that they were able to make it out here :) It was so fantastic. There weren't even any tears when they left! well... I guess I will be seing them in about three weeks haha. That isn't very long! I cannot believe that Christmas is really almost here! I am so excited!

Emily got to go home for thanksgiving! her and her family had so much fun! It was so great I got to hear about it all and she would tell me about home it worked out great! She said it was harder with none of my family there but she loved it! We are still going so strong with the lord in the center of our relationship! It is so great! Such an amazing feeling!

Thanksgiving

So this week, by the way I am terribly sorry to be so lazy on my blog lately I have been busy trying to do school work, college stuff, getting to know the Pattons and just other things so I apologize, but this week has been fun. I have learned quite a bit actually through God. He has really put on my heart the true importance of Thanksgiving. How it is seen in the Bible, how the world sees it today, how we as individuals can decide that it is something more, and just so so much that I can't even really explain but it has been a journey for sure.

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I started out the week seeing a video and really thinking about it.... What am I thankful for? What are all of my blessings? What do I take for granted? Who don't I let know I am thankful for them and how can I ensure they know? Why is it that the world has changed it so much from what it was originally meant to be? As an individual how can I take the thanksgiving spirit into full effect?

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That list that I made, oh my goodness, I had to stop, it just kept going and going and going and going. When you think truly think about every single thing that you can and should be thankful for no matter how big or how small, how expensive or how cheap, how complex or how simple, the things that we take for granted every day is astonishing. I challenge each and every one of you out there to take a good hard look at someone that you do not feel you let them know how thankful you are that they are in your life as much as you should and you take this week and you ensure they know how much you care and how thankful you are to have them a part of your life. It is putting yourself in a vulnerable spot I know, I am struggling with it too. But it isn't about us during this time of year, from here through christmas this time of year is all about others, not us. Take the time to really let someone know how thankful you are, you never know the difference that can make for someone to be made known that someone is that thankful for them just being a part of their lives. I hope that you do not disregard this and you take this challenge seriously. If you don't at least make a list of all your blessings, even that can really change the way you think a little bit.

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Emily and I are striving still :) We are both so excited to spend time with our families again over the Thanksgiving time :) We recently looked back on our relationship, :) we have seriously learned more and grown more than I think either of us really expected so quickly. It has been such an amazingly God filled journey that I couldn't explain it if I tried, unless you have experienced it I cannot tell you, I so wish I could though. I love you so much sweetheart I cannot wait to see you again :)

First Start!

Just got home from my first Junior game that I started it! It was the worst team and it was pretty boring to be honest but it was so fun! I played well and ended my first ever junior hockey game in a Shut out!!! I didn't get scored on at all!!! hahaha I was given the game puck too by coach! Such an incredible experience. I felt kinda bad cuz no one was able to watch it, the web guy was gone one family business :/ But they followed on the stats and that was so exciting to hear about how all of them were excited about my play! Well I have Boyd and Boyko over tonight for the night so we are headed to bed thanks for all who are reading.

Em!!! I love you so much sweetheart! I hope you and David continue to have such an amazing time this weekend :) miss you and love you!!!

Late night early morning

Last night was great! Had a great practice and just was able to have so much fun with it all! I was able to play with the confidence carried over from the game that I played in on Sunday, it was just so relaxing and really fun. I played the best out of all of the goalies, all of the team mates have been congratulating me and were telling me how great I was doing in the practice too. It was all so very encouraging and so satisfying to know that I had proved myself, I had represented my state, family, friends, myself and God in a way I was proud of. Praise God for all that he has blessed me with, I must admit that i had not been as quick to give him all of the credit as I would have liked to see myself but I know that nothing that I do here on earth is done by my own strength, wisdom, courage or ability, I know that God was there the entire time and HE allowed me to do so well in the situation.

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So I got home at about 1 in the morning but then I had to wake up and leave by 6:30 for work in the morning, that wasn't so much fun. Work this morning was kind of obnoxious for a while for half of my shifts I have been working while the store is not open, because I get all of the opening shifts due to my hockey schedule that is usually how it works. I just sweep, vacuum, wash mirrors and sometimes set some new clothes out or something, really unexciting. Those shifts are really fun, however, when you are friends with the manager or the people that you work with, which is usually just the manager, but since I haven't been at this store long I am not really friends with anyone yet, which is kinda a bummer. But once the store opened and there were people going in and out, it went back to normal, I really only enjoy the job due to I get to help people find things for themselves or to make others happy. I do believe that that definitely the only real reason I can enjoy retail, because honestly it is not very fun haha, it becomes repetitive and boring if you don't enjoy it like I do.

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But work was ultimately good. :)

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Miss you all so much!!! I love you and thank you so so much for reading!!! :)

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Em.... I love you!