Ladies and Gentlemen... I am back!

Dearest Family and Friends,

I know it has been several months since I have written a big email. Don’t worry I am not going to make the epistle 10 pages long or anything. But I will give you a little update on what has been going on.

As most of you know I am back at Santaquin Elementary teaching year 5. I love it. I love the students that I have and the teachers I work with. We got a new principal this year, so there were a few teething problems, but besides that life is great. My class is a little different that what I had last year, so I am enjoying the challenges that it is bringing.

I have been really busy with life outside of school too. I have moved to South Provo and started attending a family ward out here with my friends. I love the change of scenery. It is also nice to have a different calling. I am teaching Sunday School to the 15-18 year olds every second week. It means I can relax for one week and then work hard the next. It is fun getting to know them and enjoying what they have to say.

This has been a little less stressful than previous callings. I do love having something to do. I have also been really lucky to have some friends come and visit me. Over Conference weekend I saw Bec my cousin and her mum Laurel. We went to a lovely dinner at Olive Garden with Jasmine too. Bianca Lekias also ended up spending a fair while with me on her big trip. We got up to some fun things. We organized for Bianca to go shooting with some of out friends. As you can see it was lots of fun. There were some gun totting crazies there, but they were the ones w

ho bought the guns to play with,

After this fun time we got all dolled up for an 80’s night on the town. Before we went to the party we had to go watch Ben play football, so we rocked up all done up, with Suzanne, at the football field. Needless to say its been awhile since we have had that much attention… I mean really we looked fabulous. I don’t know what they were staring at. It was a great night of dancing and karaoke. I know this will be hard to believe but I was the quiet one that night. Except for one song!

I have really enjoyed living close to Suzanne and we have been doing some fun things. She has been organizing fun games night, and yes the girls are still the Trivial Pursuit Champs! It is so nice having friends that close. My new room mates are also awesome. One works full time in PR and the other is a law student.

There has been some other good things going on. We had a fun Halloween experience. A bunch of us dressed up like Alice in Wonderland characters. I was the white rabbit, but I refused to wear a bunny suit. That was a great night. Jasmine came down with us and Phoenix danced the night away until midnight. She was the hit of the show. The hay ride at the end was a little much, she was tired and said she just wanted to go to bed. That was the time we decided to call it a night. Well sort of. We had to do an IHOP run and Walmart run too.

That was also the night I officially started dating Ben. A lot of you know about him. But I will give you a quick run down. Ben and I were in the same ward for 2 years. Over the spring and summer I was the Relief Society President and he was the Elders Quorum President. This meant that we had to talk to each other. As this happened we realized that we had a lot in common. So we have been seeing a whole bunch of each other over the last few months and decided that we do like each other, so we are dating. He is a great guy and has survived meeting Jasmine twice. So that makes anyone a real man in my opinion. Not only has he survived that, but these last few days Nathan and Lisa have been here with the kids. Ben survived this with flying colours too.

It has been great having Nathan and Lisa here. I have loved seeing them and the kids. We have done some shopping, eaten out, and went up to Logan to chill with Jasmine and her family on Sunday. It was so nice to have a big family group, laughing and joking and just enjoying it all. I am so excited to come home at Christmas time and see everyone.

That is another one of the big parts of my exciting news. I have got permission to stay again here and keep working. I am still trying to work out some of the Logistics. How to be able to travel home and be allowed back in, but it will all come through.

I hope all is well for you all. I look forward to hearing what you are all up to; work, babies, family, school, and anything else.

Love to you all,

Love Candice xox