Season One : Episode 6 "And Thats Whats Up"

Life has been wonderful. I have been so busy that it has been hard to keep on everything. It seems I even let my blog slide a little! :/ Work has been intense but good. I have been blessed to work full time so I could save the money I need to. I have been training on an additional position learning to mix all the breads. I have enjoyed this position because it is more self-reliant and I can focus on what I am doing better.  As the mixer you write down a lot of information and completion times down so it is easier to keep track of goals and strive to improve!

The family is doing well, so that is good! Kirsten is growing up so fast and becoming so much older, it is fun to see her personality as I see more and more of who she will be, so far its pretty awesome. Suzy is going on 17 come September which shocks me, it is crazy she is growing up so fast. She is living the hard summer life of sleeping in, tanning,& hanging out with friends ;) Mom is thinking about going into real estate and dad enjoying his new position in ADOT. We work opposite schedules so I only see him like once a week, like really haha : (

It was so cute, the other day I was gonna head out to work after playing with one of my nephews and he says, "But we haven't finished playing yet." He may not have understood but I would so much rather of stayed and played with him haha. I love those boys they are soo adorable!

I have been dating a young lady named Emily Hays, she is pretty amazing, and that has been great. She is good to me and a wonderful example that I am constantly looking up to. We are in a long distance relationship which I was surprised she was okay with when we started dating, haha. It has been crazy because things have gone very different than my expectations. But that's alright because they have gone very good : ) For us a long distance relationship has been great, not because we don't enjoy seeing each other, haha, but because we get to really talk with each other. All the time we are either texting or calling, I am sure her roommates can attest to that! It has been so nice to genuinely get to know each other : )

Life is so much different at this point than I had expected it to be, I had so many plans and goals after my mission and then I hit reality like the bug that hit my windshield the other day, I hit it hard and fast, haha!  I never thought I would be living in Mesa or that I would be working a full time job through summer and fall semesters of college. My plans would have me working pest control or somewhere else over the summer to bring in the big bucks and returning for my final year of college to receive my Bachelors in computer science. Instead I will likely be in school 2-3 more years and I may not finish there. I am at home rather than on my own and I realize now that I still have so much to learn.

Life may be different than I expected but life is certainly good. I have been blessed with so many good people in my life not just my immediate family but I have made good friends quickly since moving to Mesa, I love my co-workers and enjoy my job. I have a roof over my head food to eat and I am earning the wage I was seeking. Surely the Lord has heard my prayers and helped me to accomplish what I need to in my life. Life may have its twists its turns and curves but in the end as long as we are pointing in the right direction at the end of the day we will be okay.

~Trent D. Nielson

"Keep the  Faith & Never Give up, Never Surrender"