Merry Christmas to all!

Well this has been a very eventful year! January started with a fantastic trip to Disneyland and Legoland with the Kinnersley family. Trent met up with us after Disneyland to go to Legoland. Not the most incredible of parks but very entertaining for little boys who love legos! It was a well-needed trip before school and work started again.

The spring semester started and Trent continued his full time schedule of both work and school. Trent received a job offer with in Zion’s Bank Corp. to move from the ATM department to the ACH department (Direct Deposits). Trent works between 40 to 46 hours a week. So far, he loves it! Trent loves working for Zion’s and they love him. They are continuing to try to move him up in the ranks. Which we do not mind at all!

Trent is working hard to finish his both of his degrees by Summer 2011. He is majoring in both Finance and Accounting at the University of Utah. This year he took 3 semesters of classes, each semester with at least 15 credit hours if not 18. School keeps him very busy. Most nights you will find him studying his heart out on our couch or with a group at the library. He is such a hard worker!

Trent was recently released from his calling of being the Elders teacher and was called as the Boy Scouts leader for the 10 and 11 year olds. They are a hand full but he is enjoying it.

In the spring, Natalie finished her full time student teaching at Grant Elementary in Murray School district where she taught in 3rd grade for 6 weeks and Kindergarten for 6 weeks. Third grade was definitely a challenge and Natalie realized that it was not the place for her. Kindergarten was fantastic and a place where she would love to work! After completing her teaching license Natalie went on to apply for jobs and finish her graduate degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of Utah.

Apply for teaching jobs was definitely a task. Rounding up resumes, letters of recommendation, transcripts, going to group interviews, job fairs, single interviews, and on site interviews kept Natalie busy. Natalie finally found her place as a First Grade teacher at Viewmont Elementary in Murray School District. She was hired in April and began working in August. Mean while Natalie worked at University Kids Preschool as their kindergarten teacher for the summer and attended 16 credit hours of school. She went on a field trip a week, took the kids to swim lessons everyday, played, studied, and played. University Kids was a fabulous job. She completed 2 years of service with their company in August. It was hard to leave but Natalie was ready for a new adventure. Natalie finished the all of her graduate course work hours except for three during her summer semester.

This fall Natalie started her first year of teaching. It took a lot of work to get her classroom set up! The first half of the school year was a success! Natalie has a fabulous mentor that has helped and continues to help her try to succeed. Natalie took her last graduate course fall semester as an independent study. She studied how music affected child in the classroom. It was a great experience. Natalie will finish her graduate course work in the summer doing the Early Steps tutoring program for her final project.

Natalie is still the MiaMaid advisor in their ward. She loved going to camp this year up at Thousand Peaks Ranch and playing with the girls every Wednesday.

Trent and Natalie had a fabulous time traveling and having fun this year. We were able to travel with Trent's family back to Trent's mission in Tallahassee, FL to see all the sights. We visited Panama City, Pensacola, Tallahassee, Florida State's Campus, and Dothan, AL. Florida is gorgeous. It is not just a beach like most people would expect. It is full of lush green trees and pine trees. We were able to visit several friends and families whom Trent served. It was wonderful to meet the fabulous people that he worked with. We met Trent's mission President, Pres. Summerhays on a lucky Sunday afternoon that he just happened to be home. It was an amazing vacation!

Trent and Natalie were lucky enough to go to the Larry H. Miller Motor Sports park with the Young's for the Motorcycle races. We loved watching the bikes almost tip over as the raced around the corners. It is Trent's dream to some day own his own Harley.

Trent and Natalie also traveled to Snowbird where we celebrated our first anniversary, Bear Lake, Heber Valley Camp, and Park City with family. It is so wonderful to get out of the city and enjoy the wonderful mountains of Utah.

It has been a wonderful year! We are excited to see what lies ahead in our lives! Thanks to all of our family and friends for your support and love! We are so grateful to have you in our lives!

With Love,

Trent and Natalie Young

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Complements that came at the perfect timing!

OK so I had an emotional weekend losing all confidence in my self, in my teaching, my appearance, how I am as a friend, sister etc. Just one of those break down days. Well today I got the best complements from my principal. It made me feel so much better. She said that she went to her principal meeting this morning, and all the principals were complaining about their new teachers and how they are not living up to what they expected. Then she said she was so pleased with me and how hard i've been working. She has had now complaints she loves that I get along with the staff so well and that I am so willing to ask questions and always plan out things. She said she is so grateful I am part of her faculty. It was the perfect timing just when I needed it! I am so glad that I am teaching up to her expectations. I feel like I fall so short sometimes! I am just grateful that someone is watching over me.

It's funny because I know that the Lord had his hand in that. He knows when I need his help and I am so grateful for that. I am grateful that my principal listened to the Lord and choose to tell me her feelings.