So many things.. so little time...

Although we are living in a wonderful house that is only about a mile from the church it is time to move on. We are just renting the house and realizing that the house is too big for the two of us and we could use to spend less each month. So we had a discussion and decided it would be best to move on and possibly even try and buy a house. Well we had started looking online and that is about it. I have to point out that I was the one who thought we needed to be out the house by the end of March but Brent informs that he is pretty sure it not til the end of April. So we were taking our time and trying to figure out what we even wanted to look at. Well a week ago Brent informs me that I was right (I was glad to hear those words, lol) and we need to be out of our house by March 31st. Well that gives us two months to find a house and move in!! With the help of a mortgage broker (i think that is what he is called) from our church we were able to get approved for a loan. So the hunt begins. We also have a realtor in our church and she is going to take us around to look at houses next week. Hopefully we can find a house that we just love very quickly!! So that is the status of our house hunting. I'll keep you posted!!

Big plans...

Well... I have been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do with my life! As most of you know I love working out and being involved in anything fitness related. I love personal training and love the opportunity to get people involved in working out. I have discovered that personal training is so much more than just working people out. I have found that I have to be more of a sales person than anything! and I am NOT a sales person. Things have been really slow at the gym and I have been really frustrating just having to normally work at the front desk (and doing the morning shift at 5:30 AM is not my thing! As most of you know I'm not a morning person!! lol). So in my frustrations I began thinking and searching for possibly other things I could get into. In the back of my mind I have always thought about teaching. I think with my mom being a teacher and several people telling me that I should be a teacher, I had to rebel and pursue something else. Now I am realizing what a great career teaching is. I thought about it a lot and think I would enjoy it. In the next month I am going to enroll in an alternative teaching program. It is online courses so I will continue to work at the gym and then I can apply and possibly get a job by this coming August! I would like to continue to train a few people and will continue to coach volleyball. Please pray that this is the right decision for me!!

A whole new world...

So... 2008.. Very eventful year for the Huffs. That was the year we actually became the Huff family. Married April 19th... Moved to Georgetown, Texas one week later. Brent had gotten connected with the pastor here in Georgetown and was offered a job as the youth pastor last January. So that is how we ended up in Texas (a state we did NOT think we would end up in). lol God definitely has a sense of humor. So Brent quickly got settled into his job with teens. He has made great friendships and connections with the teens. He has been busy planning and doing many events with them. Overall he has enjoyed the job. I would have to say I was definitely out of my element. Thrown in a place where I had no friends, no family (almost), and no job! So I starting searching for a job. I started a job at Georgetown Fitness with the intentions of personal training. I have been able to do that but with tough times and slow memberships there were not too many people to train. I am still working at the gym doing some training and working the front desk. I also work up at the church on wednesdays. With my love for volleyball I just knew that I had to get involved. So, I am also assisting a 13s team at Austin Juniors volleyball club. This has been a great opportunity for me to be around the game I love, learning to be a better coach, and making a friend. The head coach's name is Laura. She has been coaching there for several years and she has been a great help to me. We had previously met at Georgetown Fitness, where I found out she was a coach for Austin Juniors. We then were put on the same team. I found out her husband is also a youth pastor and are a great christian couple. God has truly blessed us with the connection to a great christian couple. I not only wanted to coach volleyball but wanted to keep playing also. I was able to get connected with some people and play on a league once a week. Also, I joined a USA volleyball team and play some tournaments on the weekend. It has been so great to play again!!
Though I'm not gonna lie we have both had a really hard time moving away from friends and family and we miss them tremendously every day! I do believe God has a purpose for us being here and he really has blessed us since we have been here. We were able to find a great home to rent, that is only about 1 mile from the church. We are actually looking to move and possibly buy a house this coming april (pray for us!!). We have a great church family that we have made some good friends. ( I should tell you we have made a lot of older friends, more like our parents, we have yet to find some people our age, lol). So that is the story of how we got here and what we are doing here!!