Im Back!

it has been years! literally. i am finally going to try and start keeping up with my blog especially since i will be leaving for a mission and this will be a great way to keep everyone posted on how im doing  but it will probably just be weekly if i get time :) so here is just a quick recap of what has happened in the past few years: I did two years of college at Southern Virginia University playing soccer and some basketball both years, I met the love of my life during preseason of my second year and we started dating a week after we met and now it has been a year and a half almost!

He is currently in the MTC preparing to speak Cambodian as he serves in Cambodia for 2 years, I had some nanny jobs in tennesee that just didnt work out so i just moved to Utah about a month ago and im living with my aunt nancy, i have two nanny jobs out here so i am working 24//7...no joke, i just turned in my mission papers last wednesday so im just waiting now to get my call, and im leaving this wednesday to finally go home for christmas! i miss my family so much and i miss joshua decker! im definitely waiting for him just so none of you guys aren't aware haha. Well i guess thats about it for now. i will definitely have details soon about my mission call and hopefully a video of me opening it :)
Well have a great week everyone!
With lots of love,
mariah clair <3

college soccer

so after our first game in south carolina, we got to go to the beach the next day! this was at Folly beach and it was beautiful!!

i loved this pier!! it was soo cool and i also love these girls to death!

this is some of us soccer girls before we all headed for the water!

and this is me getting ready for our first practice with our legit team shirts :]

so im in college now!! who would have ever thought this would happen lol so i am at Southern Virginia University, SVU, and i absolutely love it! its only been two days that ive been here but right now its soccer preseason so we started off easy with 3 a days!! total exaggeration there by the way ha so the first practice is before the sun is even up! 6 AM!! then we have breakfast, another practice at 10:30, then lunch, then usually a nap and then our last practice is at 4 and after that its dinner and after that we have our daily team meeting/devotional, then usually a shower and by this time we are all so exhausted that we just lay around or go to bed. it doesnt sound like it could be fun at all but right now i think is the most fun ive ever had! im sore as all get out but im loving every minute of it...but if im not in the best shape of my life after this i dont think there is any hope for me! ha but this team is amazing! i love them to death already, they are so encouraging and funny :] ha ...ninjas rolling down the halls,, mashed potatoes,, and super sweet rainy days :] its a blast,, well for now it is cause we arent in classes but i bet it will still be just as fun :] i really do love this team. its so cool to be playin with mormons! we have prayer before every meal, practice and everything, we have team devotionals and coach relates a lot of soccer to the gospel. i love it! like our team motto is 11-for-1. there is so many different things for this but the analogy that i liked best was 11 players for one purpose,, that one purpose for us is to win nationals. they won it last year, and actually in the past 10 years that this school has had a soccer team they have won nationals 5 times! this is goin to be the sixth :]] im so excited for this season.

Graduating Senior 2009

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own.And you know what you know. You are the [girl] who'll decide where to go.”

Ive finally decided what im doing now that high school is over! its time for me to start a new chapter in life and finish up the old one sealed with good memories. i am going to Southern Virginia University with an academic scholarship! i finished high school with a 3.97 and i was in the top 10% of the class. im also going to play on the Knights soccer team in college as a goalie! i have worked on many scholarships and grants and i am only a few dollars short of getting my entire expenses paid for! i will continue my education majoring in business. i look forward to going to school but not too excited about leaving my family. i love them so much but i know that in order for me to become independent i must first take a leap of faith. For me this takes a lot of faith and trust in the Lord that he is going to help me make it through my schooling and sports an excell in both. i will be leaving early in august but i will for sure be home for the breaks!