Sports and Shaved Ice

This year Jed has had the opportunity to work for BYU Intramurals. He started this last fall as a football referee and worked really hard to be the best ref out there. All of his hard work payed off because at the end of the semester he was awarded as the rookie ref of the year. During winter semester 2013, Jed continued to ref but this time he did basketball and football. We quickly learned that football was way more fun than basketball because everyone seemed to be a little bit nicer. There seems to be a continuous theme of BYU students forgetting they haven't played school ball for several years and that this isn't the NBA. Needless to say Jed had to put up with a lot of rude unintelligent players who thought they new the rules better than the refs. But hey Jed got his picture in the daily universe (BYU's school paper) and I thought that was pretty neat.

Halfway through the semester Jed was selected to be a candidate for the opening office job the next year. After several interviews the field was narrowed down and he was selected as the new BYU intramural Program Coordinator for fall 2013 until winter 2015. This is an incredible blessing for us because not only does this include a pay raise but Jed also gets to pick his own hours! In the past he had to work every night from 6-10:30. Now he can work during the days, during school breaks and when I'm at practice!

This summer both Jed and I have been working hard and have been able to have great summer jobs. Jed is a supervisor during the spring and summer for softball, kickball, and football, which worked well when he was taking spring classes. I have had the opportunity to work at Hokulia shaved ice! For those of you who have not had it, you should. It's real authentic Hawaiian shaved ice with ice cream in the middle and sweet and condensed milk on top. All the islanders that come always say how it compares so well to what they have in Hawaii.  It has certainly been an experience but it also is super fun. Jed sure has enjoyed the benefits of having his wife work at a shaved ice stand. I've also been able to coach at the BYU cross country sports camps and that has been a blast!