I'm not in Utah anymore!

So we are now in Amarillo Tx! It makes me miss home and Midland, tx. We've been here 3 weeks now, and i miss the bubble of utah county! MIdland was so clean and the people were so friendly it became home for me. This city, however, is very different. It's more dirty and it's not very family oriented here. Kids are always running around without supervision and parents are talking like they wish they didn't have children. It's really sad to see how parents aren't involved in their children's lives and to see the results of it. We had a little boy threaten leah and my niece that he'd get a knife from his house and cut her mouth because she asked him to talk nicely. Other kids were trying to get my kids to play ninja assassin at the playground by using knives to pretend to cut off your head! These kids were ages 6-8! I have to be a lot more protective of my kids and who they're surrounded by. I guess we're getting a glimpse of what the world is becoming.

The school here I feel is the same. Parents are not involved with their children's education, and therefore the school is having control over these kids. I have to teach Leah when she comes home because i think she'll fall behind. When it's cold or raining outside, they force them to sit quietly in the gym and watch a movie. If they do not walk in a straight line then they are force to walk in a line during their entire recess! These poor kids are there from 8-1 and they hardly get a break, it's ridiculous! I hate sending my daughter there but with only 2 months left i feel like i should let her finish and then go somewhere else for school next year. I'm hoping maybe Pennsylvania!

But i must say, i'm learning a lot from this experience and learning to take what's given and find the good in it. SO with that being said, i'm glad to be here with isaac and that we can be together. This is a good area to have missionary experience, which i'm trying to find. It also gives me a chance to teach my kids even more about what right and how to make good choices and stand up against pressures of the world.