Rach & Doug

Hey everyone! I just thought I would take a few minutes to update the blog and see how everyone else is doing. We don't get to see each of you enough! Before I fill you in on what's happening in our life, I thought I would be a proud aunt for just a minute :)

It has been so much fun coaching all of Marci's girls this year. We have so much fun together, and it has been fun to watch each of them progress and succeed. We had our last competition of the season on March 10th. Our gym hosted the competition, and Marci pretty much planned the whole event. She did a fabulous job and our teams all did really well!

Brianna is on our youngest team, the PeeWees, and her team took first at all of our competitions except one. Nicole is on both the youth and the juniors team. Her youth team took first at every competition, as well as, the Grand Champion award for the highest points overall. She also did a duet which took first. Megan is on both the junior team and the senior team. The junior team did very well this year, and their ending stunt was a huge crowd-pleaser! Megan also competed in the duet division and took first! Erica was on the senior team this year and did so well! She also competed in a jump competition and took first in her age division. Erica and Nicole aslo competed in a stunt group competition where they also took first. Aren't they awesome :)

As for Doug and I, we are doing great. This semester of school has really flown by. I have been doing my field experience teaching at Idaho Falls High School this semester, and I have absolutely loved it! I should be getting my student teaching assignment sometime next week, and I can't wait. I want to start teaching right now! Doug will be doing his medical research internship this summer. There is a good chance that he may have to go to Boise and I will have to stay here to finish up a few classes. It will be hard to be apart for so long, but we know that in the scope of things it is just a small moment in time. Doug is studying for his MCAT which he will take this spring. As soon as we get the word that he passed, we will start the long process of applying to medical schools. Both of us are scheduled to graduate from BYU-I this December. We are so excited!

We are doing well, and we appreciate the love and support that we feel from each of you. We hope things are going well and that you are all happy! Thanks for everything,

Rachael Cook