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  I am going back to school to finish my degree at age 59! "Your Mom goes to College" Napoleon Dynamite! One of my favorit e Memes In 1980, right after High School, I went to BYU Provo for a year. I came home for the summer to work and was going back up in the Fall...THEN, met my husband and it didn't work out for me to go back to finish at BYU. It was the best decision to marry Him so I never looked back.  I decided that I would go to Cosmetology School instead at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA. I worked out of my home doing hair while raising our 5 amazing kids. A few years ago, my daughter and I heard about the BYUI Pathways program and checked it out. We both knew it was perfect for us and we decided to go back to school to earn our degree!  It has been one of the hardest things I've done, but yet so rewarding. I wish I had been able to finish back in the day when I was young, but it really doesn't matter. What matters, is that I finish what I s...

Pickleball- By Natalie LeBaron Pickleball is a very fun sport. My husband and started playing this year with other couples! I am more of tennis player, however pickleball is also great exercise and a fun sport.  A lot of people wonder where the name "Pickleball" came from. ·         According to Barney McCallum, the game was officially  named after the Pritchards' dog Pickles, who would chase the ball and run off with it. According to McCallum, “The Pritchards had a dog named Pickles, and you're having fun at a party, right? So anyways, what the heck, let's just call it pickleball. ” I  Here are some facts about the game:     ·          Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton, and table tennis. Two or four players use solid paddles made of wood or composite materials to hit a perforated polymer ball, with 26-40 round h...

My name is Natalie LeBaron and I am from Murrieta, CA. I have been married for 37 years and have 5 grown kids. We also have 7 Grand kids,1 girl and 6 boys! We love spending time with our grand kids. One of my happy places is playing Tennis! Typically I play 2 times a week- 1 time at the Tennis Club in a Clinic and with other ladies doubles at Bear Creek Tennis Courts.  *Here is a little fun fact (off the subject a a little!): Another happy place of mine is Zip lining. Here is a video when we went to Hawaii last week: I started playing Tennis when I was in my late 40's. My friend Judy asked if I'd like to join her and I told her that I am not really good at "sports".  She promised that I would love it and so I went to the beginners classes and LOVED it! We can't say we are not good at something unless we try and put effort into it.Here is the link to my Tennis club:  http://murrietatennisclub.com/ . Once I felt more confident, I went on to join a ...