Parker made it! On May 30th he graduated from Lehi High School as part of the class of 2014. We are very proud of him!
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Monday, July 7, 2014
Sunday, June 5, 2011
I Finally Achieved the Perfect Weight!
It's not what you think, though.
It has been a weekend of endings and beginnings. Culminations and commencements. (That sounds a little Jane Austen, doesn't it?)
Colby graduated on Friday from Lehi High School. He had a rough start and still has horrendous handwriting, but he made it. In fact, he was never in peril of NOT graduating (we had several of those students) so I was very happy. He even has a half scholarship to UVU for next year, so things are looking good.
Friday night we had a graduation party for Colby. (Thanks to all who came! We love that our friends support us since we have no family nearby!) It's funny how one minute you have the party under control and the next you can't scoop ice cream fast enough! What a blast. Thanks to Scott and Cathrine for all their help!!! (Ice cream has NOTHING to do with the weight issue, by the weigh way!)
Saturday was family portraits. Close your eyes and imagine it. We all go through it. Why? Because we are crazy. I haven't seen the proofs yet, but I will share!
This morning Colby was ordained to the office of an elder. We were all bawling by the end of the blessing. Bad enough that it would have been embarrassing to go to class, so we went home to get him ready for his flight to Arizona where he will march with The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps.
Time flew. We managed to get everything done and stuff his duffel bag full. As I looked down at the monstrosity sitting in my kitchen I mused that it was pretty darn heavy (probably over the 50 lb limit) but there was really nothing we could do about it. Ed said that we would just pay the charge for it being too heavy and off we went. We went through a LOT of tissues on the way to the airport. I am pretty sure that Colby was dehydrated by the time we got there. He hates goodbyes. So do I. I am always dehydrated from crying, so nobody thinks that is weird!
We stopped at the Sky Cap and wrangled the duffel out of the back of the Suburban. Ed swung it up onto the scale and I said, "How far over are we?" The Sky Cap said, "You're OK." with disbelief we all looked at the scale. This is what it showed! Finally, the perfect weight!
It has been a weekend of endings and beginnings. Culminations and commencements. (That sounds a little Jane Austen, doesn't it?)
Colby graduated on Friday from Lehi High School. He had a rough start and still has horrendous handwriting, but he made it. In fact, he was never in peril of NOT graduating (we had several of those students) so I was very happy. He even has a half scholarship to UVU for next year, so things are looking good.
Saturday was family portraits. Close your eyes and imagine it. We all go through it. Why? Because we are crazy. I haven't seen the proofs yet, but I will share!
This morning Colby was ordained to the office of an elder. We were all bawling by the end of the blessing. Bad enough that it would have been embarrassing to go to class, so we went home to get him ready for his flight to Arizona where he will march with The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps.
Time flew. We managed to get everything done and stuff his duffel bag full. As I looked down at the monstrosity sitting in my kitchen I mused that it was pretty darn heavy (probably over the 50 lb limit) but there was really nothing we could do about it. Ed said that we would just pay the charge for it being too heavy and off we went. We went through a LOT of tissues on the way to the airport. I am pretty sure that Colby was dehydrated by the time we got there. He hates goodbyes. So do I. I am always dehydrated from crying, so nobody thinks that is weird!
We stopped at the Sky Cap and wrangled the duffel out of the back of the Suburban. Ed swung it up onto the scale and I said, "How far over are we?" The Sky Cap said, "You're OK." with disbelief we all looked at the scale. This is what it showed! Finally, the perfect weight!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
An Evening of Excellence
When I was in high school, back in the days when the stars shone brighter because they were new, it was a big deal to get a scholarship. Most students did not get scholarships to go to school and if you did get a scholarship it was probably a fairly small one. I think that I got one scholarship for $500.00. And I graduated 6th out of about 500 seniors in my class.
Tonight we attended the Evening of Excellence at Lehi High School where we witnessed over 2.5 MILLION dollars of scholarships being given out to the senior class. I was just happy to be there because it wasn't that long ago that I wondered if Colby would make it through school- nevermind continue on to college. But because of his involvement and excellence in music, he has been awarded two half scholarships for next year. . . one at Weber State University and one at Utah Valley University. He also received the Semper Fidelis Award from the US Marine Corps for musical excellence. (And I had absolutely nothing to do with any of these awards!)
After the ceremony Ed and I took Colby out to Winger's for a late dinner. While we were there he thanked me for making his senior year so great. he said that he had loved having me as a teacher. I managed to not bawl, although I could not talk for a while. So, what I am tonight is one proud mama.
Tonight we attended the Evening of Excellence at Lehi High School where we witnessed over 2.5 MILLION dollars of scholarships being given out to the senior class. I was just happy to be there because it wasn't that long ago that I wondered if Colby would make it through school- nevermind continue on to college. But because of his involvement and excellence in music, he has been awarded two half scholarships for next year. . . one at Weber State University and one at Utah Valley University. He also received the Semper Fidelis Award from the US Marine Corps for musical excellence. (And I had absolutely nothing to do with any of these awards!)
After the ceremony Ed and I took Colby out to Winger's for a late dinner. While we were there he thanked me for making his senior year so great. he said that he had loved having me as a teacher. I managed to not bawl, although I could not talk for a while. So, what I am tonight is one proud mama.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Seminary Graduation
It still amazes me that LDS teenagers attend a religious class as aprt of their school schedule. And it amazes me even more that they GO and for the most part they ENJOY the class. The church hires some great teachers who are energetic and spiritual. Colby has been blessed with several great teachers and tonight he, and hundreds of his classmates, were awarded a diploma for finishing four years of seminary. It's a good thing we took pictures before the meeting, because afterwards we had an outrageous downpour complete with lightnigh, thunder, and hail. Hmmmm. . . maybe they all didn't deserve those diplomas. . .
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