Whew!! Graduation and the end of school makes time fly by, it is so busy!! But I'm back... with some pics of Jared, of course! Before graduation: Receiving his diploma: My future graduate: After graduation, we went to the park and had cake with family: Celebrations are always such a whirlwind! In addition to Jared's graduation last week, we decided that since my dad was in town for Jared's graduation, we'd get some of the family together to celebrate his upcoming 80th birthday. And then, since it is hard to get everyone together in the first place, we decided that we should take a family pic of the family members that were there: This week has been a mixture of trying to get in a routine w/ the kids home for summer break and doctor visits. Hopefully everything will fall into place easily and we can get into a routine soon! Have a wonderful day!

Seminary Graduation/Prom::May 21

This week will wrap up my kids' school year. Late work is due. Graduation is this week. Family is coming from out of town. And there is stuff to do. I'm feeling some pressure...

Last night, Jared graduated from seminary. In our church, kids in high school attend release time seminary during their regular high school day. In the end, they graduate from seminary the same as they graduate from high school. Jared said that after 4 years of attending, his certificate should count as a bachelor's degree. He even went as far as to say that he should start his own church.... but he laughed, which I assume means he that he realized he was getting waaayyyy ahead of himself. ;) The eclipse was going on during his seminary graduation ceremony. He laughed about that and said that if he was from Old Testament times he could really have a hay day telling the story of when God withdrew his light from the heavens as his class was graduating. I love that he is so cheerful and happy and can almost always find the humor in a situation.



Today is definitely a list making day so that I don't forget anything important along the crazy rush to graduation! Steve is already taking care of the first thing on the list: return Jared's tux. Saturday was prom, and because Jared's group already had a photographer (dang!), I did not have an excuse to show up and take pictures of him and his date. I really enjoy that, too. But I did take a picture of him the day after prom, all dressed up in his tux for church and seminary graduation.



Today is also the day for reconciling the checkbook and paying bills. Yuck. But at least we'll have another month of electricity, hot water, a telephone, and a place to live, so it could definitely be worse.

I'm off... to make lists, pay bills, total the checkbook (you can take that any way you want, because they are all correct!), clean the house, take care of Michael, pick up the kids........

I hope that you have a wonderful day today and that you survive whatever your Monday throws at you too!

Steve & I took a trip around Nebo Loop again, and we stopped off at the Grotto to take a short hike. The trail dead-ends at a waterfall. This gorgeous waterfall: It is a place that gets lots of traffic, but while you are there amid all of God's splendor, it seems that you are the only one. It is a magical spot.

I hope that you are enjoying your weekend so far. Are you getting ready for the solar eclipse this afternoon? My family is pretty excited for it!

Have a great rest-of-your-weekend!