The announcement

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The Things We’ve Handed Down

-- by Marc Cohn

Don’t know much about you
Don’t know who you are

We’ve been doing fine without you

But we could only go so far

Don’t know why you chose us

Were you watching from above

Is there someone there that knows us

Said we’d give you all our love

Will you laugh just like your mother

Will you sigh like your old man

Will some things skip a generation

Like I’ve heard they often can

Are you a poet or a dancer

A devil or a clown

Or a strange new combination of

The things we’ve handed down

I wonder who you’ll look like

Will your hair fall down and curl

Will you be a mama’s boy

Or daddy’s little girl

...

And these things that we have given you

They are not so easily found

But you can thank us later

For the things we’ve handed down

You may not always be so grateful

For the way that you were made

Some feature of your father’s

That you’d gladly sell or trade

And one day you may look at us

And say that you were cursed

But over time that line has been

Extremely well rehearsed

By our fathers, and their fathers

In some old and distant town

From places no one here remembers

Come the things we’ve handed down

First Grade

Weston started first grade today. He was so excited he got up at 6:30, ate his own breakfast, got dressed and then wore his backpack til school (even through our real breakfast with everyone). He has a few friends in the class, Isabel and Lauren from the ward, and Broc from last years' class. I don't know how I am supposed to be feeling, but mostly I am excited for him. Sure it is a bit sad to see him grow up, but seeing how excited he is just makes me excited!

Happy Anniversary!

It's been seven years since Scott and I were married for ETERNITY in the Washington DC temple. Hip Hip Hooray!

We celebrated on Saturday by going to dinner at Market Street and then watching Harry Potter. Nothing too exciting, but we are getting old... He brought me flowers and my favorite candy bar (TWIX!) and I cleaned our bedroom for him. Nice gifts, eh? I think we have bought enough stuff this year and just want to save a bit of money.

I can't find any good pics of us together, and my computer is slow, so this is it.

Lunch help, please!

Next week begins a new stage in our little family. Weston begins 1st grade. I am all good with him being at school all day--of course I will miss him... But the thing I am most worried about is LUNCH. What do I make him? I don't want him to eat at the school every day (maybe one to two times a week...). But I need some ideas for lunches. Do you send juices every day? What else can you send? How do you send it? How do things stay cold? Help me all of you EXPERIENCED parents!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Or, as my kids call it, the Ogre Mountain Temple. But it is beautiful. Scott and I took the boys up the first day of the Open House. It is beautiful inside with circles as one of the main patterns. The windows are also AMAZING! And there are so MANY windows. There are six sealing rooms in the temple--one small one off of the sealing room and then two small, 2 large and one larger that is the nicest sealing room I have ever seen. One side has frosted windows to the outside and across from them is a huge frosted window into the hallway. There is so much light coming into the room. Sometimes as the sun shines into the room it shines through the crystals on the chandalier and makes the room brighter. It is such a beautiful room. If I was getting married, that is the room I would ask for.

Scott and I were lucky enough to help out twice during the open house. Both times we got to help in the sealing rooms. When you go through the Oquirrh temple, it is a "silent" tour. You walk through following the "arrows" and one of the last places you get to is the hallway with the sealing rooms. At that point you are ushered into one of the rooms and you sit down with others and a little 3 minute "presentation" is given about the temple and sealing rooms. We got to give that presentation. We welcomed them and explained that they have seen rooms that represent the journey through this life and then the Celestial room is the culmination of that journey--returning to God's presence. The sealing room is where a man and a woman are SEALED together in marriage for life and eternity. Children are sealed to parents. What a wonderful feeling, knowing you will be a family forever. What a comforting thought for those who have family members who have passed on.

So, we would give the little talk to the people and then they would go on with the tour. It was such a neat experience. You could tell some people had never been in a temple before and so often the spirit was strong and I knew they could feel it. It was also fun because we saw some people we knew. Emma Lewis and her family (and her new husband--good looking!!! way to go Emma!), my next door neighbors from Sugar City, Scott's 2nd grade teacher, and more! It was a great experience, and I am so glad we had that opportunity.

Comparison Photos

First Day of Kindergarten

Last day of Kindergarten!

Last Day of School

Weston is finished with Kindergarten. His last day was July 2nd and he had a little "program", which he informed us several times was called "Friends Forever." They strutted across the stage in their special outfits. Weston wore his basketball jersey and his champion shoes. He carried his Jazz basketball. They then sang songs for us and we watched a little slideshow of pictures of the class throughout the year. It was fun and his teacher was great (Mrs. Colvin).Friend: Logan

Friends: Jack and Broc

Friend: Griffin

Teacher: Mrs. Colvin

Whole Class

Cute singer
Future Basketball Player...

Weston starts first grade in three weeks (we are on the year round school system--track system). He is on C track with Mrs. Eastman as his teacher. I am excited for him to move on and be in school all day, though I will miss him. He is a very sweet and special boy. Tonight he emptied the entire dishwasher by himself with out anyone asking him to. What a sweet guy!