Tucking my sweet little boy into bed, I tell him softly, "I love you Seth!" He smiles, strokes my cheek with his little hand and says "I love you too......but, I love David the most!"
Stinker.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Big Changes
Part of me wants to start this blog by singing the song from Toy Story "Strange things are happening to me....straaaange thangs." While our blog has been silent many changes have been happening to our family. The biggest one:
Yes, you are reading the name correctly. That is our very own Devin, or as our girls affectionately call him, "Bishop Daddy." He is stepping into the calling with grace and appropriate humbleness. Many ward friends mentioned "they saw this coming" other responses have been "congratulations" (not sure what for) and "condolences". My personal favorite, directed to me, was "welcome to single life." It actually hasn't been too bad. As a High Councilor he was gone all day on Sundays as he counseled the Denver 4th Ward (a Spanish speaking unit in our stake). Not much has changed as far as a time commitment there. Although, if I needed him home, he always had the option to not attend the 4th Ward. It hit me one Sunday as we celebrated Sarah's Birthday with family, without Devin--but expecting him late--that this really was going to be different. Then there are the couple of days a week where he might not get home until after 11 pm. I love watching him speak, teach, and lead. There is just a glow about him that is different than before. He has many wonderful gifts that have enabled him to begin this position quite impressively.
Each week he has a new "favorite thing about being the bishop". One week it was presiding at a baptism, another week it was speaking at the YW Night of Excellence. Today he said the best thing about being bishop today was awarding a young woman her "Young Woman in Excellence Award." I'm sure there will be many more favorites, especially as our children "come of age" in various capacities: baptism for Hannah and Seth, priesthood advancements for David and maybe even a mission farewell, primary graduation to Young Womens for Sarah (is that really next year???).....strange things are happening to me (er...us).
Changes for David
High School.
So much emotion, expectation, stress, and fun is packed into those two words. All of which David has experienced. I am happy to say that it is MUCH better than Middle School ever was. The biggest experience we wanted him to try was Marching Band. He wasn't too thrilled about it and as we got into the practice season we weren't too thrilled about the schedule. Now, we all agree it was a good experience and he might even go as far as saying it was....fun. His marching band even made it to state competition! It was the first time in 10 years the band was able to make it that far. And this year, most of the band was Freshman.
Seth and I met Devin's mom (aka: Grammy) in Colorado Springs at the Air Force Academy Stadium to watch part of the competition.
It was very cold! Grammy even treated us to some hot cocoa at Burger King. It was a...mix-it-yourself...type of hot cocoa.
David declares that seminary is "the best part of the day." And he shows it by getting himself up in the morning at 5 am. This is quite an accomplishment for him since he never before has been able to wake up to an alarm. I have been amazed. He also has been able to stay on top of his heavy academic load which consists of mostly honor classes and an AP class (I still wonder why college classes offered to freshmen in High School?). His latest accomplishment in scouts after achieving the rank of "Life Scout" was to qualify for the "Shot Gun Shooting" merit badge. He had never used a shot gun before and yet he was able to hit 29 out of 50 clay pigeons.
My little boy is growing up. Time really has gone faster than I ever imagined. How can I slow down the clock?
Yes, you are reading the name correctly. That is our very own Devin, or as our girls affectionately call him, "Bishop Daddy." He is stepping into the calling with grace and appropriate humbleness. Many ward friends mentioned "they saw this coming" other responses have been "congratulations" (not sure what for) and "condolences". My personal favorite, directed to me, was "welcome to single life." It actually hasn't been too bad. As a High Councilor he was gone all day on Sundays as he counseled the Denver 4th Ward (a Spanish speaking unit in our stake). Not much has changed as far as a time commitment there. Although, if I needed him home, he always had the option to not attend the 4th Ward. It hit me one Sunday as we celebrated Sarah's Birthday with family, without Devin--but expecting him late--that this really was going to be different. Then there are the couple of days a week where he might not get home until after 11 pm. I love watching him speak, teach, and lead. There is just a glow about him that is different than before. He has many wonderful gifts that have enabled him to begin this position quite impressively.Each week he has a new "favorite thing about being the bishop". One week it was presiding at a baptism, another week it was speaking at the YW Night of Excellence. Today he said the best thing about being bishop today was awarding a young woman her "Young Woman in Excellence Award." I'm sure there will be many more favorites, especially as our children "come of age" in various capacities: baptism for Hannah and Seth, priesthood advancements for David and maybe even a mission farewell, primary graduation to Young Womens for Sarah (is that really next year???).....strange things are happening to me (er...us).
Changes for David
High School.So much emotion, expectation, stress, and fun is packed into those two words. All of which David has experienced. I am happy to say that it is MUCH better than Middle School ever was. The biggest experience we wanted him to try was Marching Band. He wasn't too thrilled about it and as we got into the practice season we weren't too thrilled about the schedule. Now, we all agree it was a good experience and he might even go as far as saying it was....fun. His marching band even made it to state competition! It was the first time in 10 years the band was able to make it that far. And this year, most of the band was Freshman.
Seth and I met Devin's mom (aka: Grammy) in Colorado Springs at the Air Force Academy Stadium to watch part of the competition.
It was very cold! Grammy even treated us to some hot cocoa at Burger King. It was a...mix-it-yourself...type of hot cocoa.
David declares that seminary is "the best part of the day." And he shows it by getting himself up in the morning at 5 am. This is quite an accomplishment for him since he never before has been able to wake up to an alarm. I have been amazed. He also has been able to stay on top of his heavy academic load which consists of mostly honor classes and an AP class (I still wonder why college classes offered to freshmen in High School?). His latest accomplishment in scouts after achieving the rank of "Life Scout" was to qualify for the "Shot Gun Shooting" merit badge. He had never used a shot gun before and yet he was able to hit 29 out of 50 clay pigeons.
My little boy is growing up. Time really has gone faster than I ever imagined. How can I slow down the clock?
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