It’s been a week full of numbers, some really, really bad, some pretty darn good… Caleb earned a 31 on his first ACT attempt. Not too shabby, although he’s a little disappointed.
His choir returned from California late Monday night after taking sweepstakes at the choir festival they participated in. Tonight we went to their spring concert and it was fun to watch them perform the pieces they competed with.
March is winding down and we haven’t seen much of Caleb lately. This has been a crazy busy month for him. The rest of us have felt a little left behind, so we’ve made our own fun.
Last weekend we made a quick (really quick) trip to St. George to see my family, enjoy the warm temperatures, and go to the air show. We enjoyed two of the three. The weather didn’t cooperate. Rude. The air show was amazing and we were happy to see my family (at least most of them).
This weekend we braved the crowds and went to Hunger Games, best disturbing movie I’ve ever seen. We had seats next to a group of older women and I was pretty amused by their loud comments throughout the whole movie. If one of them missed something, the rest of the group caught them up. It was mostly funny.
Saturday we surprised Caitlin with tickets to Beauty and the Beast. I mentioned to a friend at work that I wanted to go and she said decided she would find us some tickets. Within five minutes, she had found three newly listed tickets on KSL for $55 each, dead center in the orchestra section. When I called the seller of the tickets, he said “I hope you have a daughter to take.” Oh, not only do I have a daughter, I have one who lives for theater. When we got to the play on Saturday afternoon, there were red roses on each of our seats. It was lovely. We had a great time and I’m so happy we decided to go.
Caitlin and I finished the day with the young women from our ward for the Young Women Broadcast. Wonderful messages and it makes me happy to be in the stage of life to have a daughter in this program. I hope she will always strive to make good choices and live up to her potential.
We’ve missed Caleb, however sometimes it’s nice to have time alone with one child. We worked to make the most our time with Caitlin these last two weeks and it’s been great.
130 students applied
Then there was testing, letters of recommendation, and the request for high school transcripts to narrow the field
130 was reduced to the top 30
30 were invited to write an essay and interview for a position
The promise of news by Monday
30 was reduced to 18
A new class of students is formed for the two year Surgical Technology Program
The letter arrived early. Friday instead of Monday
Caleb is on a choir tour until late Monday night
Letter addressed to “The Parents/Guardian of Caleb P.”
We opened it right away
Caleb was accepted. Now he just needs to decide if this is what he wants to do. Big commitment, huge benefits. Summer school for the next two years. His parents know it’s what they want him to do. Fingers crossed.
March Madness around here has little to do with basketball and a whole lot to do with busy kids. So far we’ve had parent/teacher conferences, Caleb’s school play, the ACT, Caleb’s induction into the National Honor Society, and Caitlin’s orchestra concert and a field trip to see Zorro. We still have Caleb’s HOSA competition, a choir concert, a choir trip (to California/Disneyland), and prom. Whew!
I am just so happy with the way this school year has gone for Caitlin. I dreaded her going to junior high and worried about how we would ever keep up with seven different classes and teachers. She’s really held her own and is showing more maturity this year. Her parent/teacher conferences were awesome. The teachers we met with said she is a fabulous student, asks questions when she doesn’t understand, and is a fun addition to the class. It was well worth facing a total blizzard to get this kind of feedback.
This week she had a book report due and got right to work making it extra special. Let’s just say it included glow sticks and was an all out Caitlin creation.
She also has a renewed interest in playing the cello. She found some “cello cheats” while online one day which are very basic versions of popular songs. Now that she can play Love Story, Safe and Sound, and Without You, to the point we can recognize what she’s playing, she’s a happy girl.
Caitlin wanted me to record her whole concert… big improvement from the last time we watched them perform.
Caleb is also having a great year. I often think he’s having the type of high school experience every parent wishes for their child. He’s involved in many different extra circular activities, he’s dating, has great friends, has goals for his future and is exceling in his classes. It’s pretty exciting to see the great things he’s doing.
Caleb at the NHS Induction ceremony
Even though you don’t comment on my blog, you get after me when I don’t update…. so this is for you.
Happy birthday tomorrow. I am grateful to have you as a friend and appreciate when you remind me what’s important (and what is not). I also love talking to you during my work day on IM and sharing the craziness of our job. I know we disagree a lot, but we can always agree on when we need a pedicure, or a lunch date, or when we need to leave the families at home and go see a chick flick.
Enjoy your day tomorrow. We’ll celebrate on Wednesday.
P.S. Still not excited about the scout you-know-what. 
P.S.S. Really excited about Josh asking a date to the prom
