life as we know it: April 2012

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Thoughts

I admit it, I’m discouraged. For the first time in a long time I have no idea what the next step is. I thought I did, we planned for what we thought it should be, and for some reason expected or at least hoped it would be easy and effortless. Problem is, nothing is quite working out as I thought it would. I have about as much faith right now just to hang on and to keep exploring our options. I guess what I really want is Dorothy’s yellow brick road. A nice little laid out path that I simply have to follow. Instead we are caught in a maze and seem to be hitting every dead end.

So what do you do when you find yourself discouraged and a little on the hopeless side?

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Prom

Caleb and friends got their prom on this weekend. Here are a few details, thoughts, and plenty of photos.

Caleb asked Amberlee. She isn’t quite 16 (her birthday is 3 weeks after prom), so we told Caleb he would have to ask her parents first. He did. They said yes.

It took two attempts to find Caleb a tux. We went to one place and were totally unimpressed with the customer service and cost of the rental. Soon after, we learned of a different place to go and had a much better experience.

The date of prom was decided on by the outgoing seniors last year. It was discovered this year that it would interfere with the Saturday evening Priesthood session of LDS General Conference. The kids were concerned about that and took matters into their own hands. By letting the Administration know of the conflict and then getting their Stake Presidents to call in, prom was moved to Friday night and they were able to keep the Capitol Building as their venue.

The boys picked up their dates and had photos at the girls homes, then back to the boys homes for photos, then to their friend Logan’s house for group photos and to be picked up by the limo. They ate at a downtown Japanese restaurant, went to the prom, then back to Logan’s for dessert and a movie.