All in a day's work --

• Special needs student who just had a heart transplant wants to repeat 10th grade.
• Thirteen year-old going into 8th grade needs a young parent program because she has a baby.
• Seventeen year-old wants to take the GED because she can't get her grades from a previous high school, and the school she is to attend in our district won't enroll her without them.
• Counselor who just finished master's degree last year (08) finally got the U of U to recommend him for an educator license after way too many "I'll look into that" from the counseling folks at the U.
• Counselor who trusted a friend and colleague who now wants to discontinue their friendship needs support.
• My good friend and colleague announced his retirement to take a position as principal at probably the best high school in the state (another district of course) and needed to tell me before I heard it through the "grape vine."
• Student moved to Georgia and needs grades, attendance, and discipline records sent from Granite High (now closed with no plan for taking care of the 100 years of student records -- long story) to her new school by Wednesday.

Just another day at Judy's Help Desk --

It's football season!

I drove by the park on my way home and saw this big kid in his #63 football practice jersey. The kid is my son and he and his dad have begun another year of football. This is the last year of Ute Conference football -- next year it's on to the high school. My boy is big enough and smart enough and good enough to play with this big boys, but he is playing with his age group and I am very glad he is. It looks like there are 25 or more excited kids who have come out for the team and by the looks of their enthusiasm they could be a competitive team.

It will be fun!

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Great Scout Camp

The boys who live in my house are home safe and sound from scout (venture/varsity) camp. They spent 3 days in Moab (one of the hotter spots in Utah). They (13 boys and 5 adults) camped at Big Bend Campground, did a day trip on the Colorado River, hiked to Delicate Arch and other arches in Arches National Park, drove to and viewed Dead Horse Point, spent some time as tourists in downtown Moab, and really had a great time. They came home needing a hug, a shower, and a cool place to hang out. It seemed like they were gone forever!

(As you view the photos, Karl is in the raft and Willie is in the kyak/canoe with Mayson.)

Blog catch up time . . .

I haven't kept my blog up this month, so here goes . . .
There are several postings for July 15, so if you are interested, please read on.

Willie has a "JOB"!

Annie and Ross have opened up a little shaved ice trailer, Shavy Jones, in South Jordan. Willie has been hired and is a shaved ice employee extraordinaire. Even when he was little, he told us he wanted to work in a snow shack when he grew up. Well, it's not exactly a snow shack, it is a few steps above, and he is loving every hour of work. Business seems to be picking up each day and new flavors are being added all the time. I find myself craving a shaved ice with buried treasure (ice cream) and cream nearly every day. Yesterday I settled for a "black pearl" (blue raspberry and grape, ice cream in the bottom and cream on the top) and it was delicious. It's exciting to say the least, and I am so proud of the kids for their entrepreneurship!

Grandsons

We went to the ZOO last week and Wyatt was not nearly as interested in the animals as Elliott, but we had a great time in spite of his yawns. The weather was delightful and we capped off the day's adventure with swimming at great-grandma's. Elliott tells me all the time that he "wuvs him" (translation - he loves Wyatt). He really has been a very good big brother -- no strangling or trying to send him back to the hosptial at all.

Summer takes forever to get here and is gone in a flash . . .

My old fashioned garden was in full bloom with daisies a few weeks back when this photo was taken, and now the sunflowers are nearly ready to bloom. Once the sunflowers/lazy Susans are in bloom, the summer is on the downslide. Actually, today is July 15, it is the middle point of summer vacation. It's been an eventful summer -- nice vacation to start it off, basketball camp, baby blessings, Shavy Jones, temple open house, a conference in Dallas, a zoo trip, family photo session, test driving a new car, and now scout camp. No complaints, I just wish it would slow down a little -- we still have so much to do.

July 4, 2009

Just another summer day for some, but not for me. I can't remember what I was going to write here. Maybe I will remember another day.