Katherine's debut talk

So, my beautiful but fiery daughter gave her first youth talk in church yesterday. I was very proud of her. She wrote the entire thing herself and delivered her thoughts very clearly. I thought I would burst with pride watching her.

However, Matthew and I couldn't allow the opportunity to pass. We helped her sculpt one line. Her talk was on service and in the middle of her talk she delivered this jab. "Another example of service is BYU's quarterback, Max Hall, who, on his quest for perfection, threw the ball five times to the University of Utah, helping them win the game. What sacrifice." I actually saw one guy raise his hands in a cheer, while I know others were booing her. She delivered the line fairly dead panned and it was perfect.

Go Utes and Go Katherine!

Finally, a family picture

We finally got our act together and got a professional family picture. (as seen on the right) I am fairly pleased with the pictures but still, I think Jake and my friend in Billings did a great job as well. We are just pleased we have something to mark 2008 by. Usually we let several years go by without so much as a snapshot of the family. Thanks to Jilynn for the great hair...I love it! We may even have our act together enough this year to send out Christmas cards.

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Wow, I guess I should check in with other's blogs more often. I was "tagged" by Johanna and I am dutifully posting my 4th picture from my 4th folder. Pretty cute picture, even if I do say so myself. I am supposed to tag four people to do the same. However, I only know three besides Johanna, so she gets tagged again. I tag James, Jilynn, Tiffany S, and JOHANNA.