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End of an Era

Recently Camille participated in the Hope of America program at BYU.  Because 5th graders study American history, this is one of the programs all our 5th graders have done.  Our oldest son did it twice for some reason--his school chose to involve other grades one year.  So this is our 10th time doing it.  I have to admit, I was not wild about this program when my oldest children did it.  It just seemed like a very large hassle for the parents since we have to drop off our children early (6:15), fighting lots of traffic, etc. and then stay or come back for the program which starts around 7:30 (7:45 this year) and not getting home until after 9pm after you find your child and fight all the traffic getting out--which is pretty late for children to be going to bed in my opinion.  With my older children, I had babies and toddlers to take care of at home and it really didn't seem like a good idea to go.  So I would drop off my child, then have my husband stay at work at BYU and go to the program bringing home our child later.  It worked okay.

With my later children I had more options so I worked out a good system--drop off my child, go home and go late to the program when there was a lot less traffic and parking didn't seem too hard.  So this year we did that again.  I dropped off Camille and a bunch of other 5th graders in our neighborhood (my public service for the day) and then came back with my husband and older child at home.  We arrived right at the beginning and it worked out well.  Camille enjoyed performing all the very patriotic songs and we didn't get home too late.

It's a good program for the 5th graders but I have to admit I will not miss the hassle.





And here we are doing the Foothill 3K.  We weren't quick but we did it!  My goal this summer is to help Camille get a lot stronger and more physically fit.



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