First Time

Today Jack passed the sacrament for the first time.  There were some silent prayers offered on his behalf.  He did a great job.  I kept looking over to see how he was doing in the beginning of the meeting and he was sitting reverently.  When there were hymns to be sung he had the hymn book and sang.  During the prayers he bowed his head and folded his arms.  When it came time to pass he went to his assignment and did a great job.  He was reverent and carried himself well.  My heart was filled with joy to see my son passing the sacrament.  After church he had another first as the deacons quorum went out to collect fast offerings.  Michael Nelson took Jack and together they went out.  I was truly grateful for that.  They walked from the church and did their assignment.  I am so grateful for a quorum of young men that work together and help each other to grow.  Jack is certainly growing.  This is a wonderful thing for Jack.  In addition to all of this I learned tonight that Jack will be speaking in church next week.  He has a 5 minute talk on influential mothers/grandmothers.  We will have to get started on that soon so he can be ready.

For dinner today I decided we would do a grilled cheese sandwich fest.  I picked up a variety of cheeses, some bacon, some avocado, some ham.  I had grand ideas that this would be something that everyone would enjoy and the creative juices would just flow and amazing concoctions would come together for the perfect grilled cheese sandwich.  Jack had cheddar cheese only and Andy had cheddar and colby jack.  Nothing too fancy just the basics.  Natty got a little crazier with Muenster and Gouda, some bacon and some avocado.  I had a very similar sandwich to that of Natty.  With that it was over.  My two boys who love bacon hardly touched it.  Andy might have had two bites of his sandwich and he was done.  Well, grilled cheese fest was not a raging success.  It was simple, which is what I want to do on Sunday, so that was good.  Natty is excited for the sandwiches she will be able to make with the left overs.  Well, we gave it a shot.  Maybe as they grow up a bit and get a little more excited about things like grilled cheese sandwiches we will have better luck.