Soak on This!!!!

Jaren and his award at the Regional Science Fair.

Great picture Brent took of him recieving his award.

Me(I obviously need to wear makeup everyday now) with Jaren.

Brent and Jaren.

Yesterday was a crazy day. I ended up stepping out the door sooner then expected. Consequently I was gone from home longer then I anticipated as well. I didn't get a shower, my hair looked like poo, I didn't put any make up on due to being in such a rush. For the sake of my posterity I still am going to post the hideous picture of me. Which is besides the point. This post is all about Jaren.

About a month ago Jaren was required to enter the School Science Fair. It was one of his required projects for 5th grade. Other wise it would not have happened. I am not a fan of Science. Luckily, Brent has a Father who gets into those types of things and helped him out. His project was on how absorbent different woods are in water. The day of the school fair arrived, Jaren dressed the part by putting on a nice button up shirt but kept it casual by having me roll up his sleeves. I made it for the award ceremony and didn't get nervous until they started announcing the names. I had butterflies for the kid. Of course they announce everything by alphabetical order. When they called his name I was surprised and to be honest, being the boob I am I got veclemet and had to control myself. Jaren would have been so embarassed if he saw me crying. Needless to say I was very proud of him. He was invited to attend the District Science Fair which happened last night.

Which brings us back to my crazy day. I rushed Jaren over to Mapleton Jr. High after he got home from school. Once again he dressed up, even more so this time with church pants and tie. He was so well composed. I helped him set up and left him there, in the hands of the judges. The whole family went back to browse the other entries and to be a support for their big brother. Finally the time of the awards arrived. They started at the beginning again and Jaren said to me, " I didn't make it." I pointed out to him that it was read in alphabetical order again. Grace got fussy so Ihad to take her clear to the back of the cafateria where the awards were taking place. Mrs. Stirland, his teacher, asked if we'd write down all the winners from our school. As they announced Jaren's name I became veclemet once more. He was thrilled. Now he gets to go to BYU for the Regional Science Fair. He will be one of 850 students. Jaren couldn't be more excited. We couldn't be more proud of him.