School of Various Sorts

School started for us Arizona folk two and a half weeks ago.  The scheduling here is quite nice because summer breaks aren't too long and there are several other breaks added to the year to break up the monotony of classwork.  Dylan loves his new school so far and we are overjoyed at the great abilities of all of the school faculty!  Dylan declared for the first time ever in his elementary school career that he "loves" school and hopes to be going to this school for a long time thence.  We are thrilled to hear it!

As for me and mine, things are always interesting.  I was somewhat shocked this summer to have received an award letter for a sizable grant from the Career Education Scholarship Fund.  I didn't personally apply for this grant but someone at LCB went out of their way to apply on my behalf.  I wanted to share a portion of the award letter with you...
"The mission of the CESC is to provide scholarships and grants to students who have financial need and are making strong academic process in their chosen field of study.  Your Grant Application was reviewed by the staff at the School and by a committee of the Career Education Scholarship Fund.  You should be very proud of your selection to receive this Grant, as the CESF received several hundred Grant Applications from students across the US and Canada."  Indeed I did feel very blessed and humbled that someone had gone to the effort to extend this opportunity to me and even more blessed that I had received it.   I was just about to abandon my schooling completely but because of this grand vote of confidence (and the money of course), I decided to soldier through and obtain my degree.  I do love what I'm doing and I'm so glad that I will at long last finish a program.  I become almost giddy when I think of doing this work professionally for the rest of my life as well.
Our Owen is receiving a large amount of satisfaction from his new job and is making leaps and bounds in learning all of the little technical business things that goes along with doing his work as a therapist.  He is happy.  We are altogether the most satisfied we've been collectively in some years.  The photo is of Dylan on his first day of school.

Cheers,
Rebecca

new blog (by dylan)

i have a new blog and it is called Aleins VS Vlilans.

Poetry Corner

I love to read and memorize poetry.  Because of this fact, I will share a prose that I'm musing from time to time.  I promise that I will write more than other peoples' poetry on the blog sometime soon.

He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
by: W.B. Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Our Boy

Dylans Poem

Today Dylan wrote a poem as a part of completeing his Faith in God program.  The picture is from the day he was baptized and confirmed. 

The Holy Gift

by Dylan Spencer

Peaceful, Sacred, Renewed;

Wearing white with hands on my head.

Received from Dad, Grandpa and Bishop.

A sacred gift given to me
to be used in obedience.

I am grateful for my gift.