53 Years Old!

Dear Kevin (& family)-

Well Dad did it- He survived another year and is now 53 years old! To celebrate he got to speak in church. The meeting was “How having a missionary in the field blesses our family.”  Sis Laney spoke, Sis Jensen spoke, then the YM sang “Armies of Helaman” and dad topped it all off.  Well, I guess you could say that you were really the concluding speaker- dad had your binder of letters with sticky notes on the pages he wanted to read from.  He was a hit when he read “Baptisimo” and raised his arms and fists above his head.  The second time he did that the Lambert boys were all giggling and laughing (along with other kids).  The third time he didn’t have to say anything but just raised his arms up.  It was so good to hear of the experiences John, Matt, and you are having - In totally different places (Salt Lake, Poland, and Brazil) and having great, although very different, spiritual and growing experiences. You guys are really doing a great job and working hard.

We served dad some of his favorites for dinner:  roast beef, mashed potatoes, cauliflower, sour dough bread, and even some shrimp.  We later had cake and sang Happy Birthday with Jennifer on Google + and Jessica on the phone.

First Day of School

Senior

Sophomore

There are some interesting things going on over at Westview High School with all the budget cuts and teacher layoffs in the school district- some of the classes have over 50 students- with two rooms opened up together and some students not even having desks to sit in.  Melissa got in a Lit & comp 12 class (she didn't get her choice of class and still needed another lit to graduate). Her teacher was a Librarian and had them all write their names on Popsicle sticks for him to draw out of a cup to ask questions.  It reminds her of Primary.  She got asked the question:  “What is plagiarism?”  She is having a hard time dealing with this class- hopefully she will survive- not at all like the AP classes she’s been taking.  Many kids didn't get their choice of classes, and there has been a lot of schedule mess ups- one kid got two periods of seminary, and AP music- which he didn't sign up for, and others that wanted it  didn't get in. Oh the drama of high school and low budgets…  I've heard good things about the new band teacher- Rachel says he is adjusting to teaching High school as opposed to Middle school.  It is weird not having a family member in marching band this year.  More free time after school and on Saturdays.

          

Jennifer headed off to Rexburg  for her last semester at BYU-I.  She has a great line up of art classes, and is excited for her art field trip in October to Washington DC.  Can you believe she will be a college graduate in December?

Jessica is settling in to her new semester at BYU Provo now finishing up her second week.  She texted us a picture of her 3^rd row seat in the end zone at the football game.  She said she got a great show from Cosmo, however the game was long and a little boring (not quite the same as with a sax in hand I guess).

Lazy

The house is quiet during the days now as the fall schedule settles in. Kind of nice:-)

YW Camp Sweatshirts

Crayola (2012), Overture (2008), Myriad (2010), Calico Sky (2005), & Extraordinaire (2007)

In our stake it is a tradition that after completing your 4th year of  Young Women Camp Certification, you are presented with a special camp sweatshirt that has camp patches and a name written on it  that has been selected uniquely for you. This is presented at a special KIT  fireside after the 4th years have completed their requirements. IT IS A BIG DEAL!  The girls are called up to the front one at a time (with a lot of screaming and jumping up and down), and a camp leader reads a wonderful description of the young woman's talents, traits, personality, hobbies, etc.  At the end of this description their camp name is revealed and they are given their sweatshirt. It is always exciting to see what color has been selected for that year. (Leaders get a red one after serving in camp for 4 years). Well Rachel received hers this year, and I just had to get a photo of the Leete Ladies in our Camp Sweatshirts while we were all together!  I had made sure that Jennifer brought her sweatshirt home with her so we could take this picture. Of course we put it off until the last minute.  Jessica was to leave the next morning and her clothes were already packed.  It was late, and it was dark outside.  I had to drag and beg to get everyone together. Brian had a hard time seeing in the camera viewfinder because it was dark outside- but he snapped away hoping we'd all be in the picture frame and smiling all at the same time. He managed to get a few with us all in the frame, these were the best.

Thumbs up for Kevin!