For a Wonderful Father

It's official

Matt is now an Attorney. The last step of becoming a lawyer after you have passed the BAR is to take an oath. They had a ceremony in Down Town Denver where Matt took that oath, so now it OFFICIAL! We were so happy to have Matt's parents come and share the occasion with us.  Thanks to my mother-in-law we have pictures of the event.

I couldn't help but laugh (inside of course) at one of the speakers when they addressed those who had just passed the BAR and said that they were now finished with Law School and with taking tests. So not true. We still have one more BAR to take and 6 months of school left.
Nevertheless, Matt has worked so hard and I am so proud of him and all that he has achieved. Through it all he has continued to be a wonderful husband and father and has always put us first. We love him so much.

When you take your children camping...

they will want to get straight to work by hacking away at a pine tree with a piece of fire wood (Blake), dig in the last camper's fire ashes (Tyler), and taste samples of dirt and rocks (Lacey).

 When they are finished they will want to go for a hike. On the hike you will come to a river.

 When they see the river they will want to roll up their pants and put their feet in.

 They will probably get their pants wet and want to take them off.

 Chances are when they take their pants off  and continue walking in the river they will slip and get their shirts wet and they'll want to take them off too (We had to convince them to keep their underwear on).

 Playing in the river will make them hungry. So you will go back to camp get on dry clothes and roast hot dogs and marshmallows.

After dinner they will announce that they have to go potty. You will tell them to "water" a tree. Chances are that after they "water" a tree, they will think it is so fun that they will want to "water" a tree every ten minutes for the rest of the trip. Seeing all the trees will remind them how much they love to go camping, that they will ask you every day after your return home to take them camping again. 

                                      

(Lacey's expression most of the camp out)

The view from our tent.