Breakfast of Champions

Every spring the middle school has a "Breakfast of Champions" and invites students that have received a 4.0 during the year and their parents for an "honor" roll (cinnamon roll) and juice.  Britton went last year and was a bit disappointed that it wasn't just a breakfast, they had to sit through a few speakers, too.  This year when the invitation arrived in the mail for both Britton and Jenna we discovered that Britton's 7th grade "Breakfast of Champions" was scheduled for 6:30 a.m. 6:30 A.M. ?!? How is making parents bring their student to school at 6:30 a.m. to listen to speakers a reward?  Britton was having none of it.  He convinced Adam to take him to Great Harvest for a cinnamon roll before school and call it good. Yummier cinnamon roll, no speakers--a win-win for all involved.  Even though Britton was a no-show they were still nice enough to give him his personal box of Wheaties and a certificate upon arriving at school. Jenna's 6th Grade breakfast was at a much more manageable 8:00 a.m. and she was more than happy to have her Dad with her for the event. 

They announced what the name, mascot and colors of the new high school will be this week. We will be Ridgeline High School with the River Hawk as our mascot and the colors of navy blue and green with silver accents.  Think Seattle Seahawks.  Same colors, same mascot (the river hawk and sea hawk is essentially the same bird). 

 

I like it. I voted for the name Ridgeline which was clearly the best choice of the 5 final names we were given to choose from.  They also gave us 5 mascots: Wolves, Hawks, Badgers, Raptors and Falcons.  I didn't love any of them, but in the end voted for the Raptors because it was the only one that was unique in the state and didn't already have one or more high schools currently using it. In the end the final committee changed Hawk to River Hawk on account of a river running through the high school property and in an effort to make it a little less generic. I admit it would have bugged me forever to be the Hawks when there is already a big high school in SLC using that mascot.  So I'm  happy with the change and support their decision.  Britton will be a freshman when the school opens and will be a memeber of the first class that will have been at the school for all 4 years when they graduate.

 

It rained a lot this week and on Friday afternoon we were experiencing a torrential downpour when my eye caught a little bit of movement in the back yard.  I went to investigate and saw Jenna making her way to the trampoline.  She was by herself, but couldn't resist going out to have some fun in the rain.

 

 

 

She had a great time and came in with a big smile on her face. It's funny, I saw a cold, rainy, miserable day. Jenna saw an opportunity to have some fun. Talk about making lemonade out of lemons. Attitude really is everything when it comes to the rainstorms of our lives and it was a good reminder to look for the positive in everything.  Thanks, Jenna.  You're cool.