Gifted and Talented Conference

Today I am sitting in a Gifted and Talented Conference in Layton at the Davis Conference Center. So far we have listened to one speaker talk for 2 1/2 hours and then we had lunch. It was a chicken and rice dish. It was ok, not great, but ok. They we went back to listen to the next speaker for 2 1/2 hours.

Ben's new room

January 6, 2010
Well, Ben got off to Snow College after a quick stop at the oral surgeon to see how his stitches were healing. He had his wisdom teeth taken out on . Carolyn, John, and Little John drove him down to Ogden to the oral surgeon. On the way there they were stopped at a light and a lady behind them hit them. It wasn't a hard hit but it shook everyone up. The lady's car ran into the hitch on the back of the explorer and bent her license plate. It didn't look like there was any more damage so they didn't call the police. They finally made it to the oral surgeon where Ben was told things looked good and then they left for Snow College. I had found a really nice rocking chair for Heather and Evan and Carolyn and John were taking it down to Snow where they were going to meet up with Sarah and Heather and Evan.

Little John had a great time exploring campus while Ben got checked in.

Ben going to Snow College

Ben is getting ready to go to Snow College tomorrow. For Christmas I registered him for school, applied for financial aid, and completed all the work to allow him to attend school spring semester. He had not planned on going to school until this summer or next year, but he has not been able to find a job, maybe because he won't look for one, and he has nothing to do but play video games all day and night. I got so tired of it, I decided I would help him move on with his life. It is time he became a college student like all of his friends. As one of his Christmas gifts, I found a large box and filled it with college food, top roman and mac & cheese. He was so excited to open his package and so surprised at what he found in side. I told him that at least he won't starve for the first week or two at school. He finally was able to get hold of the housing office today to see where he will be living. We have been waiting for the past few weeks to hear where he was going to stay and when he talked to them today he found that they had lost his housing papers. He e-mailed the papers to them again and they put him in Castilleja, the most expensive dorm on campus, but Ben says that it is also the nicest looking from all the pictures he has looked at. His roommate is from Hong Kong. They should get along great!

John had a job interview at Hill Air force base last week. We are all keeping our fingers crossed. The job is for a facilities engineer. John felt good about the job and should hear back from them in a couple of weeks. He said that out of over a hundred applicants, only six were called back for job interviews. That tells us that he is a great candidate for this job. Now that it is the new year, he has noticed more jobs being offered.