SCO's annual convocation

Thursday afternoon was SCO's annual convocation. All of the school is there and the teachers are all dressed in their doctorate robes- it's quite an event! The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students take their seats, then the faculty parades in followed by the first years. All the while an accomplished organist was pounding out a peppy tune that was making the baby wild and wiggly. (Maybe we shouldn't have an organ in the house!) There was a long process of giving awards and scholarships to faculty and the other years. After that was finished the 1st years stood together to repeat the Optometric Oath and then were called forward one-by-one to receive their white coats.

This is a shot of Bryce being helped into his coat. He was able to get in without difficulty, but there were several students who had quite a time trying to get their coats on! Afterwards Bryce confided that he had been very nervous, fortunately, all was well!

This is a picture is of Bryce walking (jauntily) back to his seat. Apparently most of the students have names at the beginning of the alphabet, so Bryce was one of the very last ones to get his coat. I managed to sneak up to the front to get a shot of him. The chapel was so dim that I had a hard time getting any clear shots, but they turned out okay.

SCO's LDS contingency

This is a shot of the "Mormon Boys" they are all first years and they are all members of the Church. They spend quite a bit of time together so it seemed appropriate to take their picture together. You'll probably see many more of these over the next few years. Here is a sideways picture of Bryce and I after he received his white coat. Doesn't he look dashing? Regal? Doctor-ish? Cute-as-a-button?

Convocation

Here is a shot of us "pre-white coat" Tessa, Nick and Bryce before convocation

Last Saturday

The boys enjoyed a brief break from studying saturday morning. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! However, this was their only break- ALL DAY LONG!

Aparently some other student (I think he's a 3rd year) heard about Bryce's football playing and wants to set up a sprint race to see who's fastest. Come to think of it, he might be on the team they played last week. I guess the guy told him that he was "the fastest white guy" he'd ever seen. Well now, that's quite a compliment!

Bryce and Nick studied from about 11:30 until after 10pm. last Saturday in preparation for a busy week of tests. Wow! Here there are having a (very) quick snack break. They were getting a little loopy by the end of the studying extravaganza!

The baby's room

Here I am waving hello!

This is the view from the doorway tooking into the room
Here is the bookcase-slash-closet

The baby's room

Here I am looking round and waving to you!

This is the view taken from the doorway into the baby's room.

Here is the closet-slash-bookshelf, etc.

Saturday Morning Football

I really didn't get any good pictures of the entire event. Here we have a close-up of Craig guzzling water after the game with Bryce and Seth wandering off the field behind him. At least Bryce is looking tickled with life!