Ezra Taft Benson -

As a watchman on the tower, I feel to warn you that one of the chief means of misleading our youth and destroying the family unit is our educational institutions. President Joseph F. Smith referred to false educational ideas as one of the three threatening dangers among our Church members.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Way down south upon the Swannee River....




Well, after 4 years our Utah experience is coming to a close. Rick accepted a job in Jacksonville, Florida and starts there July 5.

Some of the things we enjoyed while we were here..

1) Our homeschool community. I really loved the classes families shared. The opportunity for my kids to learn such a wide variety of lessons is priceless.

2) Skiing in January. We made great friends on the mountain and really enjoyed the experience and opportunity to learn to ski well.

3) Great swim team for Taylor. She went from learning the butterfly to earning a state qualifying time in the event.

4) The opportunity for Ricky to take lessons with college players in football and baseball.

5) Miss Utah Outstanding Teens

6) EFY

7) Going Salt Lake City and enjoying the Christmas Devotional given by the first Presidency of the Church.

8) Watching conference in our PJ's in front of the TV.

And of course family and friends that have been there

I have been busy looking into homeschool groups, high schools, swimming clubs, football leagues, etc. Two homeschool groups have already reached out to us. I'm excited to meet them. Two high schools in the area we will be in have A rankings. Shelby will be attending one of them and participating in their Dual enrollment program. Football is through Pop Warner leagues. We are happy to be doing that again. I still am looking into swimming clubs for Taylor. One of those things on the list to get done.

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