Draper Temple Cornerstone Ceremony

Our Draper TempleFriday we were able to attend the Draper Temple Cornerstone Ceremony. Cameron was in the Youth Choir that consisted of 200 youth from all over the valley. He practiced every Sunday night since January to be able to perform. They brought tears to my eyes, they sang so good. President Monson even complimented how well they performed.Here is President Henry B. Eyring and his wife entering the temple for the dedication.

Here's Cameron in the choir. Courtney had to climb up on a planter to get these great shots.

President Monson inviting people to come up and put mortar in the cornerstone. He was so funny. He was telling people not to worry about the mess, that they would take all this out and the professionals would make it look nice.
Karen, Cameron and Courtney after the cornerstone ceremony. We had such and amazing experience. I'm soo glad we were all able to help so much with all the openhouses and dedications. It was truely a once in a lifetime experience. We are blessed to have such a beautiful new temple. We are excited to start doing temple work in our new Draper Temple.

This week at the Leavitt's

Cameron had his "Showcase" concert on Tuesday. The Choir sang all the songs they will sing on Tour. Cameron and a group of 6 boys got to sing "Breakfast at Tiffanies" The girls went crazy over the song. Can you see Cameron in this choir picture? He's on the last row, second boy on the left. It was a great concert, one of his last ones. He picked up his Graduation Announcments on Wednesday, YIKES, where did the time go???

Saturday was 3/14 or National "Pie" Day. Sorry, I skipped algebra and had no idea there was such a day. Grandma Haupt had just sent us lemons from Arizona, so I made Lemon Meringue Pie, can you say "Yum O" it had the pucker power in every bite. Love National Pie day!Lastly, Courtney picked up a kite on Saturday. It was a beautiful windy day, and her Barbie Kite took off on it's own. The string broke and it flew over the house and landed in the back yard.She retrieved it and She waited for Cameron to get home from work so he could fly her kite too. Here is her kite flying high......and...... Here she is, yes in a lazyboy, watching Cameron fly her kite. They had a great time. Cheap thrills. The lazyboy, we had sat out to donate to "Friends of MS", but they never came to pick it up, so Courtney put it to good use. Can't wait to see what this week brings. Courtney is on Spring Break from SUU, so life is interesting. Have a great week everyone.

Who is this kid????

So we go to church today and people in our own ward didn't even recognize Cameron. He was looking way too much like a missionary boy! He finds out tomorrow if he totally dominated in the "Missionary Week" competition. He is hoping that his service at the Draper Temple Open House on Saturday will seal the deal. I just had to share these pictures, since he won't have this great missionary look forever. I sure love it!

Cameron's Missionary Haircut

S0 it's 3:30 on Tuesday, and were ontime to Michelle's for the big appointment. As Michelle is getting started he was telling us he will get 500 points for a missionary haircut. Then Michelle asked what do the girls get? Oh, the girls get 500 points for encouraging a boy to get a missionary haircut. Hum, so who in your Harem of girls is getting the points???

Cameron was way too excited for the haircut, can you tell from his face?

Look at all that hair Michelle had to get through. Sad thing is, his hair grows so darn fast that give it 2-months and it will look the same,

He's getting there.

What do you think, should he part it to the side? Look at those big blue eyes, and his cute baby face. He'll be such a cute missionary!

Here Cameron is with his new haircut. Bonus! He gets credit if he prepares a meal for his family. He made us Asian noodles.

I LOVE MISSIONARY WEEK! I can't wait to see what he is making us tonight?

Cameron...A Missionary????

Okay, so last week I am on my way to Parent Teacher Conferences with Cameron when he say's "By the way Mom, next week is Missionary week in Seminary, so I am getting my hair cut"

my reply " I love Missionary Week!" "When do you want to go to Michelle's for your hair cut?" As you can tell from this picture, taken last month, he diffinitely needs a hair cut. He hasn't had it cut since Auntie Cheryl cut it last October. So today at 3:30PM, he is going to have his "Missionary Haircut". Believe me, I will have my camera on! He told me this is his last haircut until he goes on his mission in August. We'll put an update on as soon as he is done today! Personally, I love his hair shorter, but that is the Mom speaking.
P.S. Parent Teacher Conferences were boring, everyone said the same thing, he's a great kid and getting an "A". How hard is it to fail Gourmet cooking and Shop Auto Classes. Just kidding, he is doing great in his college credit classes too. And Thomas is doing a great job too! This was my last time to go to Parent Teacher Conferences, darn, I will soo miss them....NOT!

Danka Oma!

Thank you to our German Grandma- Oma Lucy! Thomas's family from Germany is here for a visit. Thomas wanted his Oma (Now our Oma) to cook for him while she was here. Oma brought her own special spices and cooking tools from Germany to cook for us. Here (the above picture) she is making potato dumplings. Made from cooked potatoes, mashed in the press, potato starch and a touch of potato water. Oma Lucy brought her own potato press all the way from Germany, it was her Grandmothers. The girls said it reminded them of their "Playdough" press that they had when they were younger. We were all amazed at how quickly she prepared a meal for 12. Here Oma tells Thomas how to cook the potato dumplings. She had us all hopping around the kitchen to get things done. She would say things in detail to me in German, and I some how understood what she wanted and was able to get her what she needed. Women in the kitchen speak the same language!

Here Cameron, Thomas and Gert, Thomas's father cut the roasted chicken into parts then Oma put a seasoned baste on the chicken and placed it back in the oven. The baste made the chicken skin roast crisper. Cameron loved the favor. Now he has some serious competition in the kitchen!

Thomas and his sister Natalie enjoy Oma's cooking. Thomas ate more than we had ever seen him eat. There were alot of leftovers, so Thomas will eat well this week. The meal consisted of roasted chicken, potato dumplings, red cabbage with apples from Germany that Oma snuck in her luggage, leeks in cream sauce, cucumber and tomato salad and for dessert we had raspberry cake. Ohh we were in heaven!Here is Thomas's family. Opa,Thomas,Oma, Natalie and Gert.

All of us after the delicious meal. We love our new Oma and Opa! Thank you for such a wonderful meal and a fun night! By the way, Oma an Opa have been married 50 years this year, don't they look great!

The Blueberry

If you haven't heard yet I will be the first to tell you the news. You remember about a month ago when I told you about the car accident I was in? Well after a week and a half of calling the insurance all the time and going back and forth to the auto body shop the news finally came back that my car was totaled. Great huh! Well it actually was great because my old car was kind of crappy. The best news is that while I paid $5,000 for the car the insurance gave me $6,000 for it!!!!!! So two weekends ago I went to home to go car shopping. Boy was that a long day, I had to carry $6,000 with me all day because the banks were closing that was so was weird.

I had to give away all of the money the insurance had given me but before I did I had my mom take a picture of me fanning myself with it because I had never held that much money before in my entire life. And if I look a little stressed that's because I am, that is a day I never ever want to relive.

This is the person I bought the car from, he thought we were crazy because we made him take pictures with us so I could post them on the blog, but he went along with it anyways, probably because I had the money. But after he took the picture with me I let him have the money. :(And just like that all my money was gone, but I got a good car out of it so I guess it was worth it.

Now about the name. So you know that part in the first Willy Wonka when Violet Beauregarde eats the piece of gum that turns her into a giant blueberry? Well if you don't you're missing out and if you do you'll understand why I named my car the blueberry.

Well there you go, I know that took a while, but atleast there were a ton of pictures!
P.S. Thanks mom for helping me that day and for driving me over a 100 miles to look at all the cars. I still owe you a batch of cookies for that!