....A bit of good news....

Oliver and Braden go to Borah High School, in Boise Id.  As most know William E. Borah  was a senator of Idaho also know as "the Lion of Idaho".  So the mascot is a lion.  Well once again Borah High School is in the top 6% of all high schools nation wide.  During the year the teachers nominate students for what the call "Senator's Choice Awards".  400 students were nominated, and then they pick 40 out of the 400 to receive the award.  Well a couple of weeks ago we got a call from the school, (Trevor and I, they first call the house phone and I couldn't answer it, so they call Trevor's cell phone) .  We needed to show up today for the award ceremony, because Oliver was receiving one.  It was Trevor's job to make sure we had the car today so Edward could come with us.  Well that didn't happen.....We ended up taking Edward (unrestrained) to a neighbor close by, and she watched him. Sorry about the pictures....Yes I had the camera.  I didn't check the settings or anything because I thought Trevor had done that already, because when he handed me the camera he told me the battery was really low, so I didn't even turn it on until they announced his name.  Just before the program started I got a text message from Sarah saying they were OK and would call me as they got closer to Nashville.  I sat there thinking about how lucky we were that we could meet together like this.  Our lives are moving on.  WE have power, WE have warm showers, WE have schools to go to, WE have open road to get there.  During the presentation the recognized different groups, and sporting teams who had done well, and they also mentioned some of the scholarships that were won.  The honored some teachers who were retiring, and a coach. As the program started they had the Boise City Police Drum and Pipes group usher in the flags, carried by the JROTC.  Braden was there all decked out and looking nice carrying in the Idaho State Flag! Braden has done several of these (color guard) things, but made sure this was by far the biggest group of people he has done this for.   I wanted to get a picture but they (Oliver and Braden) didn't know we were there. They did ask all 400 of the kids who were nominated to dress nice for the day to make sure they looked the part.  Toward the end of the assembly Sarah did call.  I left early and went to talk to her.  As she described what they had been through, I was so thankful they were well and ALIVE!  She talked about some of the debris found in her yard, I will call it tokens of shattered lives....shopping lists, small toys, game pieces,  day planner pages etc.....  How blessed I feel, and thankful I was able to be apart of this fun assembly to recognize students who will always be remembered in Borah High school!

Walking down out of the crowd

Display as they were reading what the teacher said about him

After receiving the award