The 2006 Primary Program
This past Sunday was our ward’s Primary Program. Ethan was given his part a few weeks ago and has been very excited for his chance to show off his memorization skills. He was asked to say, "The blessings found in the scriptures can be mine if I am faithful. The scriptures give me a special kind of power." His part was very special because it led into the song "Scripture Power". Sometime during the last week, Ethan decided he didn’t like the way his lines sounded, so he decided to change them to, "I know the scriptures are true. The scriptures give me a special kind of power." It was okay with his teacher and I thought it was cute, so the change stuck.
During their rehearsal the day before, I practiced some sneaky video recording techniques. It’s kind of frowned on to pull out your cell phone during Sacrament Meeting and start recording people, even if it is your son and he is being totally adorable. Well, it started out good that Sunday morning. I got my phone out and navigated around the correct menus. I was sitting there with my finger on the button waiting for Ethan to go up, confident in my abilities to get it done unnoticed. Ethan stood up, I hit record, and Gideon started pulling on my arm that was holding the phone. All hopes at discretion went out the window as I tried to fend him off with the other arm and still keep from jiggling around too much. While my first born was up on the stand performing like a little star, his family sat in the congregation, wildly flailing arms around and whispering loudly things like, "Stop it!" and "Shhhhh!" and "Look at Ethan!" The things I go through just so the Grandma’s can see their grandkids!
