Lots of culminating events of high school this week. They are all sweet and we are very proud of Mark. We attended an awards night where Mark was given an engraved watch for achieving a cumulative 4.0 GPA in high school. We picked up his final woods project from the shop 😍, and Mark and I went on a last school “field trip” to the Lotus Temple in Spanish Fork.
Mark’s furniture design and construction project sits unassembled in our mudroom, but I will post pictures when we find time to set up this new furniture. It is gorgeous.
Last night was Mark’s last piano recital with his studio. He will have a solo recital next month, so I am grateful that we have one more moment where we can see him shine as he plays the piano. I can’t count the number of recitals we have attended over the last 18 years, but I can tell you that Bridget’s recitals were the best.
Mark played the Chopin Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat with maturity and skill. It was a great event to inaugurate a month of celebrations for Mark, our high school senior.
We are so proud of Daniel who graduated this week from BYU with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. He will work at L3 Harris this summer and begin graduate work at BYU this fall.
We are at the phase where Mark has a pretty full life unaccompanied by me, but I have ways of staying current with his activities.
Recently, Mark’s friend made a 50 day countdown to graduation video. I took a screenshot of Mark from the reel because it shows him in his weightlifting class which is one of his favorites.
Here is Mark with his calculus class celebrating Mr. Newbold being named teacher of the year. Mark is doing great in this class.
During spring break, he stayed with my parents and spent a lot of time with cousins. He was most excited to tell me about all of the stumps he helped remove from my parents’ gardens.
He is working hard to prepare for his senior piano recital, and lucky me, I get to hear him practice a wide range of repertoire each day, including works from Chopin, Joplin, Scarlatti, Mendelssohn, and Sinding, plus hymn arrangements. Here he is accompanying a violinist. He’s a fantastic musician.
Richard and I had a flight during the Saturday evening session of general conference so we weren’t home to view it. When we walked in the door, it was clear that Tim and Mark had been watching conference together because this traditional block tower was sitting in the middle of the room. Mark has built one during each conference for years. Yes, this is just a simple block tower, but on that night, it was a symbol of his commitment and his testimony.
This was some big news recently and I thought I would share it here. The graduate program is for a master’s degree in electrical engineering. Go, Daniel!
I am looking forward to the graduation events for his bachelor’s degree coming up next month.
