On Sunday our ward got combined with another ward. Now my cousin John and his family are in my ward. We haven't met together yet, that's this coming Sunday. Should be interesting.
We're wondering what's going to happen to our "assigned" seating. We have been sitting in the same pew for years. I wonder if we'll get to keep it? I guess it depends on how early we get to church. Since church is at 9:00 am, there's not much chance of us getting there early. When church was at 1:00 pm we got there about the same time as the organist - about 20 minutes before church started - but now we're lucky if we get there during the opening hymn. Especially on days David has an early morning meeting and I get to herd all the kids out of the house by myself. I'm pretty sure Cameron's not going to get to sit on a pew all by himself anymore. He usually sits on the pew in front of the rest of us.
Meagan graduated from Seminary and Cameron was ordained a priest the same day our wards were combined. It was quite the Sunday. Seminary graduation was good. The Stake President spoke about Joseph Smith going to the grove, thinking the only answer he was going to get was what church to join, not that none of them were true. He also spoke about not leaving the church, because that's where safety is. The CES representative spoke about horseback riding and that living life is going to bring you challenges, but the gospel can help you face those challenges.
Meagan was the only graduate from our ward at the graduation. There was one other graduate from our ward, but she wasn't there. Meagan barely made it through this last year of seminary. There were a couple of girls that sat next to her in seminary that really bothered her. Luckily her teacher changed the seating chart so Meagan could stand to go.
Cameron was ordained a priest under the direction of our brand new bishop. The new bishop (who is from the ward we combined with, so he doesn't really know us) had Cameron go around the room and introduce everybody. Aunt Holly mentioned that whatever you do, don't let Cameron hug you.
After Cameron was ordained, he went around the room and shook hands with or hugged everyone in the room. He hugged our recently released bishop, looked at the new bishop and said, "Oh, why not? I'll give you a hug too." Then he proceeded to hug the bishop, lift him up off the floor and swing him around. The bishop is probably in his 60's, so he's not exactly young. He was a bit surprised, but seems to have survived Cameron's wild hug.
You have to remember that this is the same boy, who, when Meagan was having her Baptism interview with the bishop, blurted out his own answer to, "Do you know what happens when you get baptized?" The question was directed at Meagan, but Cameron answered before she could: "First they take you in the water, then they grab your feet and pull you under..."
The bishop started laughing (this was Bishop Hymas who pinched one of the Wisemen on the bum at our ward Christmas program) and wanted Cameron to continue. I think Cameron was sincere, but with the bishop's reaction, he froze up and wouldn't tell the rest of his answer. I think Meagan was kind of scared. I had to assure her that wasn't really going to happen.
This is also the same Cameron who told me several years ago that the Pilgrims invented the lightbulb. I asked him how they did that. "They went to the beach and got lots of sand. They stuck the sand together with scotch tape and made the very first lightbulb," he replied. Very creative. I miss that boy! (But the Cameron who's around now is pretty entertaining, too. I guess I'll keep him.)
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