A Day in the Life of a 15 year old

This summer Michael has managed to stay pretty busy.  In addition to basketball camp in June and playing basketball every chance he gets, he did a few other things.  He went to Scout Camp in July and helped his troop earn the prestigious camp award, in addition to his other merit badges. 





Michael on top of the peak at Scout Camp


When Michael has been home this summer, he has had a couple part time dog-sitting jobs and a pool cleaning job for the summer.  He was on his own for the pool cleaning duties, but his younger brothers and sister loved helping out with the dog duties...it's really the best way to have a pet :)

Getting ready for another fun afternoon of shelving books

For the second year in a row, he also volunteered over 36 hours at the local library this summer.  The librarian's all love him and while he is great at spending hours shelving all those books we love to read, Michael helped out a lot with the various children activities they hold throughout the summer.  He spent 4 1/2 hours last week helping run various parts of the End of Summer Party.  But by far his favorite shift was the one where they were having a Gaming afternoon on the Wii for ages 6-10.  He got to play Wii for 2 hours and beat all the little kids.  That is the way to volunteer!

Michael getting into the Dino-Dance at the library activity

Trevor visiting Michael on the hot MoonWalk duty at the party

As the summer winds down, Michael is ready to tackle another year of high school, seminary, and probably the scariest job of all...drivers ed!! (probably more scary for us than him!)

We are really proud of Michael and the young man he has become.  He is such a good example to his younger siblings, he does great in school, has so many talents, and honors his priesthood duties at church.  He is so fun talk to and just a fun person to be around.  Watching him interact with different siblings this week, talking to Trevor about middle school starting next week, tutoring him in the ways of Nike shoes, Scouts and so much more, it was just great. 

We love you Michael!