Science Fair Memories

This past Friday and Saturday I participated in the Central New Mexico Regional Middle and High School Science Fair. Boy did that THAT bring back memories. Unfortunately, science fair projects haven't improved since Allie first made an LED light up with a battery made from a lemon. This time though I talked to the student-exhibitors about jobs and let them look up different jobs and see how many there were, how the job market differed in different states, and how much different jobs paid. The point I was subtly trying to make was that there are a lot of great paying jobs in the computer industry, compared to things student sort of think they might like to do. My big part though, was as the keynote speaker at the awards ceremony where about 800 parents got to hear how great the technology job market is for students with 4 year degrees, and what they can/should do to help their kids prepare for those kinds of jobs. I had lots of great comments of appreciation afterwards from both parents and educators.

Cure for Cabin Fever

Even though we love the snow and winter, and Spring comes a little too early for us alpine sports lovers, sometimes in March, when you get the random warmish, sunny day, you get a craving to just get outside and let the sun warm you up. Jane and I came home from shopping and found this little tableau in our backyard.

Congratulations Seth!

When I returned home on Tuesday from a business trip, Seth had a little surprise waiting for me on my desk. It was a print-out of a message he received from BYU informing him he had received a full tuition scholarship for this fall. Yay! Even though the cost of tuition at BYU - Provo is amazingly low, every little bit helps. Housing is another matter. Housing costs about 150% of tuition in Provo, so we still have to plan and work hard, particularly since Seth will be in college almost two years before he is old enough for a mission, so we are glad he doesn't have to spend his savings all on school.