Dear Family,
Here is a picture of some of the family that attended the Huntsman Education Award Banquet. They of course were all dressed up and fancy but I used this shot as my Blackberry did not take a good picture.Cheryl and Paul invited Emily and two daughters.
So here is a picture of mothers and daughters. Cheryl, her daughter Madeline, Natalie and her mother Emily. I wondered how was it possible that they all look the same age and there is such a family resemblance.
In addition Cheryl brought Annabelle and Loren, Emily also brought Caroline. So Mom and I were sitting there at this prestigious table with two daughters and five grand daughters and our son in law, Paul, it was the best and I was so tickled that Cheryl and Paul invited family to this event.
The Jon and Karen Huntsman family have given awards to outstanding educators of public schools in Utah for the past 17 years and what a wonderful thing it is. Cheryl and I are among the judges who read these fabulous reports and comments on teachers and administrators and we vote on the prize recipient. The prize is the recognition and a check for $10,000 and ten of them are given out.
It was very difficult to decide who should receive them as all are outstanding. The other judges are former recipients of the award and usually teachers. There is quite a discussion and then you secretly vote. I think Cheryl got 9 out of the ten and I got 8 out of the ten.
The banquet was special with former recipients there along with Church leaders. Elder Wirthlin used to go to all of these as well as Elder Ballard. This year President Eyring and Elder Hinckley were the church representatives.
Jon and Karen both gave great talks at the end of the presentations and we are again reminded of all the great things this family does for education and for Utah. It was a great evening and I enjoyed being there with so much family.
Alles Gute, Dad
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That was fun to see you there Dad--good job judging.
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