3rd Grade Program and Solar Eclipse

I love the end of the school year, there is never a dull moment.  Last week Morgan had her third grade program where she sang songs and recited a part about what they have learned this year.  Grandma and Grandpa Tucker were able to come down for it which was really nice considering it was on a Wednesday and Randy can't do anything Wed. nights because of school (I think there are only 3 Wednesday's left till he's done HALLELUJAH!!!!)  Anyway,  Morg did great.

 Here she is beforehand with one of her friends, hammin' it up like always.

 Sunday was a cool day.  It was the 1st Solar Eclipse my kids have been able to take part in.  I remember when I was in elementary school living in Virginia and how big of a deal it was that there we were able to witness one.  We all got special glasses and the entire school went outside to see this phenomenon.  Well, we tried to make it cool for the kids.  My neighbor Trisha found a cheap way of watching it happen but poking a small  hole through a piece of cardboard and then holding that up to the sun, then holding a second piece of cardboard away from it (demonstrated below by James). . .

 Isn't that cool.  It's really light but you can see the crescent shape on the cardboard of the moon going in front of the sun.

 I don't have any special photography skills or cool lenses, so this was the best we got.  This was just before it was completely covered by the moon, not that you can tell.

While we were using our primitive cardboard methods, another friend in my ward called and said she had some glasses if we were interested in letting the kids actually see it.  I was elated by this and she quickly ran over just in time to see it completely covered.  It was pretty amazing.