{"id":108,"date":"2012-09-10T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/?p=108"},"modified":"2014-12-31T06:25:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T06:25:15","slug":"20-years-since-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"20 Years Since High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This weekend we were in St. George for Grant&#8217;s 20 year high school reunion. What an interesting experience that was! It has been a long time since we were in a room full\u00a0 of people our same age! That never happens anymore. And what a unique age we are right now too. As I looked around I saw people who had infants and teenagers, some people looked much older that 38 and some much younger. Some people were just starting new careers and some had been in their chosen profession for almost the whole of the 20 years since graduation.We all seemed to be neither young nor old, just somewhere in the middle! It seemed the men were trying to hasten the aging process to gain credibility in their professions and the women for the most part were trying to halt it! I was just happy that the man I was with was the handsomest, best man I know- and the love of my life. Oh, and he got voted to be the &#8220;Mitt Romney Lookalike&#8221; (I think Grant is way better looking)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We stayed at the Marriott where the reunion dinner took place. Our children stayed in the room one floor up while we were at the dinner. It worked out marvelously. They had a great time eating pizza in the room and having free reign of Grant&#8217;s I-pad and my phone. Sam texted us at about eight to let us know that Anna was melting down at which point I went upstairs and tried for the next two hours to get them to settle down and go to sleep!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the photo we submitted of our family for the reunion. One of the few recent ones we have of all of us. (I thought my stand up bangs in this photo would fit right in with the 90&#8217;s big bangs pictures we would be seeing so much that night)<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_3115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_3115.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3115\" width=\"540\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_3115.jpg 640w, https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_3115-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>And this is the photo we submitted of Grant during his high school years:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_247\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/granthighschool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/granthighschool.jpg\" alt=\"granthighschool\" width=\"540\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/granthighschool.jpg 692w, https:\/\/livingfullonlife.instance.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/granthighschool-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I would have been just as smitten by him then as I am now!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>&#8220;Cathy: Grant and Candice and children were in our Sacrament meeting today.\u00a0 Grant is so darn handsome and his wife is so beautiful;goodness and the spirit emanates from them. You are blessed!&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>The children are adorable!\u00a0 Good his class reunion wasdown here. <\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not much else is happening thisweek.\u00a0 Hope you had a wonderful week.\u00a0 Everything is looking goodaround here.\u00a0 Love, Anna Lee&#8221;<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><br \/>\n<\/i><i>&#8212; see what a light you two are!\u00a0 we adore you.\u00a0 mom and dad<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond,serif;\"><b>Elder Wendell and Sister Cathy Beckwith <\/b><br \/>\nArea Mental Health Advisors <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: garamond,serif;\"><br \/>\nNorth America South East <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"><span style=\"font-family: garamond,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Area\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><span style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: garamond,serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: black; font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: black; font-family: garamond,serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(435) 619-7222 \/ 674-7222<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh, and I had been feeling a little old thinking that we were celebrating a 20 year high school reunion until an elderly woman upon hearing why we were in town said, &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s funny, I just had my SIXTY YEAR high school reunion!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is always nice to hear such nice things about oneself! After church we went to the visitors center and temple across the street. Every time I go there I am so grateful that we began our family there. Not only because we are an eternal family but simply because that temple is so white, and so magnificent. Lizzie told me that she could really feel the spirit just being there!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all felt a loss being in St. George and not able to visit Grandpa and Gramma B. We miss them but feel so proud of them.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend we were in St. George for Grant&#8217;s 20 year high school reunion. What an interesting experience that was! It has been a long time since we were in a room full\u00a0 of people our same age! That never happens anymore. And what a unique age we are right now too. 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