He turned 16 on January 20th! As is the custom in our family, Don went and took him out of school early to take his driver's test. He passed on the first try, so he now has his L and is driving every opportunity he can. He's doing well but I forget how stressful it is to drive with a new driver. You can't relax or anything while you're "supervising."
Speaking of driving, Sean has arranged to buy Nathan's truck from him, and we're in the process of "importing" it to Canada. We're going to target Friday, Feb. 18 to do the actual importing, because Sean has a Pro-D day that day. Nathan, in his characteristic generosity, is giving Sean a great price on the truck.
Sean finished his first semester of Grade 10 last week. We don't have his report card yet but as far as we know he got the grades he was trying for. This week he started his second semester classes and I'm sure he's going to have a full plate: Math 10, Science 10, French 10, Socials 10, Band 10, and three other music classes that happen outside of the timetable.
Last week Sean took 4 friends to the Toby Mac Winter Wonderslam for his birthday. They all came to our house around 1 p.m., hung out and watched movies, played video games, and then had a spaghetti feed before I took them to the concert in Abbotsford. They all really enjoyed it.
On Tuesday night Sean's cadet corps had their semi-annual ceremonial review. During the ceremony, Sean and 3 other cadets got promoted from Petty Officer 2nd class to Petty Officer 1st class! We were all surprised. Normally cadets have some idea that they're up for promotion, but that was not the case. Additionally, Sean's friend John Gammeter got promoted to Chief Petty Officer 2nd class and is now the corps' coxswain, which won't mean anything to anybody except Nathan : ).
Sean's on a great roll right now of handling all his responsibilities. He's showing a lot of maturity. He's a pleasure to raise. I'll be sure to let you know if that changes : P. Here are some great pictures of Sean in his various elements.
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| Sean standing front and center as Guard Commander. Notice the cutlass. |
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| Sean getting promoted to Petty Officer 1st class. I'm pretty sure this means Nathan will have to salute him now : ) |
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| Nick and Sean |
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| Comfort |
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| Sean and Patience |
1 comment:
Great Sean update! He's also had a busy 2011! We're hoping for excellent grades for the past semester. And congratulations on his promotion at Cadets - that's wonderful!
I'm sure that he's very excited about importing his truck! Now he needs to learn to drive a stick shift and he'll be ALL set! Nice of Nathan to make it possible for Sean to get a great first vehicle at a good price!!
Go, Sean!!
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