Mr. Official

Grant's officially an attorney now! He was sworn in Wednesday, October 13th. It was kind of a whirlwind day that got tainted by a stressful little moment when Grant thought he had lost his debit card. He didn't even get to enjoy the reception after the swearing in ceremony because he was frantically searching for his card ... bummer. But, stressful or not, Grant took his oath with a couple hundred other new attorneys and is now official! We're so excited for him now that he has officially jumped through his final law school "hoop," and he can just go do his job that he loves!

Grant's Swearing In Ceremony for the Utah State Bar

Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 13, 2010

Left: My best attempt at a zoomed in, low-flash picture of Grant taking his oath. If you look closely enough, you can see his arm raised and you can even admire his spiffy cuff links. Lookin' sharp, Babe! Right: Nice of Grant's Aunt Debbie and I to wear matching attire for the ceremony (and nice of us to both close our eyes for the picture!). It was really fun that Grant's swearing in was the day before his sister's wedding because so many family members were able to attend.

The Saturday before he was sworn in, I threw Grant a "Bar Party" as a surprise. I linked it with a McEuen family book club to help cover my secret plans. And it worked! He was totally surprised when his family, not just mine, started showing up. Our "Bar party" was complete with a potato and salad "bar," cookie "bars" for dessert, an open "bar" of Italian soda fixings, for which Grant got to play "bar" tender, which he loves (he makes a mean pomegranate colada!), mini candy "bars" donning special wrappers with Grant's picture on them, and a very funny "mock trial" that my dad, who is also an attorney, helped me put together for our after-dinner entertainment. It was very creative and very funny. We even had an old-school English Barrister-style robe and wig for my dad, the honorable "Judge McEuen," and a prisoner costume for Eliot. Grant took the roasting in stride (the gist of the skit was that Grant was on trial for impersonating a lawyer). It was fun to actually surprise him for once. I must not be very good at surprises, or Grant might be a really good snoop, because I can never pull off a surprise with him. Happy to say I got him this time!

My dad with "little prisoner" Eliot.

Good thing he had his daddy to rise to his defense!

Judge McEuen reading his sentence while our convict tries to make an escape!

Left: Eliot, "Peppy" (what Eliot calls my dad) and Grant after the roast.

Right: one of the candy bar wrappers honoring Grant.

We are now looking forward to sliding into the background and becoming boring -- seriously! I can't wait for the day (sooner than later, I hope), when people ask me what's new and to have absolutely nothing to tell them. As exciting as this past year has been -- all good things that we're certainly not complaining about -- we are ready for life to slow down and settle into a normal little routine. Hopefully Grant's swearing in was our last big "hoorah" for our family for a while! Here's to being boring.