At the Capitol

A few days ago I received a phone call from the Utah PTA. They invited me to come to the State Capitol for a press conference for PTA Day at the Capitol. The topic was family engagement, and I was invited to speak for a couple of minutes about our Take Your Family to School Week.

I was thrilled! What an honor to be invited to the Capitol, and to put Provost in the spotlight! And then they told me they wanted me to bring 6-12 students with me, to stand behind the podium. Aghh! My excitement turned to stress to find students and parent drivers in about 36 hours.

Luckily, I found some people to come with me. We pulled the kids out of school and drove up to Salt Lake. After we parked downtown, we took the bus up to the Capitol. Nathan was my only child who wanted to come with me, and I had a lot of fun watching his awe and excitement as he looked around at the history and beautiful architecture inside the Capitol!

The kids were so well-behaved for the press conference! The state PTA president spoke, along with the state school board superintendent, a state senator, and me! We made the evening news, although it was not a big story and of course they did not use my words for their soundbite. Oh well, it was still fun!

 We missed the bus on our way home, and we didn't want to wait half an hour for the next one. So we walked through downtown on our way to the cars. It was exciting to see the new City Creek Center mall, which I think is scheduled to open in a couple of weeks. As we passed the Salt Lake temple, I was so struck by it's grandeur and I had to take some pictures. What a beautiful day!