Moving On

This last Sunday we said a sad good-bye to a very long chapter in our life; the BYU 82nd LDS Married Student Ward. We figured when you have been in what is supposed to be a transitional ward for 5 years (off and on), you have lasted through 3 bishops, the Stake-Presidency knows you by your first names (and feel comfortable calling you for emergency fill-in talks for Stake Conference), and most of the other members of the ward were in Elementary School when you graduated from High School (and you actually knew their older siblings who also used to be in your ward and have since moved on), then it was time for us to move to a family ward. In all actuality, the only real reason we have switched is because our oldest, Meili, was old enough to be in Primary (a special Sunday School for children ages 3-11) and our student ward doesn't have one because there aren't any other children old enough. It was tough for Scott and I, but when Meili happily skipped between her classes and eagerly introduced us to her teachers and her new friends (kids her age!!!), it was all worth it. We are actually excited, but neither Scott nor I have been members of anything but Student Wards for over 10 years. It's just different, and we will miss all of our friends we have made in the student ward.