Sweet Sixteen

Well it is official, we have a 16 year old son!!! David James Hall turned 16 on September 10, 2013. I am not sure how to feel about having a 16 year old son. He will be gone in just 2 short years. David is becoming quite the young man, I am having to learn that I have less and less influence and control in his life and will soon be a bystander instead of the driver. On Sunday September 22, 2013 David was ordained to the office of a priest in our church's young men's organization. It is quite a big deal for our ward because we have been without any boys older than David for over a year. The 16 year olds play an important role in our Sunday service and next Sunday it will be a wonderful moment to see David up in front doing his new responsibility. David is starting a new chapter in his life, he will be driving soon, he can date now, he is less than 2 years from graduating and about 2 years from serving a mission. I am happy for him to move on into the next stage but I am not ready to let him go off into the world. We want David to know that we love him very much and are very pleased with the choices he has made and is making now. I do have to give credit to others for the success of my son, he has had several outstanding church and Boy Scout leaders that have helped make David who he is today. It really does take a village, I can not say that I have raised my son to be the man he is without the help of so many others.