Not a Moment Too Soon

This is the face of a guy who received the Anchor Award at Seminary Graduation tonight.  That means he:

• memorized all 25 scripture mastery scriptures
• Read scriptures for 200 days
• Memorized the Presidents of the church in order
• Memorized the Twelve Apostles & First Presidency in order
• Read the entire Doctrine and Covenants and Joseph Smith History
• Completed Seminary with at least 80% attendance (actually, Sam had 100%)
• Did baptisms for the dead at least once during the year
• Handed out two copies of The Book of Mormon
• Invited two friends to church activities or meetings
• spoke in Sacrament Meeting during the school year
• Participated in a service project
• (Not to mention the fact that he left the house before 5:30am five days a week to attend Seminary.)

I'm proud of Sam for his accomplishment.  He worked hard to get everything done and he really enjoyed his first year experience.  However, he was a few sections behind in his reading and got a little lazy about keeping up near the end of the year.  So yesterday and today he was in a reading frenzy trying to get done before graduation tonight.  He finished up just in time.  Literally.  I think he actually finished about 2 minutes before the meeting started.

Any suggestions on how to keep this kid from procrastinating will be greatly appreciated!!

{Way to go, Sam!}  :)