Friday, July 18, 2008

Lara Look-alike Meter


This was pretty fun to do...although I was a little suprized by the outcome.

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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

What is the Bill of Rights?? Ernie knows!

Yes, Ernie does know the answer to that question. Along with 99 other questions he studied for his test. Ernie took his citizenship test in Salt Lake. We were both pretty nervous when we arrived, and passing through the metal detectors didn't help. They told us to take a seat until they called his name. We both sat there trying to make small talk or going over the questions again, but nothing calmed him or me. Anna loved it, she went around trying to choose which seat she wanted to sit in, or trying to figure out how the candy came out of the candy dispensers. Finally, a woman came out and called his name. After two years the big moment finally arrived. Anna and I watched as he left the room and the door shut beind him. About 15 minutes later, he came back out. He looked pretty pleased with himself. Overjoyed he said, "I passed!" Out of 100 questions he studied for, she only asked him six. They were...
1.) What are the colors of the stars on our flag? (White)
2.) What is the Bill of Rights? (The first Ten ammendments to the Constitution)
3.) What ship carried the pilgrams over to America? (The Mayflower)
4.) What group advises the President? (The Cabinent)
5.) What is the supreme law of the United States? (the Constitution)
6.) What holiday was celebrated for the first time in America? (Thanksgiving)
Ernie was a little dissapointed that she didn't keep going. He was on a roll. The next thing she wanted to have him do is write a sentence in English. She asked him to write, "It is a sunny day." He did so well up to this point. Ernie had a little trouble writing sunny! All our money and two years of waiting was riding on this word. At first he spelled it "suny" and handed her the paper, but just in the split second he was handing it to her, he looked at it again. He brain finally kicked on, and that smarty pants added the second 'n' to spell sunny correctly! She looked at his sentence and stamped his application with the United States seal and said, "Congratulations, you passed!"
We really don't remember the drive home. We were excited. The next step to finishing up the process is the oath ceremony! When we find out when it is, we would like all our friends and family to be there.