Watching the Sky

The other day Matt asked me what you call a scientist who studies space. I said "astrologist," then I realized my mistake and quickly corrected myself and told him that it was really an astronomer. He told me that that was what he wanted to be when he grows up. Then he wondered if he would change his mind before he was a grown up. He said hopes he doesn't. We'll see. Last year he wanted to be a school principal and a litter-picker-upper on his days off. But anyway, he's really interested in space right now, so when we learned that there would be a partial lunar eclipse early Saturday morning we asked him if he wanted us to wake him up. Of course he did, so at 4:50 am, John, Matt and I got up and saw the eclipse. It was pretty cool, and of course, John and Matt had to have a little astronomy lesson afterward. Then it was back to bed for a little while.

Last night we were watching the sky again for a different reason. It was South Ogden Days this week and last night was their fireworks show. We'd been in Manti all day for a family reunion and were tired, so watching them from our deck was just right for us. We got a pretty good show.