Daddy and Daughters

Thinking of Pioneers

You can't see my face (the video is kinda poor quality and taken from far away) but I'm in there somewhere. This is one of the 6 songs we sang.

Preaching to the Choir

So a little more info about the Sunrise Service choir I'm singing in at the Tabernacle on Temple Square THIS FRIDAY July 24th at 7:00 AM.

It is a multi-Stake choir from up here in Davis County. I was so excited when they announced it, and glad I got picked to sing! (only 9 of each part from each Stake, so I was one of 9 altos from my Stake--yay!!) Coincidentally (or perhaps not) it was one of my life goals to sing in a "real choir" again (aka, not just the Ward choir) and I'm counting this as fulfilling that goal! There are 300+ people in the choir (enough to fill the choir seats in the Tabernacle) and the director is awesome. We've been practicing twice a week for the past two weeks, and each practice is 2 1/2 hours long!! We're not messing around!

So I know 7:00 AM is super early to try to attend this thing, so if anybody wants to attend the dress rehearsal you are welcome to do so. It won't be the same as the actual performance, but it could be fun to watch. It's tomorrow night (Wednesday) at 7:00 PM in the Tabernacle. Oh ya, and children are welcome to attend both the dress rehearsal and performance, so bring 'em along if you decide to come!

Called it

Camille and Lindsey, today was payback for all those horrible days of misery you suffered (and continue to suffer for Camille!!) when I made you ward organists. Guess who is the best piano player in her new ward and therefore has been asked to be the new organist? Oh that's right, you guessed it. And you both are oh-so aware of my level of piano skills (or lack there of !), so me being the best pianist is pretty sad. Okay, so maybe I'm not the best pianist, but apparently I'm the only one who's had previous organ experience (blast!) so I was pretty much a shoe-in. Thank goodness this is a new electric organ with a bass coupler, so I can fake the foot pedals. :)

Ahh karma. Isn't it great? I totally saw this coming.

Tiny

At church today, this little boy who was probably about two years old was sitting in front of us with his parents. He kept looking back at Sara and was saying the cutest things. I had to write down a few so I would remember them word for word.

"Look at the tiny baby!"
"I'm gonna get tiny when I'm older."
"Why is she so tiny?"

Bill Cosby was right. Kids really do say the darndest things.

Goodbye 12th Ward!

Today was our last week going to church in our ward that we've been in for the past 3 years! We said our goodbyes to most of the people we've been friends with, but I know there are several of you who we didn't see or didn't get to say goodbye to. So GOODBYE ALL! We will miss you! I'm serious when I say I want to keep in touch with you, so if you feel the same way, let us know! We won't be moving too terribly far away, so we can still get together occasionally for a fun night out or in. So to those of you who also want to keep in touch, we hope to see you soon. Goodbye 12th Ward! It's been swell.

Sara's Blessing

Sara's baby blessing was on Sunday. (In our church it is customary for babies to be given a blessing by their father. It is similar to a christening only it is not a baptism--children have the choice to be baptised when they are eight years old.) We were happy that my dad was able to be here for her blessing. He was in Utah for another dental conference, so we decided to have Sara blessed that same weekend. We got her a cute little white dress and shoes, and Rob's mom made the little bracelet for her! She was a good girl and stayed asleep for the whole blessing. Yay!

Sunday Best

Ok, so I used to be annoyed by those moms who would post a million photos of their kid and each photo is exactly the same. But it appears now that I've turned into one of those moms! As you will see below, I've posted 5 photos of Sara in her cute little Sunday outfit (thanks again Christina!!) that she wore for her first time going to church. Go ahead and judge me for posting 5 identical photos of my little girl. I don't care. And while you're at it, you might as well judge me for taking her to church when she's only six weeks old! I know some would wait longer to bring their new baby out into the world, but we just felt too cooped up and wanted to show her off to everybody! She did outstanding and slept in her car seat through the first two meetings, and then was very cute on my lap during the beginning of the third hour until she got hungry and we snuck out to fill up her tummy. Let's hope she can be that well behaved at church every Sunday from here on out! ... A worthy goal, yet something tells me it ain't gonna happen...

Ok, enough rambling. Enjoy the photos in all their exactly alike-ness glory.