Culture in Small Town USA!

Occasionally our rural community gets treated to a night of cultural arts which is always a treat. We happened to be in town for one such event the other night. Flyers were prominently placed on walls, windows and tables advertising the event, making sure that none would miss.



The planning and practice, for this event to occur, took a long, grizzly and enduring 10 minutes, which made for a spectacular evening of culture.







The costume was exquisite and required a refastening every few seconds. Hands were held over the heart for a few bars of our countries anthem. The ability to multi-task- playing an instrument, twirling and kicking all at the same time, made us stand in awe.... wondering, how all of this talent could be in yet, only one, eight year-old child? Amazing!


The evening was superb and will be held in our memories for quite some time!

Summer Festivities

The girls and I just got back from spending 2 weeks with family. One week was spent in Utah, and 4 days were spent in New Mexico. We had a great time! Our trip was so fun and filled that it pretty much took us 3 days to recuperate.
Here is a summary.

We spent the 4th of July watching the Kaysville City Parade, eating hamburgers and homemade ice-cream, getting wet, and relaxing under the fireworks.




We enjoyed visiting the Oquirrh Temple Open House and realizing, once again, that Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ love us so very much. Oh what a feeling!



We spent a day birthday shopping with Aunt Ani. Man, she spoils us!



We also enjoyed an Ogden Raptors game with Uncle Josh and cousin Raili. The Raptors creamed the other team! The weather and scenery were very enjoyable too.



We then traveled to Farmington, New Mexico for cousin Maleah's Baptism. It was a very nice day for a really cute girl. While there, the girls had the opportunity to play with cousins along the river.




They were also able to sneak up to the beautiful mountains of Durango, Colorado for some canoeing and kayaking.



The only thing that could have made the trip better was having Derrick with us. He was truly missed.