Mormon Miracle Pageant

Yesterday I went with some of the branch members to Manti to watch the Mormon Miracle Pageant. First, we went up to Maple Canyon (near Fountain Green, UT) to have a dutch oven dinner. We went hiking a little bit and hung around til it was time to go watch the pageant. There were sooooo many people there to watch the pageant, it was crazy! And of course there were the ever present protestors outside the gates. They like to show up everywhere and try to ruin the spirit of things. The pageant was ok, it was kind of funny to watch the actor's hand gestures because they didn't match the recording of what they were supposed to be saying. I thought the actors would be speaking the dialogue, but it was just a recording blasted from the speakers. In one scene, they actually had a guy dressed up like the Angel Moroni standing on top of the temple! Talk about scary! He sure was up pretty high! The pageant lasted two hours, and boy were those seats hard! I had a hard time paying attention because I was so uncomfortable! Plus, we didn't get home until about 2 a.m. since Manti is two hours away! I was pretty tired by the time we got home, but it was a lot of fun and I'm glad I went.

Bee's Game Pictures

They are a little late, but here are the pictures!

(From Far Right) Christian, Camille, Me, Megan

Jeff, Jenny & Tara

Jenny & Jeff

Me, Megan, Tara & Jenny

After the game, Tara had us be her "models."

Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

Tonight I went with some friends to watch the Salt Lake Bees. We had a lot of fun, except the Bees lost 17-4...yikes! It wasn't a very entertaining game to watch, especially when they let the other team score 9 runs in one inning. Sheesh! We were also sitting next to a really obnoxious fan, I really wished they could've thrown him out of the game. But we still had fun and the fireworks after the game were awesome. There was a little kid sitting in front of us and his dad told him if he finished his HUGE bag of popcorn he would get $10. So what did the kid do? He kept feeding us his popcorn, of course! We took tons of pictures, so when they are emailed to me I will post them.

And the search is on....

So I have decided to buy myself a condo! I figure it is finally time to buy my own place instead of throwing away money every month on rent. It is such an exciting and scary thing to go through. I have been looking at condos all over the place during the past week and let me tell you that there are some ugly ones out there!! It's a good thing I have plently of time to search for my perfect place. I'll keep you all updated on my hunt and you guys are all invited over once I find a place!

Temple Square

Before Christmas I went down to Temple Square to see the lights with some new friends. Kristina, who served a mission in my hometown and knew my parents, introduced me to some people who served in the Oakland, CA mission. We had a lot of fun taking pictures everywhere. Here are a few from that night. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas. My whole family went to my parent's house in California for Christmas. It was nice to have everyone together, it doesn't happen very often. Shelby had a lot of fun playing with the presents and the tree. My parents got her a rocking horse that makes horse sounds and moves its head and tail. I don't think she quite knows what to do with it yet! She was crawling all over the place and getting into everything. Once we found her going through my mom's pantry and rearranging things. She especially thought that the uncooked pasta should go on the door instead of in their box! We had a nice party at our house for my mom's family. It was a lot of fun and we had a lot of people over. It was nice to see some of my cousins that I haven't seen in a long time.

Alabama Trip Photos