Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Keynote Concert, Patty and Hal Visit, Michelle Visit, and National Parks Tour

Our Keynote concert was May 6th.  It was "All About Love" and I think it went really well.  We had 17 songs memorized (one hour program) and lots of variety in style, instruments, guest artists, and soloists.  It is a privilege to perform in the sacred St. George tabernacle.  Michelle drove from Vegas with her three little ones( sweet Michelle- no easy task, especially since there was road construction that made it even longer.)  Don and Ada and Pam and Roger came.  And my sister Patty and her husband, Hal came from Elk Ridge and surprised me by showing up at the concert.  They brought a guest from Germany that was visiting them.  They had planned to come the next day anyway, but when they heard about the concert, they came a day early.  
My beautiful support crew: Don, Ada, Michelle and her children, Me, Patty, Hal, Pam Roger, and David





Sister Shot

On Thursday, Hal, Ken, and David (from Berlin) drove to the south side of the Grand Canyon so David could see it.  It was a 6 1/2 hour drive there.  They stayed for a couple of hours, then drove back.  It made for a long day.  Patty stayed home with me and Michelle and kids.  
Hal at the Grand Canyon

David at the Grand Canyon
On Friday, Ken, Patty, Hal, and David visited Zion National Park.  David said he liked it even better than the Grand Canyon.  

Patty and David at Zion








David was thrilled when the rain quit.  He loved this Observation Lookout and was reluctant to leave.


They ended the day by taking him up on the Red Hill to look out over St. George.
After breakfast on Saturday, they went to Bryce Canyon on their way home.  Then, after spending Mother's Day with family, they came back down to take him to Las Vegas for a couple of days.  They are saints.



3 comments:

Joan Morris said...

How fun to have a Patty visit and how extra special that they made it to your Keynote's performance. Your group looks so cute in their scarves. You do such a great job with the Keynotes. I love the sister picture, you all look beautiful. I'm sad I missed out on sister time.

sara cardon said...

Your weather looks cold in some of those pictures! What's going on in St. George these days?? Sounds like some fun visits from family!

Kristen Mackrory said...

The picture of your cheering section brings tears to my eyes. What wonderful people that I love SO much. I wish I could have been a part of that group. Maybe someday we will live close enough. All the pictures of the grand canyon, zions etc make me long to come to St. George and visit some of those amazing places again.