This time we thought it would be fun to take it on our own front porch. We think it turned out great! Elliot needed his senior pictures taken, so we took a few other group and individual shots as well, which you can see by clicking here or by clicking on the “Portrait” category above.
Now that Clark is 14, he also got to go to our ward youth conference with Elliot. This year they went to Snow College. They especially enjoyed the ropes course, and the water games. The highlight was getting to see the Manti Pageant.
In Fiddler on the Roof, Alan, Clark and I were townspeople (a papa, a mama, and a son). Clark was front and center linking arms with another guy as they took turns tossing each other into the air.
In The Music Man, Alan and I were in the opening scene when Harold Hill first arrives in River City on the train. (We both had speaking parts!) Then we were all townspeople and then Alan turned into a quartet member and I turned into a Pick-a-Little lady where I got to do a lot of fast singing and dancing (not easy for an old lady like me!)
Clark was also in the Freedom number from Shenandoah, where he got to dance barefoot and swing a cute girl around, eventually landing her on his hip!
It was very fun and we are glad we did it, but it was also very time consuming with 3 rehearsals a week. The best part was meeting and making new friends throughout the stake. Thanks to all the family and friends who came to see us!
Friday we attended the College of Fine Arts convocation in the DeJong Concert Hall, which had probably only 75 graduates on the stage, and yet we were never able to find where Phillip was sitting! We took some pictures afterwards and then headed home for a celebratory dinner.
