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Our Young Patriot

This young fellow had a pretty amazing adventure last week.

This adventure took him allll the way to our beautiful state capitol in Salt Lake City where he got to see the Seal of the State in the Rotunda…

and the State of Utah Relief Map…

and the replica of the Liberty Bell. Very, very cool–right?

The real reason that he and a few of his classmates came here on this particular day…

was for the unveiling of the Grand Liberty Arch. This monument is meant to signify the “Unity of the American People” and is slated to be finished just in time for the 2034 Olympics.

And get this. It’s going to be enormous–no, really–60 feet long and 36 feet tall!

Woah. That’s big!

Anyway, these awesome kids got to sing for this auspicious occasion. They did a beautiful job. Everyone loved it and clapped.

And then…

this cute guy was an instant celebrity!

And rightly so.

Very proud of you honey.

USA! USA! USA!

 

 

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America 250 Freedom’s Melody Music Fest

We attended the America 250 Freedom’s Melody event at University Mall on Monday night. It was so beautiful. Our sweet Jessica plays violin in the American Fork Symphony so it was wonderful to watch her.

The patriotic music will always get to me. Then they had the veterans stand and I nearly lost it. They were nearly all really older people which made it even more powerful. Standing for some songs. Hand over our hearts for others. Singing along when prompted and singing along anyway when we couldn’t help ourselves.

The kids marched around the pavillion and kids waved flags. I was filled with a deep, deep gratitude to live here in Utah where people don’t mind actually loving our country.

We are a patriot bunch and we will always be proud to be Americans.

What a beautiful evening.

Thanks Jessica for adding more culture to our lives!!

 

 

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A Christmas Carol

I went with April’s family to the play, “A Christmas Carol” tonight. I adore this story for so many reasons–but seeing it live this way is my favorite thing of all. I feel like I learn something new each time I see it.

We even spotted some sweet friends that I hadn’t seen in 5 years. At first I was embarrassed because some of us have changed so much in the last little while. I honestly was ready to hide. But when they saw us and were so happy–all that sillyness flew away. It turned out to be lovely.  I learned something new there too.

Merry Christmas.