The Arts Continue...

Well I'm apparently trying to keep myself as well-rounded as possible. On Friday I went to a performance held at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. It was a choir called Vocalis made up of LDS men and women from Germany and surrounding countries. They were very good minus it was all in German so I didn't understand the words, but beautiful nonetheless. I went with friends who know German and invited me to get out of the house on a Friday night. Also as a side note Deiter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency was present. For me it has been a popular month to see apostles! Got to spend some time walking around Temple Square and took a few pictures. Afterwards we rode the lightrail to the Gateway Mall and got dessert at Ben's Cookies. A huge orange, milk chocolate cookie mmmmm so good. A very good and uplifting way to spend a Friday night. On a completely different note I have been getting a spiritual boost. On Sunday I gave a talk on Prayer, which turned out very well, my friend Kacie even came with her husband to hear me. It has been years since the last time I gave one and apparently with age and wisdom comes even more mature talks. I have also been asked for this coming Sunday to teach the Relief Society lesson on adversity from the last General Conference talks. I have enjoyed getting to really keep my mind open for ideas and inspiration. Great way to build more character and really has made a difference in my daily life.

Ballroom and an Apostle?

I went to the BYU Ballroom Espana performance on Saturday with a friend from work. Because it is important to have to good seats we got the slightly spendier tickets and had second row seats on the floor right in front of the performers. While we were waiting for the show to start I was just looking around and noticed someone had come in who looked slightly familiar. And wouldn't you know it was L. Tom Perry of the 12 apostles! He was there with his wife and other family members. I think I stared at him for much of the time. For the most part people were not bothering him so I figured really he's just a person who also enjoys watching people dance as do I so not to bug him. Regardless though there he was sitting about 8 seats from me. Well the performance was very good and I really enjoyed it. They did all the different types of dance, my favorite of course still being the Pasa Doble. Always nice to see new and fun things, so till the next fun event...

Random Things

Well a few things have happened that I want to comment about. I absolutely enjoyed an entire weekend of General Conference. There were many talks I felt were directed at me. I especially liked the Saturday session. Too bad it doesn't occur more than twice a year. Can never get enough counsel and insight in life.

Also I am about to make another big change in my life. Well my contract job is coming to an end and I am preparing to move back to Oregon for good. I'm trying to get everything in order to make this the easiest move yet. Still on the hunt for a new job so if people will keep me in mind if they hear of anything I would appreciate it.

Other than a big move in my future there are so many possibilities that I'm looking forward to what life brings to me next!

Holi Festival of Colors

In Spanish Fork, Utah they have a Krishna festival of colors every year. You can go see their temple, hear music and the best part participate in the throwing of colors. I went with a co-worker and his friends and while down there ran into my brother, Scott. It was very interesting, lots of fun and super messy. When everyone releases the colors you can't see anything or really even breathe. The dust is corn starch with dye, and is suppose to wash out. Let's just say that it took a lot of work to clean my clothes and get all of it off my purse. Note to self, don't bring a purse because the colors were everywhere on everything. I added a few pictures from another site so you can see the full effect of the colors. The colors stuck on everything and if you notice me in a later picture, some guy exploded green on me and I turned a new shade. All in all a neat experience and well worth going to get that colorful and messy.