Pageant Season and President Uchtdorf

We've had another great season of the Pageant. I wish we a better pic of our family and one that included Jannika. She was off playing with some other kids when we took this picture. She loved going to the pioneer village before the pageant begins. LeAnne made the homemade ice cream every night and we were all happy to help her with it:)

We had a special visitor to the Pageant this year. President Uchtdorf came one night a talked to the cast and the audience. It was so neat to see him up close and hear him talk and shake his hand. We've never had a member of the 1st Presidency come before so it was a special treat.

We went to Salt Lake this last week because Kyle had some training meetings. We got to stay with him in the hotel and on the last day we were there, we decided to walk the 4 blocks to Temple square. We went to the north visitor's center and saw the Cristus statue. I always love going there. We also saw a video about eternal families. In the video, the main character's dad dies and of course that brought tears to our eyes. Kyle invited a guy who isn't a member to attend the pageant this year. He had studied a lot about the Church and he and Kyle talk a lot about it at work. When Kyle asked him what he thought about the Pageant, he said that he hadn't known before what emphasis our Church places on eternal families. I'm glad that that was one of the messages that he received at the Pageant. We are so thankful for eternal families!