Getting into the Christmas Spirit Motab style.

While Les and I were on our Trip to Iowa this last September, unknown to us Ashlyn put in for tickets to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and David Arculeta Christmas program. She put in for their family and our family hoping to get enough tickets for all of us. Their name was not chosen but my name was!!! I received four tickets to the concert. I told Ashlyn she should just take the tickets since she was the one who applied on line for them. It was decided that it should be girls night out and she and the girls, Keagan, Lily, and I should go. The guys, Dave, Jake and Papa could all stay home and do something else. When we got looking at the date it turned out that it was the same date as my Mom's Christmas Party. Dave had a free stay in a motel from all his traveling with work so he decided the girls should go up the night before. That was such a great idea!! After my Mom's party we rushed home, unloaded the car leaving Les with all the dirty dishes and things to put away. Thank goodness he is such a great guy! We grabbed our things and headed up to Salt Lake City. After checking into our motel and getting settled in we bundled up and headed to Temple Square to see the lights. It was a beautiful, night not to cold just right for seeing the lights. Right at the gait of Temple Square was a bag pipe man playing a beautiful haunting melody.

As you can see I can't take credit for some of these pictures taken on Temple Square but they were so beautiful I just had to share them.

We had a great time at Temple Square. Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for bed and the next day. The girls were excited thinking about getting to see David Arculeta perform. They got to see him in person when we waited in line to have him sign his book at Deseret Book a year ago. We got up bright and early 5:30 the next morning. Dressed and went down to a great breakfast. Lily let me know that if she didn't get breakfast in the morning she would be grumpy. As we walked out the door to get into the car and drive to the parking center they had set aside for concert goes we discovered it was RAINING!!! Thank goodness we had umbrellas because we had to walk for blocks to get to the convention center. It was a sea of umbrellas but they were quick to get us into the center where it was dry. When we went through security I set off the alarm. It must have been the screw in my toe. That was a first. I haven't set it off in the airport. Inside we found our comfortable seats. All of the sudden the crowd of people to the side of us stood and then everyone started to stand, we could see that the Prophet, Thomas S. Monson had arrived with his wife and was seated in the front of the center. We then watched as they broadcasted The Spoken Word. That was the first time I had been to one of the broadcasts so it was very interesting. Then David Archuleta along with the narrator for the performance Michael York presented a concert. It was amazing!!! David Archuleta is a great young man who seems very sincere and humble. Michael York has such a great narrative voice. He told how the Mormon Tabernacle Choir came to be and it was very impressive and touching. It was a great way to continue in the true spirit of Christmas. We had a great time creating some wonderful Christmas memories together.