Temple Open House

KC Temple Celebration-Part 1

As you may know, us Kansas Citians and even people outside of the metro are preparing for our new temple. And when we say "prepare"...we are far from joking. Many of us will volunteer at the open house in a few weeks. And a couple weeks after that is the Youth Cultural Temple Celebration. This means all the youth in the district ages 12-18 (Geez. That doesn't sound Hunger Game-ish at all...) will be able to sing and dance in a big production! I'm pretty much waaaay excited!

Well a few weeks ago was our first big rehearsal with 3 of the 12 stakes. Our stake center (KCMO Stake) was PACKED with over 500 people. The seats, stand and floor in the chapel and overflow were all occupied.

After an introduction and welcome by a few of the leaders, our stake and the PC stake moved on into the gym to practice dancing while the Lib stake stayed in the chapel for music. First thing to do was to partner up with someone in your ward.

When everyone had a partner, we began learning our groups main dance. Some parts are tricky but its fun!

After an hour of dancing we headed back to the chapel to learn some of the songs we will be singing.

Finally, we went back to the gym and learned a few more dances that all 12 stakes will (somehow) all do at the same time. These include the funky version of Popcorn Popping and Cotton Eye Joe.

By the end, we were all so excited! The excitement continued when, on Thursday (3/15), I got an email saying I had been accepted into the 250 person choir for the event! I soon found out a few of my friends will also be in the choir while others will be in the 50 piece orchestra and even a few as specialized dancers!

kctempleevents.org is where you can find even more info.

To be continued.....!

Mini Stories From My iPod-February

I haven't posted much lately because life just gets in the way of life sometimes. Wait. That didn't make sense. Well you know what I mean but, yes, priorities get in the way of things you actually want to be doing. i.e. School v. blogging. Anyway this post is so I can share some interesting pictures that have taken on my iPod in the last few weeks or so. I will also be posting other ones of my family on our family blog.

While sitting in the library parking lot, I saw this dalmatian sitting in the drivers seat of a car. Who knows why, but I found it quite amusing. I got out of the car I was in and started inching towards this dog to take the picture. I probably would have gone right up to the car but I thought it might be awkward if the owner came out and saw me. Oh and this older lady was also watching me from her car and had the funniest look on her face. So yeah, I basically chickened out and this was the closest I got.

This is little Oden, our neighbors Siamese cat. I was pet sitting last weekend and I just love this cat. He's so loveable and he loves you back...even if you're a stranger. (Yes. I know he's standing on the toilet. Just ignore that!)

For my English/writing/literature (I still don't exactly know what to call it) class we have been reading Pride and Prejudice. Oh so many mixed feelings about this book by everyone. I'd say about 90% of the class didn't really like it. Um, yeah, I'm one of those people.
SO anyway, during government class yesterday we were working on a class project and two of the girls, who are also in the writing class, were writing on the whiteboard for us and...got a little bored. This little cartoon of Mr. Darcy showed up and I loved it! We all protested when Mrs. V. had to erase little Fitzwilliam.

And last night for our YW activity we decorated cakes. Just for fun! For all you Kid History fans out there, it says: "Sweetooth. It means U want SOME!" I thought it was the perfect quote to put on a cake piled high with frosting.