Christmas FHE

For Family Home Evening, Monday night, we went into Downtown SLC to see the lights on Temple Square. Emily & Jeff went with us. We found out that our cousin, Krissa, who is serving a mission on Temple Square, was performing each Monday night in the South Visitor's Center. We had no idea what time she'd be singing so after we parked we went straight to the Visitor's Center to see if a schedule was posted. As we walked into the building we could hear music. Emily looked at me and we both said, "That's Krissa." We followed the music to a performing area and there she was with another sister missionary and her guitar.
We were so lucky to have made it in time. She sang for about thirty minutes and then was finished for the night. She is so talented.

After we looked at the lights and took a picture (my camera died so Emily took our family photo so I'll post it later) we loaded back into our car and went to Liberty Park. For those of you in the SLC area, put this on your calendars for next year...it's called Echoes of Christmas and it's a live nativity. My good friend, Hillary, had told us we should take the boys and to dress warm. The Nativity is outdoors, complete with real animals (including a camel). You move from one area to the next, guided by a Shepherd. At each scene, a performer sings. You get to see, hear, and feel the Christmas story from the perspective of the shepherds, wise men, Mary & Joseph, the innkeeper and his wife who let the couple stay in the stable, and a choir of angels. It was COLD and took about 40 minutes to go through but it was worth our time. The Echoes of Christmas only runs for one week (minus Sunday) so it's already over this year but we'll return next year and you should try to as well.