Recently, Roger and I attended a very special event in St. George.
It was a regional Special Needs Road Show.
It was reminiscent of the mutual road shows of the past, and the kids were whole-heartedly into it!
Each stake picked a theme and presented lively music, dancing and acting with cute costuming and clever sets.
The audience cheered loudly and enthusiastically for these special people, participants and the leaders.
For the Grand Finale, all of the participants got on stage and sang and signed, "In This Very Room."
Loved it! So glad we went.
Every year, St. George has a wonderful Sear's Invitational Art Show
where chosen artists display, compete and sell their works.
I got to be on the organizing committee for three years, and so much work goes in to making it a success.
The Sear's Art Museum Gallery recently received from an anonymous donor
a casting of Michelangelo's Pieta. It is one of only fourteen distributed worldwide.
We were pleased to see two of Roger's cousin, Travis Crowther's, paintings in the show.
This one of Travis's reminds me of one of Dad's paintings.
Last Friday, we spent a wonderful evening with our dear Aggie friends,
Jay and Anne and Bob and Mary at Brady's.
They will be leaving in April to serve another mission, this time in Nairobi Kenya, for a year.
We plan to get together one more time before they leave.
Mary made delicious lasagna and Anne made a yummy tossed salad with strawberries and sugared nuts.
I made a lemon meringue pie, which I haven't made for years.
When we were last at Ryan and Emily's in Mesa,
we picked lots of lemons off their trees, so I have had fun thinking of ways to use them.
Roger took a pic after he had a bite to make sure it was good!
I have thrown in this pic of a lemon loaf I made to use up some plain yogurt and some of those great lemons.
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We had so much fun playing Five Crowns. It's great to have friends with whom you can just pick up
where you left off last time you were together, teasing and laughing together.
We love these guys!
Special times, indeed!
I love those special needs road shows! There is always so much enthusiasm. Your lemon foods look delicious.
ReplyDeleteThat road show sounds amazing! That is so cool. That pie looks amazing..I love lemon anything😀 You are so good at coming up with ways to use up ingredients..I love it!!
ReplyDeleteWhat great events and your food always looks delicious!! It's fun seeing what you and Roger are up to.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that the church sponsors such programs for the special needs kids - that is awesome! I love the Pieta ( there is actually one near here at the painted church - we will show it to you when you come! Roger’s cousin’s painting does look like one of dad’s! You lemon meringue pie looks SO good - wish I had been there to taste it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful program...special needs road show! I love it. The paintings by Dad’s cousin look really pretty...he is a talented painter. I love the Pieta as well. Your lemon meringue pie and loaf cake look absolutely delicious! I love lemon desserts!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that special needs program...I bet it was so awesome! I love that Dad took a bite before taking a pic of the pie..classic. You are the queen of using up all ingredients at your disposal and making them into something crazy delicious. As I was scrolling through before I saw your caption I too thought that painting looked like one of your dad's paintings. That art show looks awesome! It's so fun you guys have such wonderful life long friends near you.
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