Utah Symphony Beethoven's no. 9/Ode to Joy

I went to the symphony on Saturday and I had the best time. It was the first concert of this season for the Utah Symphony. I had not been to the symphony for a while. I went to a great Italian restaurant, Biaggis, before the concert. It was very delicious and had a very nice ambiance. The actual symphony was very moving. Their was a piano virtuoso who played Beethoven's no. 4 piano minuet for the first part. The pianist was lightning fast on the piano keys. The second part was Beethoven's no. 9/Ode to Joy and was incredibly uplifting. The performance had a choir and soloists that did an outstanding job. It is nice having a cultural mecca, SLC, so close that I can see such a variety of shows.

The whatever it is sculpture in the lobby of the symphony hall.

My camera was being difficult for me, so the pictures were not in focus a lot of the time. I probably think it was the person who was taking the shot who had a problem, me. My friend who I was with took much better pictures than I did. Thank You! You can tell I took this picture. I will be getting a Canon Xsi in the future and hopefully I will take better pictures because it will have image stabilization on the lens. Thank heavens, I am not a surgeon.

Fall in Park City

Let me tell you that it is so beautiful in Park City right now. The colors are just starting to get really vibrant. It is too bad it only lasts for a couple of weeks. I am going up to Sundance(right below Mt. Timpanogas) this week and will take more photos of the fall colors there. They will be amazing right now. I will post those pictures also.

These pictures are taken just from the West of my Condo. It is great too walk around the complex and have such a view. It is so relaxing.

Ethan's Bday

Ethan, with one his birthday presents. He got his first long board. He has wanted one forever. It is a Never Summer board.(So I hear from everybody who knows long boards that it is the best) I think he loves it. Too bad he only can ride it 7 months out of the year in Idaho, but then he will start riding his favorite board, his Burton snowboard. He hopes it is very soon that he gets to snowboard. I text him yesterday, that there was snow on the top of The Canyons. He was very excited. Ethan is now 14, as of the 30th of August. It is amazing how time flies. I was privileged to ordain him a teacher on Sunday, the 31st. It was a great experience! I love him and miss him immenseley. I hope he had a great birthday.

I am sorry I have been so out of commission. I have been so busy with work. Back to school time is one of my busiest seasons. It is even busier than Christmas if you can believe that. I also have done some very fun things with my family and with friends. I just came back from Bozeman and had a great time with my friend, Brad. We had a blast golfing. I don't think I could stop laughing on the golf course. We had some amazing meals at his favorite dining places. Overall it was a great weekend with little stress which I needed greatly.

I did two pictures of us because the top one Emily was finally looking at the camera. I also liked this picture because we were all out of the sun. I love my family! They are so cute and fun to be around. Sorry again for my absence. I will try to post more frequently. Bye!!!!