The Hill Cumorah Pageant

The Hill Cumorah Pageant is really quite a show. The set is pretty impressive also. A cast of over 700 men, women and children (the youngest cast member was just four months old, and he just so happened to be from our ward) take off two weeks from their busy schedules to rehearse and put on the show for thousands of visitors each night.

The cast freely mingles with the spectators at the Pageant. One of King Noah's guards was good enough to pose in a picture with us. He invited us to go spend some time with him and his boss while they engaged in some "riotous living", but we politely declined.

Eli started practicing his missionary approach with some of the cast members, but "Eli-glish" is only spoken, and understood, by the small person wearing the green t-shirt.

"Guys, did you know that Hannah Montana is a Mormon!" Ok, ok, Kjersti never said that, but we had plenty of time to discuss all kinds of faith promoting rumors since we arrived 4 1/2 hours before the show started.

We enjoyed a beautiful summer evening at the Pageant. It's been one of the many highlights of the summer of 2008!

An Interview with Princess Daisy

Dad: So how did you become Princess Daisy? Princess Daisy: First you have to be a Princess and Dad, I hate to break it to ya, but you are not a Princess.

Dad: How about if I just wore a crown of daisies? Princess Daisy: When Dad's wear a crown of daisies they look really silly.

Dad: How about if I just borrow the daisies you're holding? Princess Daisy: Mmm, I think I'm just going to just hold on to these, thanks.

Dad: Did you know there is a big spider crawling up your leg? Princess Daisy: -no response-


Dad: I'm just kidding. Princess Daisy: Daaaaad, don't be a goofball.



Dad: Ok, I'm sorry. How about we go for ice cream? Princess Daisy: I'm pleased to see you've come to your senses.

Slip Sliding Away!

An $8 investment paid off big on the 4th of July. Who knew so much fun could be had with a Slip and Slide? Eli decided that for him, the fun was in running on the slip and slide through the water. This resulted in a great deal of inadvertent slipping, sliding and minor "owies".
Eli took his cues from Kjersti who found that the water was just too cold to slip and slide in. I will admit that the water did feel as though it was tapped from a local glacier. I guess in the "North Country" they call that "refreshing".

If you look closely you will see that Eli managed to pick up a few grass clippings from his exploits. A small price to be paid for this excitement, however, one must take certain precautions. In the background, Cody stood a vigilant watch to ensure that once the kids decided to come back into the house, it was sans grass clippings.

The World Through Kjersti's Eyes

We recently got a new camera so we've let Kjersti use our old one. Here she took what appears to be a great cover for an album by Eli, Heidi and Heidi's Mom, Elaine. I'm sure it would really rock!

Of course with Kjersti behind the camera, we got to see all kinds of different things.

Here is one of many pictures out of the car.

Driving sure can get boring sometimes. When you've got a camera, at least you can capture those moments forever.

She's good at getting pictures of the things that matter. Cinderella on the computer screen.

The butterfly on her t-shirt.

The ring on her finger. All of the important things.