Soooooo….it’s been a weekend. I’ll start with the most pleasant things first. Yesterday morning John and I set out to find some fun baby presents- as Emily and Jared just had their newest baby girl- Melody. She is sooooo teeny and wiggly and pretty, and smells like baby. I just love her. It was fun to see Cadence as big sister, too.
So, after the morning adventures of Babies-R-US and wandering around Salt Lake a bit, John and I headed back to Provo to ready ourselves to head down to Manti to see the Mormon Miracle Pageant. I spent two summers in the Hill Cumorah Pageant in New York, and so I was really excited to see what the pageant in Manti was like. I knew it would be smaller- but I thought it’d be a smaller version of the same. We picked up Chad and Alicia- and drove down. The drive down was quite nice, I tried to find something new to listen to on the IPOD, ended up listening to…um, country something or other. Realised, definitively, that John IS from Texas. He and Chad had a nice singalong, and then we arrived. We parked with relatively little trouble, found some good seats, and then John and I took a walk while A&C watched the “stuff.” We walked around Manti a bit- found some decks of cards in case we wanted to play games while we were waiting. We got some snacks and ate them on the way back. Then Alicia and Chad went for a walk. The pageant finally started at about 9:30, and it was, well. Corny. I was a little disappointed. It seemed to cater to people who already knew a lot about the church- there were some pretty big licenses taken with the stories- and I felt like some of the important facts were a little distorted. The story was hard to follow, and I just didn’t care about the characters. I think it’s been done for the same way for so long- and the actors try to “spiff” it up with energetic arm motions and big sweeping gestures, but they just make it hard to take seriously. I think that this Pageant is in need of a little love, some good direction, and some reorganization. These pageants can be such a great way for people to be introduced to the church, but in order to make a difference, they can’t be a joke.
So now we’re having a lazy Sunday. Hopefully we’ll be well-rested and start the week well. Lots of stuff to do 
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