Christmas is almost here! This week we finally took down the last of the Halloween decorations and put up some that were more season-appropriate. We even found some LED lights that are energy efficient and, despite the homophonic nature of the name, contain far less lead than the more traditional incandescent ones. I like how they look better, too. Yesterday evening we went up to Temple Square to see the lights with Tricia, Ryan, Katalina, Mom, and Dad. The lights were beautiful, but the kids seemed more impressed by the cold. The streets downtown were quite slippery--we saw more than one fender bender alongside the road. (Left: some of us recover from the frigid temperatures, during a brief respite inside the Visitor's Center. )
Ryan, Tricia, and Katalina came to our house before Temple Square. You should have seen Katalina's enthusiasm for the fish! She giggled, bounced, and commented on each aquarium for several minutes. She seemed particularly interested in the Kuhli loaches, which are eel-like, whiskered bottom-dwellers.
On Friday, we went to Anya and Darren's ward Christmas Party as part of the program--we provided some Middle Eastern style music. Kelly played the zills, (finger cymbals); Rus, Darren, and Legend provided percussion on doumbeks. We all had a lot of fun doing it. We were even introduced as "E.P.I.C. : Eastern Percussion Instrumental Continuum."
We've had several reports that the music inspired people to dance, including Gwen, who could not be prevented from getting up on stage during the performance and rocking out a bit.
(Left: Kelly helps to brown a mountain of homemade pita for the dinner portion of the party.)
We didn't get any video of the actual perforamance, but after the party, Rus and Darren did a few seconds of impromptu drumming.
1 comment:
You're so beautiful! I love Temple Square at Christmas--that's a tradition we're missing this year.
It looks like a fun time, though, and nice work on that mountain of pita!
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