AIDA

We drove down to Tuachan Ampitheatre last weekend in St. George. We went to see Aida. Kyle chose it because neither of us had seen it (or even heard of it). This was the sky on our way to the show. It was worrisome.
But as we walked in it was actually hot and I thought the blanket I was carrying was silly.
But the theatre is an outside one. It's in a canyon so the stage is right up against the mountains. It's so amazing. My camera didn't do well capturing it.

And as feared, it did start to rain. It rained twice and they stopped the show for 20 minutes to see if it would get better. It did both times and by skipping the intermission (they counted one of the rain breaks as the intermission) they finally made it through and didn't have to cancel the show. I was so glad. I would have been so sad if we didn't get to finish. I loved it so much. There was singing and synchronized dancing and so much wonderfulness. It was excellent. Kyle didn't share my enthusiasm, but he did like it. It was a really fun trip.

Growth

This isn't a growth like you'd expect Wendy's kids. Or an announcement that Kyle is getting fatter. This is bonafide personal growth. I decided to sign up for a community art class. It's pencil portraits. I'm very nervous. This is the portrait I've decided to draw. Kyle's says he can't wait to see how I mangle his face. Jenny is doing it with me. I should have asked someone a little less talented so I don't look like a complete loser. Oh well, too late. Just wish me luck!

And the winner is...

JUSTIN!!! Justin is taking a digital photography class and totally loving it. He entered these pictures into a contest and won 2nd place for the top one and 4th for the last!

Utah State Fair!!

I am officially the newest biggest fan of the State Fair. I had so much fun. And there was SOO much stuff there. Way more than you would think. Besides the usual rides, nauseating food, and booths with lots of weird and expensive stuff to buy there was all this:

HUMONGOUS PRODUCE!

Robots (well, people dressed as robots rolling around talking about skinning people...)

Displays from every county. Though not all were as great as this bizarre one:
And sideshows. Yes, pay a dollar to see someone's freakish animal or special family member. It was weird. This was just an alligator, but there were human sideshows. It made me feel really weird.

But moving on: There was produce made into people. Andy has got to enter this contest next year.

HUGE cows!!

And little ones too that were just born.

LOTS AND LOTS OF PIGS!!

The pigs were my favorite. I touched their ears and noses and tails. And then couldn't find a place to wash my hands! Oh well. It was so worth it! It goes through Sunday if you can make it and Smith's has discount tickets ($6)

Oh dear kitty kitty...

So Kass and I took Jess to the Farmer's Market not knowing that she would attach to a free kitten and demand to take it home. I warned her about her angry mother, but she paid no heed! Now she's trying to find a home for it. And even though it is SOOOO cute we just can't take it. I hope it doesn't end up in the pound :(

I thought it was pretty cute when Story and Jerome read together...and it was okay that it was during game time.