MOTAB

 We had the great privilege of taking Braden to the VIP reception before the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert here in Phoenix on Saturday night.

Arizona celebrates it's Centennial for statehood on Feb 14 so there were multiple events around the city this weekend.

The governor of Arizona (above) spoke to us along with some of the choir directors and Church officials.

As we entered the US Airways Arena, we were also given a set of CDs of the choir as a gift...nice!
Our seats were on the floor so that was nice as well.

We went with our good friends, Dennis and Terri Williams from the Mission Office.  They are the nicest people ever!

We really enjoyed the concert.  It was 2 hours long and full of a huge variety of music from spiritual, to cultural, to stage and screen and of course some classic favorites and some patriotic finale pieces.






I think we all loved a couple of things a lot...first, the 2 solo pieces that featured Alex Boye rocking out a bit, and last, having former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conner lead the choir in their final number.

She actually did a pretty good job.  You can tell the choir enjoyed it too.  I bet it was fun to see her face from their side.  Anyways, it was a fun evening to do something together as well as get Braden credit for going to a choir performance for his choir class at school!