Manti Pageant

So let me start this post by saying, it does no good to own a camera if you leave it home when you go places... I win the ditz award this week. Nicole (my sister in law) and I decided in April that we were going to go to the Manti pageant this year. We've literally been trying to go since she moved here. . . that's 3 summers of trying to go. Every year the plans fell through or someone flaked out, but this year nothing was stopping us. I got off work Saturday and packed up the car. It wasn't until we got close to Manti that I realized how crappy my packing job was. First of all, obviously I forgot the camera. Then we got down there around 5 and the sun was still pretty high in the sky, so probably sunscreen would have been a wise idea. Next after the sun went down, there were a ton of mosquitos, so bug spray another good idea. Oh well! If I go next year I'll be sure to remember all the stuff I forgot. Anyway I met Nicole at her house in Orem and we packed up the food and cooler and said goodbye to the hubby and kids and were off. We drove down and found parking very near Temple Hill. For those of you who have been to the pageant, you know that is not an easy feat. We were also parked very near the bathrooms, so we were pretty proud of ourselves. We went in and found some chairs pretty near the front in the center. The only downfall was there was a light tower blocking our view of one part of the hill, but what can you do? We had about 3 1/2 hours to waste before the pageant started so we ate dinner and decided to do some meal planning for our San Diego trip in 2 weeks. We also did a lot of people watching. We started a game of Phase 10 but only got through about 3 phases before we realized that people watching was more fun than game playing. The pageant started. Nicole had never been before and I hadn't been in about 5 years. Some things were different, but the main story line stayed the same. It was a fairly remarkable production albeit slightly overdramatic in some parts. It got over about 11:15 and we headed back to Orem where I spent the night instead of driving clear back to Bountiful at 2:00 in the morning. Today we slept late and enjoyed each others company and Todd's cooking. Thanks Nicole for a fun weekend. Let's do it again next weekend!! :) (Not my picture, clearly shown by the date at the bottom!)