Look out Europe, here come the Weber State Wildcats

This year our daughter Kimberly has been in the Weber State Concert Choir, and has really enjoyed that experience. As her parents we have also, it has been a real treat to attend the concerts because they are a REALLY talented choir. Well, she had her last class of the year on Friday, and it was announced that the choir next year will be going on tour to....DRUM ROLL PLEASE..... EUROPE!!!!!!. Obviously she is very thrilled at the idea. They will be going to London, Paris, and Italy. And Dr. Henderson the director has been there and is very familiar with the areas. In fact, most of the places they will be going are his favorites. So they will be doing fundraisers for the next year to earn the money. The plan is for them to leave in mid to late May of 2009
P.S. Kimberly was supposed to post this, but I can't seem to get her to participate.....

Long way from Tennessee

Interesting story ... Marty served an LDS mission to Nashville Tennessee, from 1982-1984. On Saturday, he was going through some keepsakes and found a letter from a family he had know in Tennessee. On impulse he decided to google the name of the mother in the family, and came up with a phone number in California. He had lost track of them because they were a military family and he didn't know where they had moved to, and honestly, it had been 20 + years. But he bit the bullet, called the number and gave his name, asked if she was Mona Trickey. She replied yes, and so he said " This may sound really crazy, but did you ever live in Clarksville Tennessee?" She said " Yes I did, and you are Marty, the one who baptized our family!" Well, needless to say Marty was pleased and shocked that she remembered him so quickly. So then came the reminiscing and the 'what have you been doing' etc. When Marty taught their family, they had 2 children. They baptized the dad, Jeff, and then they ordained him to the priesthood, and he then went into the water and baptised his wife Mona. Obviously this was a very important experience on Marty's mission. As he talked to her, we found out that they had 3 more children, but the interesting thing is they have a daughter who is also named Kimberly. Great minds think alike I say! Their Kimberly is still in high school, so a little younger than ours. Marty was pleased to know that they have stayed active and faithful ever since . It goes to show that you never know the effect of the ripples you send in to other people's lives...