Week TWELVE - FAMILY!!!!!

I am so flippin' excited to have my family arrive in Nauvoo TODAY!  I will be seeing them sometime very, very soon.  I can't wait to give Doda Bear a great big hug!  I will finally figure out what has been going on with her [since her brain surgery].

We had another INSANE rainstorm this past week!  We had to cancel "Sunset By the Mississippi" and hide in the Bistro of the Visitors' Center because there were tornado watches and warnings out!  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!  Everyone who was in the audience, before the show was cut, came to the Visitors' Center for safety.  We packed them all in there were prepared to all bunch into the Bistro if the tornado watch turned into a warning.  As we waited, we gathered around and sang to them!  It was an amazing experience for me to feel Christ's love for each and every one of them.

Sunset After the Storm
(photo credit: Pageant Family Cast fb page)

Two and a half weeks and I am home. I can not believe it has gone by so fast!  But my body is definitely feeling it.  All of us YPMs are.  Pretty much everyone is sick or has some injury.  My shin splints are pretty bad and every morning [when] I get up, my feet kill as soon as they hit the floor.  Dancing and walking in pioneer boots ALL DAY KILLS!  Hah!

CARTHAGE JAIL VISITORS' CENTER

Sister Bills, Sister Ashby, Sister Hammond
Elder Needham, Elder Baker, Elder Petersen, Elder Tregeagle, Elder Cottam

Singing on "The Flats"/Nauvoo Singers
(Sister Ashby beatboxes in this song.)

Sunset By the Mississippi