For Dwight's 50th birthday, June 13, we celebrated by having a "pig picking." For those of you not familiar with this Southern tradition, it's where you cook a whole pig (using a low heat for many hours), and after it's cooked, each person "picks" the meat off the bones. Now doesn't that sound appetizing? Actually, it is really good especially with Dwight's southern barbecue sauce. Anyway, all of our kids were there, as well as, lots of friends. I think Dwight had fun even though he had to cook the pig, dutch-oven potatoes, and baked beans. He thrives on feeding people, so it really was a nice way for him to spend his birthday. One of the gifts I bought for him was tickets to Les Miserables at Tuacahn Theater in St. George. The tickets were for last Saturday. I wasn't thinking at the time that it would be General Conference and Dwight would miss the Priesthood Session. And I had no idea that Alyssa would be goin
g to her first big formal dance that night. Yes, homecoming was that night. Saturday morning we woke up to lots of rain. It rained all day. Tuacahn is an outdoor theater, so we called to make sure the show wasn't going to be cancelled. No, the show must go on. So we went to St. George. During the dinner before the show it started sprinkling. It didn't stop. Up until intermission it drizzled. Then it stopped! We were getting pretty comfy! Then with 15 minutes left to go, it started to rain and the wind started whipping. It was nice timing with conflict, running, hiding in a sewer going on on stage, the adverse weather added to the atmosphere. A couple of big trash bags that people had been using to keep the rain off of themselves blew up on the stage right by "Jean Valjean." He did a great job of ignoring the distraction, even though there were scattered giggles throughout the audience. It was a great show, and I'm surewe'll never forget it...."the show must go on" has new meaning to us.
For Dwight's 50th birthday, June 13, we celebrated by having a "pig picking." For those of you not familiar with this Southern tradition, it's where you cook a whole pig (using a low heat for many hours), and after it's cooked, each person "picks" the meat off the bones. Now doesn't that sound appetizing? Actually, it is really good especially with Dwight's southern barbecue sauce. Anyway, all of our kids were there, as well as, lots of friends. I think Dwight had fun even though he had to cook the pig, dutch-oven potatoes, and baked beans. He thrives on feeding people, so it really was a nice way for him to spend his birthday. One of the gifts I bought for him was tickets to Les Miserables at Tuacahn Theater in St. George. The tickets were for last Saturday. I wasn't thinking at the time that it would be General Conference and Dwight would miss the Priesthood Session. And I had no idea that Alyssa would be goin
g to her first big formal dance that night. Yes, homecoming was that night. Saturday morning we woke up to lots of rain. It rained all day. Tuacahn is an outdoor theater, so we called to make sure the show wasn't going to be cancelled. No, the show must go on. So we went to St. George. During the dinner before the show it started sprinkling. It didn't stop. Up until intermission it drizzled. Then it stopped! We were getting pretty comfy! Then with 15 minutes left to go, it started to rain and the wind started whipping. It was nice timing with conflict, running, hiding in a sewer going on on stage, the adverse weather added to the atmosphere. A couple of big trash bags that people had been using to keep the rain off of themselves blew up on the stage right by "Jean Valjean." He did a great job of ignoring the distraction, even though there were scattered giggles throughout the audience. It was a great show, and I'm surewe'll never forget it...."the show must go on" has new meaning to us.
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