Wade and some other Boy Scouts helped with a special flag ceremony at school that morning. (Thanks to friends Chris and Tami for the picture! Wade is in the red shorts.)
That night we went to the high school football game and enjoyed watching Rhiannon play in the band. She's on the end of the mallets. (Many thanks to the Murphree family for letting me post this!) During a second performance, one of Rhiannon's sticks broke--she just kept right on playing with her other hand, haha! What a trooper!
I personally didn't take any videos because I was distracted by these... Those are seed bugs, folks, and they were at the game in abundance. It was crazy!
Despite the bugs, we had a great time and enjoyed being there. The 9/11 ceremony at halftime was nice, too.
Two other special events occurred that weekend. On Saturday, Rhiannon and I went to her friend Nik's baptism. He is the drum major for the high school band and has a lot of Mormon friends. A few weeks ago Nik had attended the missionary open house that Rhiannon helped with, and he sought out the missionaries after that. Rhiannon played the piano at the well-attended baptism and did a great job! My favorite thing was that the whole front row at Nik's baptism was taken by high school friends, there to support him.
The next day we snuck out of church after Jason's Sunday School lesson and drove down to California City for a missionary open house/luncheon. Our friends the Okerlunds (of New Year's Eve party fame) are sending their son Brighton off to the MTC today to serve in the Philippines. After he got his mission call, he and his family had just 3 WEEKS to get him on his way, but they made it! He will be a great missionary!
