Thank You Bryan

Last Thursday was Bryan's high school Christmas concert where his accomplishments were honored by giving him a solo in the concert. It was his choir director's last concert at a school he has taught at for 20 years so they estimated that there was close to 500 people there. Bryan chose to sing "The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told" by Sally Deford. Here is what happened.




It was one of the sweetest things I'd ever seen. Bryan didn't get to see it through his teary eyes and I wish I had thought to show it, but the whole audience gave Bryan a standing ovation through some tears of their own. It was a great gift to us all to feel the spirit through Bryan's testimony and love of our Savior Jesus Christ. He has been able to go on and use it as a missionary learning experience as many of his friends and class mates have wanted to know what that was they felt as we watched and heard his song.

We're so thankful to know how infinite the gift of Christmas really is and were honored to have Bryan show it to us.

Rylan's a Star

This past Thursday Rylan's third grade class had a music concert at their school. Those things are always a lot of fun to sit back and enjoy how cute your own kids are. We even got to snap a picture with his favorite teacher ever. Rylan's class taught us about the planets and stars and sang a song teaching us the order of them. Rylan is great at remembering everything. He was mouthing every line through the whole thing whether it was his or not. His memory amazes us all the time. He has been picked on for his love of singing but we were happy on Thursday to find out that a lot of the kids wanted to be close to him because they knew he could help them through it all. Way to stand tall Rylan. You did a great job and we love you and your singing!

Go Bryan!

Last Saturday was region choir auditions and we are excited to let you all know that Bryan placed ninth in the region and is moving on to the area try outs. Yeah Bryan! We are very proud of you and all the great things you do. I love seeing him sing. He's really got a niche for it. Last year his competitions ended with him placing one chair out of the All-State choir. If you place top ten in region you are eligible for area and then if you place top five at area you are eligible for state. He started singing in the high school choir the last half of his sophomore year where he lettered that same year. Then last year he was so close. Hey, maybe we'll get to see an All-State choir concert this year:~}. That would be fun. Whatever happens, we are proud of B and look forward to seeing him sing in his region choir in November. Way to go Bry.