Manti

In June, the youth group in our ward took a trip to Manti.  We got to visit the beautiful temple, provide a service project, and then watch the famous pageant.  

The weather was gorgeous and we were with a super fun group of youth and leaders. After the temple, we met up at the park for some snacks and then some weed pulling.  The cute old couple was so grateful and I know Millie and the other kids felt so good knowing they were part of that.

Then we ate dinner, the "famous Manti BBQ turkey dinner." I must say it was delicious!

Then BS and the kiddos met up with us.  He drove them down in our car because we were going to go straight to Lake Powell from Manti (post on that trip later). 

I was already feeling so blessed to be in an awesome ward with awesome people, going to the temple, and then I felt even happier when I saw my cute family coming to join us.  Here we are waiting for the pageant to start:

 I'm a little ashamed to say that I have never been to the Manti pageant before (well, my Mom says I went when I was little but I don't remember it at all). We really don't live that far away.  

But BS and I decided that the kids were perfect ages for the pageant.  Old enough to sit still and understand it, but not so old that they think it is boring ;)

We all really enjoyed it!

When the pageant ended, we said our goodbyes and the 6 Clarks were off to Lake Powell round 2!  We drove to Green River and stopped at a budget motel for a few hours of sleep.

*So glad we did this!!!*