Most of these pictures are from the camera of Eli Bauer, a freshman on company who is an amazing dancer, and has an amazing camera. He took over 500 pictures on tour, and we took advantage of all the modeling opportunities we could.
This is what hours on a bus does to a person...
..and this is how they adapt.
This is Eli, the photographer himself. One day at a gas station, he asked me if I would marry him. I said yes, and we bought a pint of Ben and Jerry's to celebrate. To our surprise, Pat, our crazy director, then passed out spider rings to everyone on the bus, so we had our wedding rings. This is our engagement photo.
We even were on our way to the Billings Montana Temple, fancy that. However, it was Monday, so it was closed, and we couldn't elope that day.
One of the best parts of tour was doing lecture demonstrations for elementary schools. This one was in Glendive, Montana. The lecture demonstrations are more interactive and we get to teach the kids a little about the aspects of dance. This picture is us playing rhythm tag. You can only run on the whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, or eighth notes, depending on what Pat told us. The kids loved it.
The generosity we received was incredible. Wards in each city prepared dinners for us. This was on of our nicest meals. They even served the tables! And here we were, wearing our sweats...
In Cody, Wyoming, we went to the Cody Mural Chapel. It's this old church building with a dome foyer and this mural of church history painted on it. A non-member researched the church and painted it. He's the same guy that painted one of the rooms in the LA temple, actually. It was pretty cool.
