...even considering four of the people on that bus had swine flu. Tour was great because I love all the people on company! They are all so fun. We just had a blast, as you will see by all the jumping pictures.
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.
After cookie eating, I went home to help with the final preparations for the Thanksgiving feast. Though my parents think there were fiascoes happening, the meal turned out fabulously, and we have too many leftovers to handle, especially in the pie area. But, there could be worse things than too much pie.
The guest list included:
Joce and Ronie...
Cami and Bret...
Jacque...
Valentina...
Nate and Lauren...
and yes, I was there, too.
After Twister, we ate pumpkin pie. By now, I was pretty dang stuffed, so, as is tradition in my family, I sprawled out on the floor. Unfortunately for me, it was Ronie's tradition to make a dog pile. I got smashed on the bottom.
Ex-home teachers (above in black hat and below in light blue shirt), old ward friends who moved to another complex, and some people I've never met before.
A couple dancers buddies stopped by: Cody (above), and Aaron (below)
Ex-roommate, Cami, and her hubbie, Bret. They are the best.
My cousins! Melanie and Karl.
My favorite people from Wisconsin, Whitney and Emma
And, MY FAVORITE ROOMMATES! Valentina, Lauren, and Jocelyn. They really are the best. I can't believe I got so lucky to absolutely love the people I am living with for two years of my life. This college experience would definitely be a totally different ride without them in my life.
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.
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.
This is the sunrise we woke up to our first morning in Helena, Montana. Pretty beautiful...
That morning we had a stake fireside. There was a pretty good turnout. We played some games, taught them a part of one of our dances, and then we showed parts of the movie Onward, Alone, which I was a part of my freshman year.
From Helena we went to Bozeman, Montana, and on Sunday we took a drive to Yellowstone! It was a fabulous day, and we got there right in time to see Old Faithful spray.
This is just proof that I, too, was there. I never take pictures of myself. This is Jeremiah, my duet partner. And in his glasses is Cameron, one of our tech crew. And Pat, the director is off my shoulder.
