{ Twas the night . . . }

. . . we went to the annual Kurt Bestor Christmas Concert. This is one of my favorite traditions my family has and I am so thankful to my parents for making it all possible. There is no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than listening to that beautiful music.

{We were trying to get a picture of us with the sea anemone that decorates Abravanel Hall . . }

The music was beautiful as usual, just like the company.

{ Jenny and Trevor . . . Todd and Kirsten }

This wasn't like any other concert, though. This time the boys in the family were determined to get my Dad up on stage to read Twas the night before Christmas, Kurt Bestor style. He pulls someone up from the audience each year and Dad usually jokes that he really wants to do it.

So as they started to get the stage ready Grandpa started hollering at Kurt to look over our way. Then Brian started in and finally Logan yelled "We've got your guy over here!!" And what do ya know . . . he said "Well, send him up!"

Next thing you know, there's my Dad on the stage with Kurt Bestor!! It was awesome!

Dad was incredible. One of his good friends, Michael Dowdle, is in the band that plays with Kurt each Christmas and when they were talking after the show Kurt said my Dad was one of the best he's ever had. He was such a natural up there, reading the story and even dancing a little. It was such a memorable night. I'm sad that Mikey missed it but I tried to record as much as I could until my memory card was full. The video was too large to load though.

It was an incredible night!