Manti Vacay...

Matt and Camille invited us to camp at Yuba Lake and visit the Manti Pageant!  We decided to go to Bryce Canyon on the way.  I haven't been to Bryce since I was pregnant with Maxine.

Merril takes Japanese people to Bryce all the time so the older kids and myself hiked down through the rock formations while Merril stayed up top with the little two.  That was pretty flippin' awesome.

We borrowed my parents motorhome for the trip and the kids thought it was so fun to eat and drive at the same time.

We camped and played and drove to Manti the next day.  We got to Manti a little early so we could sight see.

The Manti Temple is so pretty and was designed by the same architect as the St. George Temple.  That might explain why I like it so much.

The Manti Pageant was so much bigger than I imagined.  1,000 people were in the cast, 5,000 costumes were used, and 14,000 chairs were set up.  Professional lights and sound made it a wonderful experience.  I couldn't believe that it was free.

We decided to drive home immediately following the performance.  At around 1:45 a.m., we blew a tire and had to pull over.  We had just switched drivers and I had only been driving for about 5 minutes when it blew.  Poor Merril.  He had to wake up and change the tire.  But he was prepared and we were driving again in 15 minutes.  It was still a fun vacation!

The dumb thing was I took my nice camera and camcorder but only took pictures with my phone.  I really need to get out my nice camera more often.