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Holiday Happenings

It's been a good but busy week - lots of Holiday fun stuff to celebrate the season.

Tuesday - GNO with Roosevelt friends: Got together here at the Holladay Inn with some of my good friends from my old Young Adult ward. GNO stands for Girls Night Out, a chance for the girls to spend time together eating, visiting and catching up.

Thursday Afternoon - Annual Holiday Lunch and activity with my work team.  Lunch at Olive Bistro, followed by Shopping and delivery of needed items for a worthy cause.  A special experience, and it felt good to provide some service.

Thursday Night - Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and my dear friend Stephanie. Mack's Angels kept to our Holiday tradition of enjoying the lights at Temple Square and attending the Christmas Concert with the choir, and this year's special guests Alfie Bowe, Tom Brokaw, and surprise special guest, Gale Halvorsen (Uncle Wiggly Wings, the original Berlin Airlift Candy Bomber). Totally awesome!




Saturday - Brunch and Gift Exchange with some of the girlfriends, followed by a viewing of the new movie "Hitchcock" (see Tracie's Movie Blog for my review) at the Broadway Cinema.






Also Saturday - I joined a couple of girlfriends from my current Single's Ward for A performance of Handel's Messiah by the Oratorio Society of Utah, at the Cottonwood Presbyterian Church. I wish I'd thought to take a picture of their Sanctuary - it was a beautiful setting, and the music was so comforting after some of the events of this past week.  I think of all the times I've heard The Messiah, this was my favorite.





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