Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

Wendy and I were able to go to the Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City tonight.  We had hoped that other family members could go, but we were only able to get two tickets, thanks to everyone who submitted requests and to Kevin who was able to receive two tickets.  We drove down to Utah this afternoon and stopped to visit with Mom and David in North Ogden, and Elma Sims in Syracuse.  We had a lasagna dinner with Ashley and Caz before going to the Conference Center.  Parking was an issue, which is why they only partially filled the seats.  We parked on a neighborhood street about half a mile away.  We had to walk slowly due to ice on the sidewalks, but we made it to our seats with about 25 minutes to spare.  The concert was excellent as usual.  The guest singer was Lea Salonga who sang several numbers.  Our favorite was, "O Holy Night".  The guest speaker, David Suchet, told the story of Nicholas Winton who saved over six hundred children from Nazi concentration camps.  He invited the audience to turn on their phone lights and the auditorium lit up with cell phones.  We really enjoyed the whole program.  We walked carefully back to our car, but a couple in front of us both slipped and went down on the ice.  We managed to get to the car without falling and made it back to Ashley and Caz's home about 11:00 p.m.