Park Place Party

Abe's Birthday Party

I was going to have a well planned, structured 6th birthday for Abe - inviting about six kids. Since it was held the week of the visiting teaching conference, I took the easy way out and rented a monster truck balloon jumper, put out all the little people toys, sidewalk chalk for the cement walls, dinasaurs in the grass and bikes on the basketball court. Then we invited lots of kids to play. It was a blast.

Visiting Teaching Movie

In August, a friend forwarded a link to a Visiting Teaching Movie that I just loved. I thought it would be perfect to use at our next Visiting Teaching Conference - but it would be more effective if it had actors from our own ward. So using several of their ideas and adding a couple of my own, I started recording. For the conference, we issued 'tickets' to this movie matinee. After playing a game, we sent everyone into the 'theater' picking up their 'movie matinee kits' on their way. We had a concession stand with popcorn and candy and watched the 20 minute movie. I was very pleased with the result - thanks to the good natured acting of our sisters (they are NOT bad visiting teachers as the movie portrays) and Jared's professional editing. A few remarks from me & the Bishop hopefully sent everyone home motivated to be even better visiting teaching and not fall into the traps protrayed by the movie. It was originally saved as high definition & wide screen, so Jared re-saved it in an easier format to upload. I hope it works!

Missionary Medley

Here is Spencer's arrangement of Called to Serve/We are All Enlisted. The double quartet includeds: Will & Daniel Smith, Ben Park, Thomas Ferrin, Jared & Spencer Park, Josh & Gabe Smith. Yes, the Smiths are all brothers and the Parks are all brothers. Since the 4th Park brother was too young, Spencer recruited his good friend Thomas. They sang it for Spencer's farewell. This recording was made after church in the Family History Center. Enjoy!

Here goes...

O.k. This is me succombing to peer pressure. I enjoy perusing other people's blogs, so I guess it's time for me to do my part. Besides, I want to upload a couple of videos, and I understand this is a good place to do it. So... here goes!