So despite the MANY credits Carlie has at BYU, she is technically a Sophomore in music years. But as a Sophomore, she is doing everything a Senior and Graduate student would be required. She planned out her own recital this past fall--we bought our plane tickets as soon as she picked the date of Feb. 5th. So we've been looking forwards to this for months!
We flew out bright and early on Friday, Feb. 4th. Our flight was right on time--we landed in Provo at 7:30 am and then headed right over to the Provo Temple to do an 8:30 am sealings session. It's been crazy hard to get times for us to complete our work in the Gilbert Temple so we took our chances in Provo and got everything DONE!!!
Cute little Temple story: After our session, I was already dressed back into my normal clothes waiting for Carlie to finish changing. This sweet older sister looked at me and said, "Sister! You look BEAUTIFUL this morning!!! Are you already done with your session?" I said, "YES!" and explained that I had JUST flown in that morning from AZ. She was just SOOO excited to hear that and asked me why I was there to which I explained that I was there to watch my daughter's recital at BYU the next day. About that time, Carlie joined us. She looked at Carlie and asked, "What do you play???" Carlie told her "I play oboe." And I'm not even sure if this sweet sister knew what an oboe was but she was just SOO genuine and excited and kind. The whole interaction with this sweet lady just made my day!
So we dropped Carlie off at BYU then took her car out to my little brother's house in Spanish Fork. We had a hotel in Provo but spent most our time with Travis and his family.
 |
| Asa, Carlie, & Taylee |
The MAIN EVENT: We arrived at the school early to help Carlie set up her room. She had about 25 people come to watch. I just sat there in total AWE thinking, "Wow...I can't believe that I actually MADE this super human girl." She was INCREDIBLE!!! Jaw-dropping INCREDIBLE. Everyone here in Chandler thinks I'm pretty good but my daughter AND her accompanist....they are on a whole other level/different caliber than I can ever hope to achieve. I felt so privileged and blessed to even be sitting in the same room as these two amazing musicians.
 |
| Emily is one of Carlie's oldest friends-- and college roommate their Freshman year before they both served missions. |
 |
| Amalie (the pianist) & Carlie |
On Sunday, we got up early to go to church with Travis and his family. All in all, it was a perfect weekend. We got to spend lots of great time with Carlie and Travis's family AND Chris got to be "Mr. Fix-it-Up Chappie" fixing things on Carlie's AND Travis's vehicles--seriously my husband is a SUPER GENIUS when it comes to fixing things. And I got to experience greatness and watch my own flesh and blood achieve amazing things. I could not be more proud.
No comments:
Post a Comment