The Manti Pageant

A few weekends ago, I loaded up the kids in the car and we took off to Manti, Utah.  It's about a 2 hour drive southeast from Draper.  It's kind of a small farming community out in the middle of nowhere really.  But there is this beautiful temple there.

Each summer they do a big production on the lawn-covered hill to the south of the temple.  They re-enact the whole restoration, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon including several stories from the Book of Mormon, and the migration west and setting of Utah by the Saints.  It doesn't start until the sun goes down so it is a late night but I thought it was really good.  Rachel liked it too.  Rebecca and Adam got a little bored at times but it was quite a production with a flaming volcano and an angel standing on the top of the temple.  We wish David could've come with us but he was fulfilling his new stake calling (Stake Young Men's President) and Tanner was working.  Hopefully, they'll get to go another time.

We got there pretty early to get good seats.  Most of those seats behind us did fill up.