Talent Night

Recently our branch held a talent night that was planned and put on by Taylor and his Young Men's president.  It ended up being a really entertaining night and it was so much fun to see how much talent we have in our branch.

We enjoyed a potluck dinner (with several dishes that represented the talents of many of the branch members), we looked at talents on display, and then watched a program of performing talents.

Each member of our family participated in one of more of those categories.

In addition to being our MC for the evening, Taylor played a beautiful rendition of "Nearer My God to Thee" on his Native American flute.

Kendall wowed the audience by playing a piece from the 2nd movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony" on his clarinet.  Given that he has only be playing since September, he really did an amazing job.

We had lots of our family talents on display.

Lynnsey showed off her many pot holders that she loves to create on her loom.

Kaya brought her original painting which she entitled Arizona.  (She has been watching some old home movies from when we lived there and has been really fascinated with that place lately.)

Taylor also included some of his artwork:  An oil painting of a dinosaur (the name of which I totally know, but I just don't know how to spell it!), a clay sculpture of Monument Valley as well as (my favorite) a Monument Valley Christmas tree decoration that he designed and created.

Spencer displayed his lovely water color print of a flower in a vase and a clay rocket ship that he later decided looked more like a dolphin.

I of course brought some of my crochet stuff.

And in the food category, Kalen brought his famous Streusel Muffins and I shared one of my latest favorite recipes, Cookie Dough Truffles.

                                     

Taylor and Kendall and Kalen also performed a fun skit with the rest of the scouts.

It really was a fun night and I think we all developed a greater appreciation for all the talents that we and others are blessed with.  (Although I still think there may have been some sort of a mistake made when they were handing out talents.  I just KNOW that I am supposed to be a musical genius and somehow I just can't seem to find that talent anywhere!)