Lloyd Newell

As I've mentioned a few times we have a little family tradition of watching Music and the Spoken Word every Sunday night during dinner. Well, the keynote speaker at the dinner banquet for Brad's dental conference happened to be Lloyd Newell, the voice of Music and the Spoken Word. Kade and Tenley were pretty jealous that we got to have dinner with Lloyd Newell! Brad and I were able to meet Brother Newell afterward and we talked to him about our children and how much they like him. Brother Newell encouraged us to attend Music and the Spoken Word on Sunday morning so he could meet our kids who actually knew who he was! We took him up on his offer and left my parents house early this morning to make it to the broadcast. I sat in another room with Ryder and Luke and Brad, Kade, and Tenley were able to attend the conference. They had a great time! Even Ryder had fun meeting some choir members and watching the broadcast in the theater room.
After the broadcast they all got to go up and meet Lloyd Newell. He is the nicest man ever! His inspirational messages are so good and he writes them all himself every week! The kids enjoyed it and we're so glad that we made the effort to be there.

(I'm so sad this picture is blurry...a stranger was nice enough to take it for them, but next time Brad will have to double check and make sure it looks good!)