Baccalaureate, Elder Petty

 We had to say goodbye to Elder Petty for the third time. Luke gave him the biggest bear hug. He’s definitely one of our most favorite missionaries and we will miss him! He’s headed to his last transfer area. While we were talking with Elder Petty and Elder Taff, Kade came home from tracting with Elder Braby and Elder Trottier. He looked like a missionary sitting with Elder Petty and Elder Taff! 😆 The elders had some great mission advice for Kade which I really appreciated.

Kade said he had a great time tracting. They knocked on 20 doors but only five people answered. They let Kade knock on a door and when they answered he said, “Hi, we’re missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, would you like to hear a message about Jesus?” The lady was nice but did say no. It sounded like he did such a great job! I’m glad he got to have that expression.

Tonight Kade sang with his choir at Baccalaureate which is a traditional non denominational church service for the seniors before the actual graduation ceremony. The school has asked several different religions in the city to host before, but this year they asked our church to host it. Our Bishop spoke and the youth we know shared scriptures. Kade’s choir sang an arrangement of Homeward Bound by Mack Wilburn with the orchestra accompanying them. It was amazing!! It really was so uplifting and all those who participated did such an amazing job. I’m glad we were able to be there.

Pops Concert

 Tonight was the high school choir pops concert. This is my favorite concert of the year. It’s so fun and upbeat! Kade did a great job and even handled the dance moves he had to do very well! It feels like I see a different side of him up there on stage! He’s just such a cute kid and I need to stop thinking about how quickly he has grown up and how soon he’ll be leaving the house. I’m not ready for that at all. He lettered in choir this year and will be apart of the top choir next year. He loves it!

Kade’s Choir

We got to go to a special choir concert for Kade tonight. It was in a nice church and their voices sounded beautiful. Last week he tried out for the highest choir at his high school and made it! He lives being apart of choir and I love going to his concerts.

Also, the sun was shining bright today so Luke came for a walk with me! 

All-State Choir

 We got to go to another choir concert for Kade tonight. He had tried out for the all-state choir last Spring and made it! They choose 20 people for each section from all the schools across the sate. Different cities host each year and this year it was here in Great Falls. He’s been practicing since Wednesday night. It’s been a long few days filled with a lot of singing for him, but he enjoyed being with his friends and we enjoyed watching the performance tonight!

Chanteur Choir

 Kade had his first choir concert of the year tonight and it was a lot of fun! He’s in a new choir this year, on that he had to try out for last year. This choir does more traveling and sings more often so it’s definitely a bigger commitment but he seems to be enjoying it. They sang last at the concert after the other choirs had all finished. The finale was my favorite. They sang, “I’ll Be on My Way,” and they had a soloist and a fiddler join them. It was a beautiful song. And Kade looked so handsome in his tuxedo!