"Savior Of The World His Birth and Resurrection"

Lauren, Farah, and Claire

Farah & Scott

Lauren & Farah

45th Anniversary
Mother & Daddy

Me & My Dad

Saturday Evening Performance

Farah in the blue dress/yellow scarf

Farah in the middle singing

Full Cast Shot

(If you click on pixs they enlarge)
~Friday Night Performance~

"Savior Of The World"

Farah is Eli's angel
(third angel from the right)

The Nativity

Farah, fourth angel on left

December 3, 2010 Farah auditioned for "Savior Of The World" it's an easy date to remember; because it is also the night Farah had her first full blown pancreatitis attack. I knew that Farah was seriously ill when I saw her lying on the floor of the Visalia Stake Center Cultural Hall. I asked if she wanted to go home, but Farah said, not until I sing! She managed to sing beautifully before collapsing inside the car and crying all the way home. I didn't know if Farah would be chosen to sing in the musical. We have a lot of talent in our three stakes, and Farah didn't feel well. We received a letter in the mail inviting Farah to be in the musical. It has not been an easy five months. Many, many, many hours of practice until midnight on top of homework, piano lessons, young womens' activities, and many, many doctor appointments and a surgery too! There were three performances, the first on April 22, at 7:30 PM, the second Saturday April 23, 2:00 PM, and Saturday, 7:30 PM. Farah's best friend Claire attended Friday night's performance, Grandma & Poppy celebrated their 45th Anniversary on Saturday the 23rd by attending Farah's matinee performance, and Scott was finally able to attend Saturday night's final performance. I was lucky enough to attend all three. What a beautiful rendition of the life of our Savior, His birth and resurrection.

Happy Easter 2011!

Poppy & Farah

Falyn's first Easter away from home
Falyn & Katie

Michael, Lauren, Kelly,
Maddie, and Matthew

Aunt Pauline dancing with Brent

Poppy & Grandma

Shannon & Charlie

Ben & Eden

Maddie & Will

Farah, Daddy, Shannon, Sidney,
Peter, and Shelly

Thaddeus

Wren & Peter

Sidney, Will, Eden, Matthew, Jared, and Ben

Ben, Jared, Matthew, Maddie, Will, and Eden

Jared & Adam

Anniversary, baptisms, Easter, and a musical- what a weekend! Last weekend, Lake Elsinore, for Drake's baptism, this weekend Los Osos for Will & Matthew's baptisms. Scott was on call this weekend, so he missed out on Easter dinner with the family in Los Osos. Farah and I attended the boys' baptisms and then we enjoyed visiting with Grandma, Poppy, Kelly, Michael, Shannon, Charlie, Brent, Trina, Misty, Jon, Aunt Pauline, Jared and all the DeNatly grandchildren.

Drake's Baptism April 16, 2011

Drake & Uncle Scott

The Family minus The Falyn

Pretty Girls
Farah & Sadie

~Candid shot~
Farah, Telare, Amy, Sadie, Maddie, and Beleza

~Silly shot~
Ella, Scarlett, and Farah

Scarlett took this picture of me!
She asked me to make a silly face

More silly shots
~Cousins~
Evva, Scarlett, Drake, Ember, and Ella,
Farah, Maddie, and Sadie

Welcome Home!
Farah's friends missed her...

What a fun weekend! We attended Drake's baptism on Saturday. Aunt Amy spoke about baptism and Grandma Frances spoke about the Holy Ghost. Scott baptized and confirmed Drake. Following the baptism Heather & Steve hosted a luncheon for family and friends at their home. It was great to see Grandma & Grandpa Fortner, Grandma & Grandpa Doney, Great Grandma Terrill, Doug, Jenae, Telare, Beleza, Aunt Amy, Uncle Phil, and all the cousins minus Falyn and the Robert's clan.
When we arrived home we found our front yard and Explorer decorated- Farah's friends are a lot of fun! :)