{"id":1411,"date":"2008-12-07T22:08:20","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T05:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2008-12-07T22:08:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T05:08:22","slug":"christmas-spirit-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1411","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Spirit Has Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1412\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1412\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1412\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1412\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSLR-A100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Now that Main Street has been closed and turned over to the Church, the new park has been adorned with beautiful lights around the reflecting pool and a lovely porcelain Nativity scene in the middle of the reflecting pool. The floating lights in the pool added dramatically to the scene. \\r\\rAnother angle on the pool would have put the Salt Lake Temple in the background. Therefore, that was by far the most popular place for people to take pictures. After waiting quite some time to get a picture and no end of people in sight, I decided this view was sufficient to capture the ambience of the moment.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1228538026&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Christmas Lights On Temple Square&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Christmas Lights On Temple Square\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Now that Main Street has been closed and turned over to the Church, the new park has been adorned with beautiful lights around the reflecting pool and a lovely porcelain Nativity scene in the middle of the reflecting pool. The floating lights in the pool added dramatically to the scene. &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Another angle on the pool would have put the Salt Lake Temple in the background. Therefore, that was by far the most popular place for people to take pictures. After waiting quite some time to get a picture and no end of people in sight, I decided this view was sufficient to capture the ambience of the moment.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Temple Square Lights&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?fit=604%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1412\" title=\"Christmas Lights On Temple Square\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Temple Square Lights\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/dsc04014a.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temple Square Lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We like to, when possible, attend functions where our grandkids are performing. A couple of weeks ago our daughter Heather gave us a list of possible events. We decided to go down this past week on Wednesday and stay through Saturday evening. That way we were able to go to the Salt Lake Festival of Trees to see Michael perform with his dance group. I went to the monthly CTO Breakfast in Provo on Friday morning. On Saturday we went to two indoor soccer games where Danielle was playing, and then go to her International Children&#8217;s Choir Holiday Concert on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>So we drove down Wednesday afternoon. Nina had to be at the prison in Pocatello on Thursday evening, so I stayed in Provo while she came home, did her job at the prison, and then drove back down to North Salt Lake on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1413\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1413\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1413\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Roland K Smith&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Danielle is a member of the International Children&#039;s Choir in Salt Lake City. This is an audition choir with a fairly heavy time commitment. The members all dress in native costumes of various countries. Danielle is dressed in a Persian costume. Her good friend Erin is standing next to Danielle. \\r\\rThe event was their annual Holiday Concert to which all parents and family are invited. This is the second year that we&#039;ve gone and we&#039;ve really enjoyed the program. Danielle has a lovely voice, but is quite shy. I think this experience will help her self confidence.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1228622448&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;This image is licensed under a Creative commons Attribution 2.5 License&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Granddaughter Danielle And Friend&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Granddaughter Danielle And Friend\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Danielle is a member of the International Children&amp;#8217;s Choir in Salt Lake City. This is an audition choir with a fairly heavy time commitment. The members all dress in native costumes of various countries. Danielle is dressed in a Persian costume. Her good friend Erin is standing next to Danielle. &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The event was their annual Holiday Concert to which all parents and family are invited. This is the second year that we&amp;#8217;ve gone and we&amp;#8217;ve really enjoyed the program. Danielle has a lovely voice, but is quite shy. I think this experience will help her self confidence.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Danielle The Persian&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?fit=604%2C805&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1413\" title=\"Granddaughter Danielle And Friend\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Danielle The Persian\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?resize=112%2C150&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/img_0310.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Danielle The Persian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We had a nice time at Heather&#8217;s house. That is a very busy family and it&#8217;s fun to watch all the activity. Our lives are so much more quiet and laid back than theirs are!<\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get home until after midnight last night (or rather this morning) and we both had fairly normal Sunday schedules today. It&#8217;s getting to be bedtime, though! I&#8217;m out of here for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like to, when possible, attend functions where our grandkids are performing. A couple of weeks ago our daughter Heather gave us a list of possible events. We decided to go down this past week on Wednesday and stay through Saturday evening. That way we were able to go to the Salt Lake Festival of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1411\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas Spirit Has Arrived<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnKxs-mL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}