AZ Temple Lights Christmas Concert

So, Although it has been a couple of months, I just had a friend send me some pics of my temple lights concert in December. I have to say that it was just a magical night under the starlit Arizona sky. Most of my family and many friends came to support me and I picked some of my favorite songs to sing for a half hour concert: Gesu Bambino, Star of Bethlehem & Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. I also sang the Carpenters' Merry Christmas Darling and Amy Grant's Breath of Heaven and Heirlooms. Since we were on the grounds of the holy temple, I took the chance to bear testimony of it's holiness, beauty and the great gift we receive inside of having our families sealed together forever. A great endowment of the spirit was poured out on us that night and I treasure the chance I had to share music of our Savior's birth on such sacred grounds.

FATHER'S DAY DEDICATION

For this Father's day, I am preparing to help my kids honor the wonderful Dad in our home, my husband Sterling Baer. He has done amazing things to inspire and lead the way for our 6 children.
But for this blog, I want to honor my own father, Vince Wood, a wonderful Dentist from Northern Calif who loved to hear me sing Karen Carpenter tunes back in High School. He is the one who really encouraged me to sing, following in the footsteps of my Mother, who has an amazing natural contralto solo voice. He also sang in Music Theatre and Men's Quartet groups, but deferred to my Mom for the stronger talent. I think they made a great musical match and I was so happy to be able to finally record a Carpenters number on this last album,

You're Worth It All

I want to dedicate it to him. He will be enjoying it from the more heavenly realms where I'm sure they have a beyond awesome surround sound system!