Have You Heard of Studio C?

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Have you heard of Studio C? It's a family-friendly sketch comedy show produced by the wonderful people at BYUtv. It's good clean fun!

Studio C airs on Monday evenings on BYUtv. You can find BYUtv on Channel 9403 on Dish Network, Channel 374 on Directv, and many cable TV providers.

Last Monday night was the beginning of Season 6.

Need a laugh? Here's a funny sketch from Monday night called "Two Guys On A Scooter."

Studio C has it's own YouTube channel. To view their other funny sketches and to subscribe to their YouTube channel, click HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

Plexus no. 29 at the BYU Museum of Art

From July 28-31, 2015, I attended the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy as an official conference blogger. The conference ended on Friday, July 31 in the afternoon.

BYU has some amazing museums on campus. I took advantage of the opportunity to visit some of these museums on Friday afternoon and Saturday before I left for home. One of the museums my family members and I visited was the BYU Museum of Art.

Upon entering the museum, visitors are greeted with a spectacular work of art called Plexus no. 29 by Gabriel Dawe.

I took photos of this stunning art piece with both my camera and smartphone. But, these pictures don't do it justice. It's something that must be seen in person.

Here are some of the photos from my visit.

This amazing art piece is made using about 80 miles of Guttermann thread. To learn more about it and to see additional photos, click HERE.

There are also two wonderful videos about this art piece that I've included in this post.

The first video is called "Plexus No. 29: MOA Thread Sculpture Brings Energy, Color to Atrium." In this video the artist, Mr. Dawe, talks about his art piece.

The second video is a time-lapse video showing the installation of Plexus no. 29.

I'll share more photos from my visits to the other BYU museums in future posts.

Thanks for stopping by!

© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

Update on Where I've Been...Again

Hello awesome readers! You may have noticed that it's been quiet here on Jana's Place again. My previous post was on August 5th. Well, my family and I were in Utah last week.

Yep. I spent about a week in Utah as an official blogger for BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy, then spent a week at home, and then spent several more days back in Utah last week. We got home Saturday evening. It's been a busy but fun few weeks.

Here are some photos from our visit to Utah last week.

While we were in Utah, we visited Bryce Canyon National Park. It was so beautiful! I'll be sharing more pictures from our visit in future posts.

After visiting Bryce Canyon National Park, we headed up to Provo to attend our oldest son's graduation ceremony at Brigham Young University. We're so proud of him!

While we were in Provo, we stopped by the Provo City Center Temple to take pictures. This new temple is gorgeous! The dates for the open house have been announced. The open house will be held every day from January 15, 2016 through March 5, 2016 (excluding Sundays). The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, March 20, 2016.

We had a great time in Utah! It was so fun spending time with family.

I'll share more photos from our trip to Utah in future posts.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Update on Where I've Been

Hi wonderful readers! I just wanted to give you a quick update on why it's been so quiet here on Jana's Place lately. I was in Provo, Utah last week attending the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy. I accepted the invitation to attend as an official conference blogger.

The conference was held at the BYU Conference Center. I had an awesome time! If you'd like to read about my experiences at the conference, please check out my genealogy blog, Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

I flew to Utah on Monday, July 27th, and flew home on Saturday, August 1st. The last time I had flown on an airplane before this trip was almost 35 years ago! So, this was an exciting adventure for me. All went well, although there was some turbulence as we approached Salt Lake City on Monday. The passenger next to me said she was too old for roller coasters. I feel the same way. The turbulence made me feel sick to my stomach for a while. Yuck! Other than that incident, the flights were uneventful, for which I am thankful.

While I was in Provo, I was able to visit with family members. Of course, we had to go to Rita's Italian Ice. I had a Gelati, which consists of layers of Frozen Custard and Italian Ice. I chose chocolate Custard and Smore's Italian Ice. Yummy!

Another delicious restaurant we went to is Kneaders Bakery & Cafe. We just went for dessert this time around.

This is the Chocolate Mousse Dome.

This decadent dessert has chocolate cake on the bottom and chocolate mousse on top of that. It's then covered with chocolate ganache and whipped cream.

Yes, it is as delicious as it looks. Mmmm!

After the BYU Conference on Family History & Genealogy ended, my family members and I visited some museums on the BYU (Brigham Young University) campus. I'll be sharing some photos from those visits in future posts.

Thanks for stopping by!

© 2015 Copyright by Jana Last, All Rights Reserved

He's Home From His Mission!

On Friday, July 17, 2015, our youngest son arrived home from serving a two-year full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Our son served in the Arizona Tempe Mission. He served in the cities of Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler, and in the towns of Arizona City, Eloy, and Picacho. He was a wonderful missionary and loved his mission!

We had a little surprise waiting for our son when he arrived home. All of our family members were able to be at the airport to welcome him home! Two of our five kids are married, and we also have a baby grandson. Most of our kids live out-of-state. They all arrived at our house the day before our missionary son's arrival.

At our local airport, there are decorative sequoia trees inside the terminal. They aren't real trees. But I think they look pretty cool. Our kids hid inside the huge walk-through Sequoia tree.

While our kids were hiding, my husband and I hugged our son as we welcomed him home and took pictures, trying to act like all was normal and that we were the only family members at the airport. I was excited to see his reaction when he finally would see his siblings, in-law-siblings and nephew. We walked toward the baggage claim area and walked by the tree where everyone was hiding. Surprise! They all came out of hiding. It was great!

Here are some pictures of the happy reunion. (I've blurred my grandson's face for privacy reasons.)

Time for hugs!

Our son hadn't met his new sister-in-law in person before his arrival home. One of our sons got married while our youngest son was serving his mission in Arizona.

Meeting his nephew in person for the first time. Our daughter and son-in-law welcomed a new baby boy into their family while our son was serving his mission.

Time for more hugs.

Our son loved his mission! He served honorably and well. We received a very nice email from a family in his mission not too long ago. They had some very nice things to say about our son. And they even shared a picture of him as well.

When I shared a picture of our son's homecoming on Facebook, some complimentary comments about our son were left by people he knew from his mission. One person wrote that our son was "a huge blessing to our family." And another person wrote, "Elder Last was a fantastic missionary."

We're so proud of our son's selfless service to our Heavenly Father and His son Jesus Christ and to the people in Arizona. Well done son! Welcome home!

Thanks for stopping by!

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He'll Be Home Soon!

Two years ago we said goodbye to our youngest son as he left to serve a two-year full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was called to serve in the Arizona Tempe Mission.

We took him to the airport and hugged him.

And then we watched him as he went through airport security. We wanted to be with him and see him as long as we could.

As he left airport security, he turned and waved at us before he walked away.

We stayed and watched him on the big screen in the airport. 

We stayed until we couldn't see him anymore.

This Friday we will be taking pictures of our youngest son at the airport again. Only this time they will be pictures of him walking towards us. Friday, July 17th, our son officially completes his two-year mission. We are so excited to see him again!

We are happy that he chose to serve a two-year full-time LDS mission. It's been wonderful these last two years to read his emails about his experiences serving as a missionary in Arizona. He was already a wonderful young man before he left. He has grown into an even more wonderful young man because of his missionary service.

This is a picture of him when he arrived at the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Provo, Utah on the day he began his mission. Our daughter sent this picture to us two years ago. She, her husband, and one of our other sons, were able to pick him up from the Salt Lake City Airport and drop him off at the MTC.

I love this picture of him and have it up on our refrigerator. Our son loved his mission and has served honorably and well.

I'll share photos of the happy reunion with our son in a future post.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Lower Emerald Pools Trail ~ Part 2

In a previous post, I shared some photos I took as our family began hiking along the Lower Emerald Pools Trail in beautiful Zion National Park. Today, I'd like to share more photos from that hike.

We were hiking along the Lower Emerald Pools Trail on an April afternoon earlier this year. Walking along this easy-to-hike trail provides a feast for the eyes. There is beauty everywhere you look. It's definitely a photographer's paradise.

Here we go with my photos, although I'm sure they don't do the actual beauty of the trail justice. You just have to see it and Zion National Park in person to really appreciate the stunning beauty there.

Part of the trail that follows the Virgin River.

A peak at Zion's stunning sandstone cliffs through the shade of the trees.

The Virgin River along the trail.

Check out the cactus. 

See the cactus at the bottom of this photo?

Three of our family members (in the foreground).

More cactus along the hillside.

The Virgin River. If you look closely, you can see the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive in the distance.

More of the trail.

The first part of the Lower Emerald Pools Trail follows the Virgin River. Then the trail heads away from it and follows a stream. I'm not sure if the pictures above and below show the Virgin River or the stream. Either way, the scenery is so beautiful!

Three of our family members in the foreground in this photo. Time to take more pictures!

This last photo was taken by one of my sons. What a great photo! Isn't Zion National Park absolutely beautiful?

I'll be sharing more photos from our hike along the Lower Emerald Pools Trail in a future post.

Thanks for stopping by!

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