Jon Schmidt Again??

Last night was perhaps the best night I have had in a while. It was so fun! Trevor bought me tickets to this concert. He was supposed to go with me but circumstances changed. I actually invited him to go with me again. He ended up not able to go though. I needed to give this extra ticket away. I asked Tessa if she wanted to go but she had to work. Then I asked Tori if she wanted to go but she was already going with her piano teacher. After being rejected three times now, I finally asked my dad. I don't know why I didn't ask him first. He likes these types of things. Sorry Bubba :).

We left the house at 6:15 and got there really early. It didn't start til 7:00. They didn't let us in the auditorium till 6:50 so we were waiting for quite a long time. There were a lot of people we know there. A lot of people from our ward.

The concert finally started. It started with an a capella group call the HC Six I think. They are a group from Gilbert. They were pretty good too. I was kinda surprised. They sang three songs and then Jon Schmidt came out. He played a lot of the same songs that I already heard before in the other concert I went to but it was better. The concert in Thatcher didn't have the celloist. This was an amazing celloist. He did such cool things with the cello that I had no idea you could do with a cello. It was amazing.

The best part of the concert was the ending. It is such a sweet sweet moment. So, this mother of five was at the concert with her kids. Her husband has been gone for the last six months doing military work. The mother told the kids that the father was coming back on Christmas Eve. But the mother surprised the kids. She talked with Jon Schmidt and made a plan with him and J.S. agreed with it. J.S had the family come up on the stage and then he talked with them for a while. Then he said that he had a surprise for them. He had the kids turn around and while they turned around, the father walked out on stage. The father came home that night and caught the kids of guard. It was such a cool feeling in that auditorium. People were breaking out in tears and the audience kept clapping and clapping. We clapped for what seemed like 5 min. It was forever long. The oldest daughter, about 9, was crying with joy. It was a sweet moment.

Then J.S. ended his concert with my favorite song called Tribute. Then after that he had the whole audience sing Silent night. It was such a good night. The concert went an hour longer than it was supposed to. Man. Ok. I am done. It was a good night. :)