Abby's All State Art

This time I got to accompany Abby to the All State Art event!

Funny thing, I didn't realize it was "All State" until we went down that day.

I was just thinking it was some competition put on by Springville.

We met up with Karen, Aubrey and Mike.

That was the first time Abby had met Karen and Aubrey and visa versa.

They lined up in alphabetical order to receive their awards in the gold room...

Because of their last names she and Ellie got to stand right next to each other.

Pictures on the capitol steps...

I felt like a washer woman from the 1950's in my outfit :)

Abby met another bird friend from Sky View.

I actually know her mom...she worked out at Free Motion for a while.

This girl was super sweet!

And then of course, Ellie who is also extremely sweet!

For a couple of hourse we sat in the gold room and waited for representatives to come and meet the kids and speak with them.

A lot of pictures of the same thing but I just loved Abby's expressions!

I wish I knew the names of these men...

I was just so grateful for them and taking time out of their day to come and speak with these artists.

I tried to get these girls together as much as I could and involve Aubrey since she didn't have a friend with her like Abby did.

I enjoyed getting to know Ellie's mom and also spending time with Karen.

I was going back and forth between the two during this time and we eventually ended up all speaking together :)

After meeting with the representatives we went into the Senate.

We were there for a while as they introduced new judges...but then they recognized these young artists...pretty neat :)

Then we moved into the House where we spent much less time and had not as good of a view :)

This is another girl they met who had the same last name as Ellie so they talked and found out they're 3rd or 4th cousins.  She was great too!

 It truly was such a great day!

I loved being there with Abby and seeing her get recognized for her talent.

We went to Hatch Family Chocolates with Ellie and her mom afterward and got some treats and then headed home.