Oldroyd Family Life and Times of an Oldroyd

Kris Parking

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Which truck won?

I got up this morning and went for a run – from the Palmyra Inn (basically the Joseph Smith Farm) over to the Hill Cumorah. Along the way I stopped to take a picture or two along the roadside and up on the temple grounds. It was a great run save for the bugs – they were everywhere. As long as you didn’t stop running (to take a picture) you were fine, but the second I would stop they would swarm all over the place. Instead of posting the pictures in the main blog – you can see them on the Palmyra 10k Pictures page.

I didn’t realize that the underground railroad continued as far north as Palmyra, New York. I really need to get better at my US History.

The kids were wondering what the original characters of the Book of Mormon looked like. Well, at the “Grandin Printing Site” they have a copy of the “Anthon Document” that has the characters delivered to Charles Anthon. Kinda cool.

Kris is a stickler for grammar. She calls herself a punctuationista. One man Jeff Deck has gone even further. He has turned it into a crusade. My grammar is far from perfect, but I appreciate a good grammar screw-up as much as the next guy. See Jeff’s work at Jeff Deck. His group is the “Typo Eradication Advancement League (teal)”.

To pay homage to TEAL, here are a couple of funny things I noticed in Toronto.

Just a few photos. We really didn’t have much time to sight-see – but a few interesting things just outside the hotel.

I was working in Toronto at our PlateSpin office and it turns out the building used to be a bomb factory. Instead of tearing it down, they built around it and incorporated the old artifacts, walls, and floors, with modern high-tech style. It is a very cool building – but just a little odd.

The door pictured here is an original from the factory. It is a huge and heavy self-closing door. I’m not quite sure what it was for, but it is quite unique.

Layover in Cincy.

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A little bizarre statue in Cincinnati.

Cassidy’s program

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Somewhat fuzzy proof that Cassidy at least was on the program. She was the third to last number on the program and sang “Joyful, Joyful”. It was a very soulful version of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. The version came from Sister Act II.

Cassidy did a great job – she has this huge voice inside her and she is able to belt quite well. She has a good possibility of being a strong contra-alto. It is an awesome voice.

She couldn’t match Sister Act for the “soul” of the song,  but she put a real nice spin on it and people complimented her on it.

She was the youngest one performing at the concert but held her own. I keep forgetting that she is so young. She looks so grown up and you expect her to be grown up; and for the most part she does. I’m excited for her to really find that voice and sing it out.