Utah...This Is The Place!

In Utah, fourth grade is the year when you study Utah history. Everything from the early Native American tribes, to the explorers and trappers, to the Mormon pioneers who settled the state through it's journey to statehood and modern American life.

The most famous phrase tied to Utah history is when Brigham Young led the first Mormon pioneers through Emigration Canyon and emerged to behold the Great Salt Lake and what is now the Salt Lake valley. As they stepped forth from the canyon, he said, "This is the place!"

And apparently it still is.

So as a wrap up of Jenna's Utah history unit, they did an adorable program singing songs about Utah and it's history.

Here she is in the midst of the fourth grade throng. She's dressed as a railroad worker.The golden spike that finished the transcontinental railroad was driven near Tremonten, Utah. Here, Jenna and the other railroadies lay the track that would connect our country east to west!
It really was a great program. And I think this little video snippet sums up the night.


And for all of you who live elsewhere, I'm sorry for you that you can't live here. Because life is great in Utah and there's no place like Utah. The song says it. It must be true.

So put on your brightest smile, bravely step forth into whatever substandard environment you must face, and face your day with the dim hope that one day perhaps you may at least visit this glorious state, even if you can't live here.Utah. This IS the place.