Week of August 25th – 21st Anniversary!
Today is Jay and Kandilyn’s 21st wedding anniversary. For a fun look back at a couple of their wedding photos, click on the link below:
http://www.jayosmond.com/jay-anniv.htm
Jay and Kandilyn will be celebrating their anniversary on the Osmond Brothers’ cruise next week. Happy Anniversary Jay & Kandilyn!
Eric is working on getting some sound clips from his CD online to share with all of you. He is so excited about his new CD!
Jay and Kandilyn’s sons will be taking part in Jay’s book too. They will be writing their own little sections to include in the book – which should be a fun perspective to read.
Please feel free to leave your anniversary wishes for Jay and Kandilyn under this week’s entry, and I’ll make sure they see them.
Have a great week,
Terri
Week of August 18, 2008
Jay has gotten some work done on his book this past week, and is feeling really good about the progress he’s making. We’re working on a schedule in order to try and reach the goal of finishing it by his birthday in March. So far, we’re right on track!
Eric’s CD is ready, and we’ll have it available for purchase on www.jayosmond.com very soon. We hope to be able to include clips of each track, so that you can preview the CD. Eric is so excited, and Jay and Kandilyn are quite pleased with his accomplishment.
Week of August 11, 2008
Work is progressing on Jay’s book, and he wanted to share the title with all of you…
Jay Osmond – The Stages of My Life
It has a clever concept - formatted like a theatrical performance (therefore, the play on words with the title). 
Jay has been putting aside a lot of his writings and favorite photos for quite awhile now. We’ve got the format put together, and now we are just inserting his stories into the proper spots.
This week Jay has committed to finishing his couse in American Heritage, but beginning next week, it will be full steam ahead with the book. Now that the 50th anniversary celebrating is over, Jay wants to really focus on his book project. He would love to be able to release the book on his birthday in March, (but I say…we’ll just have to see about that – ha). It is a goal though, and we’ll be working very hard to make it happen.
Jay appreciated all of the wonderful comments about his family’s performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Obviously, these performances meant a lot to Jay, as well as the whole family. I also wanted to thank those of you who complimented the photo webpages I put together on Jay’s site from the performances. I really appreciated so many of you taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the photos. 
Keep up the great work with “adopting a missionary,” Jay is loving your enthusiasm with that!
Have a great week!
Terri
Jay Update – Week of August 4, 2008
Sorry for not posting last week – it was a busy time! Hopefully all of you were able to catch the performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square July 25 and 26. If you weren’t able to be there physically, perhaps you caught it online or on the BYU Television channel. (BYU Television, by the way, is scheduled to rebroadcast the performance this Friday, August 8 at 4:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time.) These were tremendous performances, and quite a memorable way for the Osmond Family to end their 50th Anniversary Celebration.
The Osmond Family also performed on the live radio broadcast of “Music and The Spoken Word” Sunday, July 27. At the end of their performance, President Monson presented each Osmond with their individual favorite scripture, beautifully framed. He concluded his presentation by telling the family to “keep singing!” President Monson then asked the family to turn and face the choir. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir then sang “God Be With You Til We Meet Again” to the Osmond family. It was a very moving moment for each member of the family.
Jay is just about the finish up an Alaskan cruise where he is performing with brothers Wayne and Merrill. Jay and Kandilyn’s youngest son, Marcus, accompanied him on this cruise.
Their middle son, Eric, is just about to release his CD. The CD is a fable concept, that features songs written and performed by Eric. Jay will soon be sharing his perception of Eric’s CD on his website. On this CD, Eric displays the depth of his musical abilities, and Jay hopes that Osmond fans will not only enjoy the CD themselves, but share it with their children as well. The CD will be available through Jay’s website soon.
Oh, and Jay shaved off his goatee after the performances last week!
