Gilbert Temple

This past week I had the opportunity to take my kids to the Gilbert Arizona Temple open house.  It's not very often that you can visit a temple open house, so I wanted the kids to be able to see inside of one while they could. 

This particular temple is about an hour away from us.  It is the fourth temple in Arizona and is now the tallest building in the city of Gilbert.  It is gorgeous!  It was fun to watch and listen to the kids as we progressed throughout the rooms.  Some of my favorite things I heard were:

• "That font looks like a hot tub!"  (Alora, when she saw the baptismal font.)
• "Whoa, I think we're on the Titanic." (Noah as we were going up the grand staircase.)
• "I only want a drink from the gold water fountain!" (Thirsty Max, when I showed him the water fountain in the men's dressing room.)

Grandma came along for the ride too!



Diamondbacks Fan Fest

Today we took the kids to the Diamondbacks Fan Fest.  This event is sponsored by Subway, Jeremy's employer and many other companies.  Fans have the opportunity to meet their favorite players, take pictures with them, get their autographs and enjoy all things baseball.  Even the boys' favorite concessions man was there selling food!

Because we came a bit late (the boys had basketball games and Jackson had Little League try-outs), the kids were only really able to meet two of the players, Tuffy Gosewisch and Miguel Montero.  They were able to see other players close-up and even got to play a mini game on Chase field.  I know they would have liked to meet even more players, but it was so crowded. 

Pinewood Derby

Hooray!  We are done with Pinewood Derby's for another four years!  I know we really shouldn't rejoice about this, but man, these stinkin' cars are a serious headache!  Jeremy and I do not own any real power tools, nor are we really good craftsmen, so helping our boys with their cars are almost impossible.  Thankfully, they have an uncle, my brother, who is amazing and can take their blocks of wood and transform them into what they want.  His work and their design have earned them many high rankings, and this year was no exception.

The Pinewood Derby seemed to sneak up on us this year.  Luckily, only Jackson had to do a car.  Because we had absolutely NO TIME to even been construction, we took an old winning car and modified it a bit.  It was no surprise that it came in 2nd place in the main race and then 1st place in the backwards race.  My brother is a master builder!  Our boys have always placed in the top 3 every single year and I know it's because he has come to their rescue.