Here is a picture of me and Taylor on a funny computer program they have there. You get to take a picture of yourself and rearrange your face. It was really funny! Can you say "buck tooth becky??" Taylor and I laughed for a long time about how this picture makes it look like she has buck teeth. She always does this little thing when she's being silly. She swings her arms and kinda squats her legs and says "buck tooth becky, buck tooth becky!" It is pretty darn funny.
Taylor and I went on a field trip to the Arizona Science Center yesterday with her class. It was a very long day. I worked the night before, so I got off of work at 5 am and had to rush home, take a shower, wake up Taylor, get her ready, make us a sack lunch, gather up some snacks, pack our bag for the day and be to the school by 5:25. Accomplish all that in 25 minutes---i dare you! I thought it would be a peice of cake-I could sleep all the way to Phoenix and all the way home.....ya right! What was I thinking? A bus full of excited 3rd graders---stupid of me to even think about sleeping! I did fall asleep in Bylas on the way there and Taylor woke me up and said, "mom, can you pleeeaaase wake up? People are staring at you and your face is squished when you sleep!" Sorry for embarrasing my poor little Taylor! And did I mention I had to share a tiny little school bus seat with Taylor and another little girl? One adult does not fit comfortably on a bus seat---now imagine sharing that seat with 2 little girls and being so tired you can't even focus your eyes! AHHHHH! But it was a fun trip and I'm glad I got to go with Taylor. I am looking forward to someday taking all of my kids. It was a very fun place to be. I forgot my camera at home - -I swear I put it in my bag, but I left it sitting on the counter at home. So I don't have very many pictures, just the few I took with my phone. A mom of one of Taylor's friends is going to send me some of the pictures she took. One more thing- the good thing about me being tired is it made me really giggly and so everything was pretty silly!
Taylor and "Bob".
Taylor had fun with this exhibit. You are supposed to put different sized balls on the puffs of air to see how the air pressure keeps them in the air. But Taylor thought it would be more fun to stick her face over the air stream instead of the ball!
What a goof ball!
Here is a peice of an eye. We got to watch a them disect an eyeball and then after the disection we got to put on gloves and touch/pick up all the different parts of the eye. It was really interesting.
We got up early this morning and had to leave the house by 6:00 in order to drive 10 minutes and wait 3 hours for the Groundbreaking Ceremony for our new temple! It was freeeeeezing cold! When we got there it was 28 degrees. And so we sat, and sat, and froze, and sat, and froze somemore. When it finally started it was so neat. My Dad gave the opening prayer and then we got to hear from Elder Wilford W. Anderson (of the seventy), Elder William R. Walker (Temple Department Executive Director), and Elder Neil L. Anderson (the Senior Member of the Presidency of the Seventy). It was such a neat experience for me and the kids to be here to witness these great men dedicate the ground where we were sitting. And how proud I was to be sitting in the crowd looking up and seeing my mom and dad among the few sitting on the stand with such wonderful people. I am so thankful for the gospel. I am so thankful for my family! My Mom and Dad were asked to be two of the "official" groundbreakers! So they were the first ones to dig in with the members of the seventy that were present. And then they gave us the opportunity to help with the groundbreaking. I was sad Ryan wasn't able to be there. He had to work. But I was thankful that Mindy and her 2 oldest kids came with us.
Kalee, Camrie, Taylor, and Mindy waiting out the cold morning.
Abbie digging with "Grandpa's golden shovel". That's what she kept calling the shovel. Grandpa got to take home one of the shovels with an engraving on the side that said "Groundbreaking Ceremony, Gila Valley Arizona Temple"
Taylor and Porter digging away. Everytime I turned around to look for Porter he was picking up a shovel and digging. They got to dig where the Celestial Room in the Temple will be.
Great Grandma Merrill
Granny (Great Grandma Post)
Me, Stephanie, and Mindy
Dad being interviewed by a writer for the church news. I don't know how he paid any attention to what she was asking with all those grandkids hanging on him! She also took a picture of us infront of the painting of the temple. (let's hope it doesn't make it in the church news!)
Granny, Great Grandma Merrill, Dad, Mom, Elder and Sister Walker
