Baseball and Temple Activity

Last week we had quite a bit of wind and even though Curtis weighed down the posts with heavy bricks, our canopy that we had out over the weekend ended up blown over to the fence and flag pole by the middle of the week. It bent up some of the legs and busted some. Needless to say, we'll need to get a new one. Never underestimate the wind we have here.

On Friday the wind calmed down and it was a great evening to go to our first minor league baseball game in Pasco to cheer on the Tri-City Dust Devils. It was a school night, so we got a small discount on our tickets and a portion goes to the school. The boys didn't want to go or had other plans, so it was just us and the girls. We had a lot of fun and our team won 4-3! Go Dust Devils!

Dust Devil mascot.

Having some Dippin Dots ice cream.

We could see the temple. This is a zoomed in shot.

Zoomed out shot of the temple. It's amazing how it just stands out.

On Saturday there was a stake activity for activity day boys and girls at the temple and stake center right next to it. I went with my girls to help out. They had a few stations they rotated through. One station was building temples out of sugar cubes. Another station, they went inside to the church building and talked about pioneers and how they had to keep changing how much stuff they could bring with them when traveling to the Salt Lake Valley. The third station was talking about the temple and then taking a walk around the temple. The kids had scavenger lists to find certain objects while walking around the temple, like the sun, moon, stars, white clothing (there happened to be a wedding at the same time). It was the first time any of us had walked around the entire temple and seeing the grounds. After the stations were done, we all met under some canopies and listened to the stake president. It was difficult to hear him though. Then they handed out a treat and temple magnet to each of the kids. I wanted to get pictures of my girls at the temple, so we went back over after the activity was finished and got lots of pictures.  The girls loved being at the temple and especially the water fountain.

Charlotte made a temple and a church to go next to it.

The front of the temple.

By the front doors.

At the water fountain on the right side (North side) of the temple.

A photographer took our picture for us. She was taking photos of a bride and groom.

Standing in front of a pretty window.

This is the back of the temple.

Again, another person offered to take our picture.

Back to the fountain.

Being at the temple was a great way to start the day. Curtis and I made plans to go to dinner with another couple in our ward, Jennifer and Drew Horne. Then we had them bring their girls over to swim while the adults played Skyjo. They have a 13, 10 and 5 year old. Charlotte and their 10 year old, Ivy, swam the longest even though it was kind of cold and windy. They are both fish! It was fun and they are another couple that we like and can talk with easily. They too have an old house built in the 70's and we can relate with them on some of the projects we have done, because they have done some of the same things. It's also fun to talk with them because they're from Texas and they talk like it (ya'll). 

We got some inflatables out for the pool and Milo laid right down on one.