I had a few errands to run in Mesa today, so I decided to take the kids to the temple. I can't believe we have been here three years and I have never taken them! I'm not really sure what they thought of it, but they fought me when it was time to leave, so I'm guessing that's a pretty good sign that they enjoyed themselves. Owen asked a lot of questions and especially liked seeing the Book of Mormon in so many different languages.
Hazel saw this statue of Jesus and stopped dead in her tracks to stare at it. She was probably thinking..."Whoa! I had no idea Jesus was the same height as me!"
Then she turned to me and said "Can I hold his hand?"
When we rounded the corner and saw THIS statue...
When we rounded the corner and saw THIS statue...
I think she probably thought "That's more like it." She turned to me and said "Mommy....why does he have holes in his hands and feet?" I told her that was where the nails were when he was hung on the cross. She asked "Why did the people hate him and put him on the cross?" and I explained that they didn't like what he was teaching. She said "But that's mean" in an appalled voice. She is so precious. I'm glad to know she is listening in church.
Owen spent his time watching every single LDS commercial ever made (man! those things ALWAYS make me cry), and looking at the diorama of Jerusalem. It had buttons you could push to locate certain places on the diorama and hear about them. He was captivated.
And here are some pics I forced them to take in an alley behind the music store. ha.
4 comments:
Those pictures are so precious. And, Hazel asking to hold his hand almost made me cry. She is so adorable and such a mini YOU!
That's really cool. I wish our temple had a visitors center so my kids would get more out of it. we still should take them. you're such a good mom. love that hazel wanted to hold Jesus' hand...so cute.
Kate said the same thing about a Jesus statue in my in-laws' home...so dang cute/funny. You did have my kids names right...I just have them share the same clothes so it will really confuse people. The first pic is of Kate in the striped shirt and then the other pics of Taylor (the younger one) in the same shirt are from about a week later in our trip. I get asked all the time if they are twins.
Are you still thinking that you might move to Allen?? I know you mentioned that a while ago and I can't remember whatever happened with all of that...
LOL- you're a dork for making them take pictures like that.
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