Addie, Landry and
Kolby on the steps of the Saint George Temple.
I have to do most of my real shopping in Saint George which is about 45 minutes away from Cedar City. The kids and I have a deal that they get to do something fun sometime during all of the shopping. During our last visit we went to the park and on this trip we went to the Saint George Temple and the Saint George Temple visitor center. The kids LOVED the visitor center and they can't wait to go back.
Landry was in a bad mood and did not want to be a part of the picture.
Kolby put him down and he started crawling along the cement. It was all fun and games until he hit the sunny part of the cement. It was about 96 degrees outside and I guess that cement in that hot of weather does not feel good on bare knees and hands. I love this picture because it was taken seconds before he started to scream because of the burning. I was too busy taking the picture to realize what he was doing. So I won't be getting the Mother of the Year award this time around.
The Saint George Temple is the first
LDS temple to be built in Utah. They did not start building it first but it was the first finished. The groundbreaking was in 1871 and it was completed in 1877. It is the first
LDS temple that has operated continuously. The groundbreaking for the Salt Lake City temple was in 1853 but it was not completed until 1893.
The kids had to visit the temple fountain. Who doesn't love a good fountain?
Kolby and Addie have been taking swimming lessons for the last two weeks. They started their second two week session today. Addie was able to overcome her fear of swimming that she developed after almost drowning in the Homestead pool in Lynden. Does anyone know if they fired that awful life guard yet? I tried and I know others who tried to make it happen. You know the one that eats, does her homework and uses her cell phone while supposedly guarding the pool. She loved her teacher and that made it possible for her to start to swim. Addie loved her teacher so much that when she was put with a different teacher for the second session she was hysterical. Luckily, the pool manager sympathized with her and is going to let her go back to her old teacher for this set of lessons. 
Kolby is considering taking a jump off the high dive tomorrow. We will see if he can muster up the courage.
Landry likes to sleep on top of his blankets. I don't know what he did with his other sock.
