Our week

I did lighten this picture in my Picasa2 program, but for some reason it keeps coming up dark on this blog.

Hailey had a preschool field trip to the "World Wildlife Zoo" on Wednesday, which is about ten minutes from our home. I love this giraffe exhibit. You can buy food for a quarter and feed the giraffes. They stick out their very long tongues and curl them at the ends to form a cup. You then drop the food in. Hailey isn't quite tall enough, so I think she got slimed. Unfortunately, I had Thayne's work camera (which leaves much to be desired) and by the time the camera actually took the picture she was done feeding it and had walked away-- it was that slow. We ran out of quarters, so we tried to feed the giraffe Cheerios, he spit them out. Hailey is a little more brave with the animals than Kaden. Ella seemed to really enjoy them too. We went to the petting zoo as well, where you have to watch your every move. Those little goats will eat anything.

It has been a very busy week, but we haven't done anything too exciting. We watched "Pursuit of Happyness" on Friday. I really liked it. We are a little behind the times with our movie watching. Saturday, Pulte had a big grand opening for a new community, so Thayne had to go to that, and we came later in the day. They really did it up with a western theme. They gave away free food, catered from "On the Border" (although that's Mexican, not western), pony rides, broncing bull ride, western pictures, bounce houses etc, etc. I'm all for free entertainment for the kids. Thayne has spent a lot of time working on this new community. He subcontracted out all of the green belts, baseball diamonds, and parks etc.

Sunday, we all got called to repentance by our Bishop. He said, "Don't say this talk is for so and so, because it is for everyone of you!" He basically told us we would perish if we didn't have FHE, family scripture study, personal scripture study, attend the temple, go on a weekly date with your spouse, and do our home and visiting teaching. It's all stuff we've been told a thousand times, so why is it so hard to be consistent? We do pretty good with most of those things, but the one thing that stood out was the Temple. Here is my excuse. The Mesa temple is soo busy. By the time Thayne gets home from work, he gets dressed and we drive to the temple, it is too late. We got a babysitter one Friday, and were both really excited to go. We get there, only to be told sorry, we're too full, (people were lined down the halls) you'll have to come back another night. After getting a babysitter and driving an hour and a half in Friday night traffic, this was not what I wanted to hear. This has happened twice to Neil and Heather, once on a Saturday morning, the wait was soo long they couldn't stay. Heather offered to watch my kids on a weekday so I could go. I took her up on her offer and went. I thought it would probably be pretty slow at 10:30am on a Wednesday morning, but it was still pretty full. This is when all of the retired folks go to the temple. I guess the temple being full is a good thing. I just think either Tucson or West Phoenix suburbs need a small temple. OK- no more excuses. WE WILL ATTEND THE TEMPLE ONCE A MONTH.