Our Temple is Here!

One of the reasons for our busy summer was the Tucson Temple Cultural Celebration.  I wholeheartedly volunteered to be a ward captain because I knew it would be an awesome experience.  Basically, I was in charge of 10 youth and all their costumes, hydration, rides, etc.  The weekend of the dedication was spent outside on the baseball field for two days rehearsing.  It was pretty hot and miserable.  

Emma sitting in the stands listening to instructions.

Our stake did a rodeo dance.  Each stake also had their own color of t shirt.

Our stake did a rodeo line dance and a missionary hip hop dance.  Emma was one of the singers that was pre-recorded for the missionary song.  It was fun to hear her voice over the load speaker.  

The captains spent the hours running around with costumes, spraying kids with water, filling water bottles, fanning people with anything we could fine, watching for signs of heatstroke and keeping up moral.

 Me and two other leaders from our ward.  They were awesome!

  

 Finally, the performance day came.  They got to listen to President Uchtdorf speak and they performed under a beautiful sky. 

The next day, we attended the temple dedication.  Brent sang in the choir in the celestial room and the family got to watch in a nearby sealing room.  It was wonderful to sit there with three of my kids (Taylor isn't old enough yet).  I had some great experiences teaching them about the temple and bearing my testimony about the work that is done there. 


I am so grateful and excited for this temple.  Since the open house, I have felt a sense of ownership for this building.  It is beautiful.  I am so excited to be able to go more often.  I can get there in 45 minutes, attend a session, stop for lunch with friends and still get back before school is out.  I know the work done here is eternal.  I know that when I attend the temple, my family and I are blessed.