During the past few weeks we've....
Make trips to Salt Lake City for State Football Games!
Visited the Museum of Church History for Brock with Scouts!
Riding on the new UTA Express Train!
Watching the boys play Flag Football! (which is over finally)
Having adventurous 4 Wheeling Trips with the Nelson Family (which sustained no injuries believe it or not....just a few flat tires!)
And have eaten Turkey for days & days & days....until I'm now officially excited for Christmas, just so we can have our traditional Lamb!
*Check out the Pic's below!
My little Athlete Brennan, running with the ball in his last game of the season!
We had so much fun at the museum! The boys were completely in love with the way the Tabernacle building was built. They could not believe that there was no nails or metal used while building it. Also, they thought the tools they had to use were very interesting, seeing how they aren't electric like mine! I loved the original door knobs all carved first into wood molds, then hot metal poured in the molds, to finally be flaked with brass to look like gold. What time and pride was spent in the creation of the beautiful buildings at Temple square.
These are the tools!
Here are the door knobs!
This is one of the very first pictures of the Tabernacle as it was being built.
You can see Brennan standing in front of the beams that were used for the unusual dome shaped roof.
Brock thought the wood pegs were so cool...He decided the pioneers were very smart! He loves how they hammered the would pegs into wet beams and then let them dry so it held the beams together just as strong as if they would have used steel!
If you look closely between the beams, you'll see what looks like yellow rope. Brennan & I thought this was so interesting! It is actually Cow Hyde that they have cut into long thin pieces & then wrapped around the beams to help hold them together. The hyde starts out wet and then is allowed to dry which makes it almost impossible to cut or break! We got to try to cut a sample piece & couldn't even dent it!
The UTA Express Train pulling into the station! Remind me to tell you about this some time!
Levi wanted to go 4 wheeling with us, but couldn't so we brought the 4 wheeler to him...(yes it's in his room!) Thanks Aunt Jessica for Baby Sitting!
My Brother Dustin & Sister In-law Jessica who stayed with us all weekend.
2 comments:
Look at Brennan go. He looks so proud. Way to go Boys! The cow hide thing is crazy. I'm glad the boys loved the train and made it out safely, and that you didn't get arrested! :)
Go Brennan!!! He is going to be a star! Whats this about not blogging until 2009?? How am I supposed to keep up with you now? I can't wait until x-mas!!
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