I'm going there someday....

The ground breaking for the new Gilbert Temple was Nov 12, 2010, the day after Merrick was born!  Our Stake President challenged us to take a picture of our family on the temple site so we could look back someday and remember what a special opportunity it is to have a temple built so close to us. Well...... it has taken us almost 18 months to get an actual picture, but we finally did it! I really wish I had taken my camera with us the many times we drove by when it was just a big dirt field.  The temple is still a long way from being finished but it has been fun to drive by often and see the progress.  After church yesterday, on our first 100 degree day of the year (yes it is only April), we headed over to the temple site and were able to go on the observatory deck and find out some more information about the temple.  The kids were even given a piece of rock from a panel that didn't quite make it up during construction. I will have to write down all the neat opportunities and things we have been able to do as a family, ward and Stake in preparing for this temple.  We are sure excited and blessed to have a temple being built so close to us!