OUR new temple!

Saturday, November 13, 2010 was a very special day. Special is a word that doesn't even do it justice. Our little town, GILBERT, is getting its very own temple! We as a famlee are so thrilled. We have always taken great pride in our Mesa temple! This is where our famlee began in 1980. It is only a 20 minute drive into Mesa but when this temple is finished we will only be 5 - 7 minutes away! Two years will not come fast enough! I only hope that Branden and Donivan will always remember this day and prepare themselves to enter into this sacred house!

Scanning the crowd just to show how many people came. Tessa said that she heard that 81,000 people participated. Some choose not to fight the crowd and went to a stake center where it was broadcast.

From left to right, Kyle Jones, (went to school with him) from Mesa, John Lewis, our dear friend of many years, now serving as the Gilbert Mayor, Elder Acosta, Chuck Gray and Elder Walker take the first scoops of dirt.