Pioneer Days

The girls ran a 1K in the Handcart Days Race on Saturday, July 23rd. Bryan was in Tucson looking at homes. I woke up at 5:45 a.m. to get myself and 3 kids out the door by 6:55 for a 7:45 a.m. start time. I was feeling very pioneerish in my endeavors to get to my destination. I also persevered as I stayed after the race in the long line for breakfast and then an hour wait time until the carnival rides started. Shout out to the real pioneers!

Pioneer Pete's 1K: Ashley Hanks got 1st place in her age group! Start time- 7:45:00 Finish- 7:51:14. Total running time- 6:14.

So obviously it was a short race. Emily's bib didn't register but she came in around 7 or 7.5 minutes.

Ashley's Talk for Primary on June 24th-

I have been asked to give a talk about pioneers. The pioneers worked hard and sacrificed to build the temples.

Pioneers were people who walked a long ways to come to Salt Lake City. They lived in a time before cars and TVs.

The pioneers worked hard to build the Salt Lake temple. Sacrifice means to give up things to other people who might need them. Some pioneers sacrificed their beautiful china dishes. They built the temple walls by using smashed up plates to make it sparkly and shimmery.

I am going to tell a story about a little boy who didn’t play while he sacrificed to build the temple. He helped bringing lunches to the dads who worked at the temple. His name was Brigham Thomas but his nickname was B.T. He lived close to the temple and he was nine-years-old.

We want to keep temples holy and God had the idea to build them. People can sometimes get married in them. No running inside temples. God wants us to have temples so we could have a place to be reverent in.

I like the statue of Moroni on the top of the temple. I feel that I will get to go inside someday. In Jesus Christ name, amen.