Temple and Snakes

Yesterday was a busy day for the kids. First we went to the temple visitor center for a Primary activity, fortunately there were only 6 kids that showed up. It could have been a disaster if any more showed up. They were running around and being kids. After the visitor center the Primary President took them over to Dairy Queen for a little ice cream. It was about 110 yesterday, so it tasted good.


After the temple we went to the Reptile Store. Last school year Dax was learning about snakes and he kept asking me all these questions about reptiles etc. I remembered there was this reptile store in Mesa when I used to drive past it going to work. The first time I took him there was back in January. When he first walked in he was a little creeped out and wanted to leave. After he started looking around, he thought it was neat to see all the snakes he had been learning about. The man in the store even let them feed a boa constricter a mouse. Dax and Derek ended up loving it, and it was as entertaining as the zoo. Dax has been asking to go back, it wasn't far from the temple so we went there with two other boys that were at the temple with us. They loved it again. Dax wants a snake, but I don't think that will be happening. The favorite reptile yesterday was this Monitor Lizard the boys were calling it the "dancing lizard" it was actually a very mad lizard that wanted out of the cage. Last time we were at the reptile store, I asked the man if Monitor Lizards were mean and he showed me his arms and they were all scratched up from when he was feeding it. I'm glad it was in the cage, it was about 3 ft. long. Not a cute cudly thing.

Today I got put in the R.S. Presidency as the second counselor. How did that happen? I was ready to leave primary. I had been in Primary for over 4 yrs, and the Secretary for 2. I was shocked when they asked me to be in the RS Presidnecy, I thought for sure they were going to make me the Librarian. A few weeks ago Curtis got released from Nursery, there were no tears shed about leaving that calling. He had been in there over a year and between the two of us that was 5 Nursery Tours of Duty, with about 5 years of time as well. For now he is still the Stake Athletic Director, a seasonal calling.