Chapel groundbreaking

Our little branch became a ward a few months ago and we're getting a new building! Here's some useless trivia for my LDS friends: If it were still the early 1800s, Brighman Young would live in our ward boundaries. There you go. Anyway, we recently broke ground on the new chapel and our ceremonial groundbreaking managed to draw some of our community leaders to help toss out some dirt. Bob and I serve on our stake public relations committee and that is one of our challenges, how to normalize the Church in our communities, get us involved and create experiences where we mingle with community leaders. The calling gives me a chance to use all those journalism skills and can be incredibly time consuming. But, we're enjoying it.

Anyway, our bishop sent a letter asking for us all to wear church dress with a note that while the children would participate in the groundbreaking, they shouldn't get too dirty. Well, he changed his mind on church dress and only part of the ward got the message. I'll let you determine whether or not my kids got dirty.

Jack near construction equipment. Little boy heaven. Oddly, it was even harder to keep Ellie away from the big machines.


Here they are not getting dirty.

Stake President Cary Jensen helps Jack and Ellie fill baby food jars with groundbreaking dirt. None of them are getting dirty.

No dirt here, Mommy!

"They shouldn't get too dirty."