::sunday--temple & history::

Sunday started off with some boys building legos--early early in the morning.  They took a break to get showered and cleaned up, and then got back to work.

(I can't remember why Sandy was all cranky. There's always something.)

   
After church we went to see the temple--one of our favorite San Diego spots.  I was remembering when we took pictures of the boys long ago at the temple and I was feeling the need to repeat the experience.

It was hard.  Getting 3 wiggly squinty weird and sweaty children to behave was so tricky.

Anytime Sandy was behaving Max would goof off, and vice versa.

And they really seemed to think that every other picture was a "silly one."
Good thing they're cute.
Oy, I said.  Oy.  Sandy, SIT UP!  SIT UP PLEASE!!

I just have a feeling that Lucy is waiting until she's able to join into the hijinks. I can feel her appreciating and approving of the goofing off, honestly.



Oh the one below, yikes.  That was it.  They were done.

We tried for one more pose and you can see how it went.  Nevermind.

So Kris and I tried to take a couple of just us--in case you were wondering where the boys got their funny face skills, look no further.

Cute Kris and Lucy.  The temple is just such a lovely and dramatic backdrop.  And in the photo you can't even tell how hot and sweaty it was, so you can just appreciate the gorgeousness.

This was right after Max took Sandy up on a big hill and then forgot to help him down.  Absolutely classic.


After the temple we went to Old Town to see the Mormon Battalion site.  It was a great guided tour with fun videos and sets.  Kris got to dress up as an old timey soldier and Max was very excited to hold the huge long musket.
We learned a lot about the Batallion and boy oh boy we're glad we didn't have to walk all the way from Iowa to San Diego. Craziness.
At the end the boys got to pan for gold. They had a blast. The funniest thing was that the boys were so cranky about going to this place. They just wanted to go back to the house and play with legos. All they could do was whine about it. We felt like real parents--making the kids do something educational for their own good. But then they really liked it after all. (What's with Kris and Sandy ruining the serious old photo look?)

For the rest of the day we went back to the house, relaxed, ate good food and napped. We lay out in the grass and read books and at the end of the day we took a walk. Maybe the best Sunday ever? Very possibly.