Paid a visit to the Phoenix Temple site after Brady's Missionary Homecoming address in Cindy's ward. It's still hard to detect what the footprint of the building proper will be. I'm aware that local homeowners fought the Church at every turn to have a temple in any case and the compromise required a shorter wider building and I think I heard that there will be a parking structure to accommodate the parking.
The Gilbert Temple site is huge and this one seems really small by comparison. There is a regular meetinghouse on the site already and it appears that the temple will be very close to it.
Here's the artist rendition posted on the side of one of the construction trailers. I hear this one will be opening in 2014 sometime.
Next subject- We went out for breakfast at a local restaurant and they had hired a balloon artist to stroll about the booths all morning. This was a pretty elaborate hat creation and he assembled it in such as way that it was very hard to detect what it was until the last couple of minutes. When he handed to Shaw, we and several adjacent tables erupted into cheers. He got a tip from us AND from another family who enjoyed watching. Several people wanted to take pictures.
I didn't have my camera so these pictures waited until we got home. Lesa had a phone call to take care of but she got a balloon Santa hat WITH a white beard and moustache. She wore it well and it just cries out CHRISTMAS!
That is one heck of a balloon hat. Impressive. One of these days we'll have to go see the temple construction site. Maybe we could tag along with you one time.
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