The Book of Mormon Celebración Exhibit

On Saturday our family went down to Temple Square to see the new "A Book of Mormon Celebración for Children" exhibit in the Church History Museum.  We took some pictures and a lovely sideways video (sorry) of the kids learning to do a Mexican dance.  This exhibit focuses on Latin American saints and their stories of faith and service.  There was also a replica of the Gold Plates, an area with wooden dolls to act out scripture stories, large soft building blocks for building a tower or a city wall, and a large boat to let the kids pretend they were with Nephi sailing to the promise land.

 Here the kids learned about a man who transported church members and investigators to church in the back of his fathers dump truck.  Some days he had to make 3 full trips to get everyone who wanted to go to church to the building.

This was Anya's favorite-- CHICKENS!  Here they learned about children who gave their best chicken to a family in need because we should give our best when we serve.

 Pretending to sail to the promise land.

 Preparing a "missionary meal.  In this picture you can see my new haircut.

As we were leaving the museum someone was looking for somebody who could speak Japanese.  Aaron thought he could be of assistance.  Little did he know they needed someone to translate for a museum tour!  He did his best and I quickly snapped this picture.  He has since had time to look up some words he didn't know before in Japanese-- like oxen and covered wagon.