Friday, May 20, 2011

Flat Stanley visits Nana and Grandpa, Costa Rica, Temples!

 

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Nana said that right after Flat Stanley came, the missionaries came, so she took a picture!

 

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Next she flew with Flat Stanley and Uncle Bump to Costa Rica! That's where Uncle Bump served a mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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He went to the beach at Puntarenas.

 

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He went to the San Jose Costa Rica temple.

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Nana flew home to the Phoenix airport, and so she stopped and took a picture of Flat Stanley at the Mesa Arizona temple.

That's where Mommy and Daddy were married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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A few days later she and Grandpa drove up to Utah.

They stopped in Monticello on the way so that they could take a picture of Flat Stanley at the Monticello Utah temple!!

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Grandpa took this picture to show WHY Flat Stanley is flat.

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Mommy and Rosebud flew to Utah and met them there.

 

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They went on a tour of Welfare Square.

Here's Flat Stanley in front of the grain elevator. It's 178 feet tall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Flat Stanley saw the Conference Center, where the Church had General Conference only two weeks before!!!!!!!!!!!

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Flat Stanley went to the Salt Lake City marathon. He didn't run, but here he is past the finish line.

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Uncle Bump, Grandpa, and Uncle Russ ran 26.2 miles! They were hungry, salty, tired, and happy.

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Flat Stanley visited the Oquirrh Mountain temple. I went to the Open House there in 2009!

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Flat Stanley went to the Provo temple!

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Flat Stanley saw the Y on the mountain by BYU.

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Then Mommy brought him back home to AR.

Next Flat Stanley will go to visit Aunt Annie in Portland, Oregon. . . . .

Friday, May 6, 2011

The Adventures of Flat Stanley

Guest post by Hummer :)

 

Flat Stanley was made in Arkansas on March 29, 2011.

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The next day, he went to Stanley Russ Hall on the campus of University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

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Fluffy is holding Stanley.

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And he went to Hendrix College in Conway, too.

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Flat Stanley is in the center of Arkansas. Fluffy is going to the Pinewood Derby.

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I wrote a note to Nana about Flat Stanley and I asked her to take pictures of him in interesting places. She lives in AZ.

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I put him in the mailbox. Later I saw from the window the mailman taking Flat Stanley.

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