I love to see the Temple
(I did not take this picture, just wish I had)
Last Saturday we went up to the Kansas City Missouri temple open house. Before an LDS temple is dedicated they hold an open house for anyone to go inside & see what it looks like & to learn a bit of what we do there. I went to the Portland Oregon temple house when I was 9 I think & still remember how impressed I was with its beauty.
I am so glad we were able to go up as a family & to let our children see the inside of the temple for themselves. Of course the twins were chanting 'Mommy, see tempo?!' the whole 3 hour drive up there-they were very excited. Hyrum's favorite part was the celestial room & Hunter's favorite part were the chandeliers & the fountain in the front. The twins favorite part I think was trying to lose Mom & Dad inside the temple :) But at least they were pretty quiet. I hope we can do this again when our kids are older.
The drive up & back went smooth! No complaining, whining, crying, screaming or any other pleasant things that normally occur during long car trips. The kids did so well. Sigh, makes me feel a bit better about our enormous road trip this summer. (Well Dallen did get a little upset on the way home but he's excused.) And I had the very best by FAR experience eating at a restaurant with the twins. I caught a glimpse of public normalcy in my life for the future. We went to Pizza Hut for lunch & they sat in normal chairs without getting down & running around & grabbing everything in sight. They (meaning Justin) ate everything on his plate without throwing food on the floor or crying or being force fed etc. Jeremy & I were able to to sit & eat & enjoy our food at the same time without interruption. Amazing feeling! Of course things were back to the way they normally are at Culver's for dinner but I did catch that glimpse.
Oh man twins are hard but that is a whole other conversation.
I know the picture is dark but what do you all think of Jeremy's goatee?? I like it! But he shaved it off for church. I think I've got him convinced to let it grow for a bit longer than a week next time.
We had a family home evening lesson on the temple last week & had the big boys use their creativity to create a temple for their own. Good job guys!
In other exciting Shakespear news this cute little man is 2 months old today -hooray!!!
But don't grow up too fast now.
4 comments:
That's so awesome that you got to take your family to a temple open house! We've done that a couple of times and have loved it! To the Vancouver BC and Columbia River temple. We're hoping to plan our vacation to PA next time to coincide with the Phily temple open house. I heard you're coming to visit this summer. How fun!
I love that you went to the temple open house. I wish I would have thought about it and actually gone! Hopefully another temple will open out East somewhere soon. My brother and sister took their families and now I want to take mine to one! That is awesome all went well at Pizza Hut. YAY! I am so curious to hear your other conversation about the hard parts with twins! A goatee looks good on Jeremy! My brother often has one too and it suits him well too. Glad the trip was uneventful and just plain great!
Loved your blog as usual. We CANNOT believe how big Dallen is!!!! Loved the "home made" temples by the boys. They did a great job. Maybe we'll do sugar cube ones this summer when you're here. We're proud of your little ones in the temple. Hope they remember and make plans to attend when old enough and appropriate. Love and miss you all so much! Oh I like the goatee! I can't talk your Dad into growing his mustache back, but I like male facial hair. Looks good Jeremy.
Goatee good. Make Jeremy look older.
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