Gilbert Temple

 

We have been so blessed to have a new temple built right in our town, very close to our house. It takes us less than 10 minutes to drive to it and we see it on a regular basis (almost every day). Over the past month they had the open house, and we went twice as a family. We were encouraged to invite non members and Natalie wrote this cute note to her friend in her class.

We ended up taking this friend and her older sister (our carpool friends) through the temple tour one day after school.

Mom Simonson went with us and since she had a twisted ankle, she got to ride in a wheelchair. The kids thought that was fun, especially because we got to use the fancy elevators.

My three little beauties.

Us in front of the beautiful temple. This is the largest one the church has built in 20 years.

I had prepared them for the paper shoes but they still thought they were soooo silly.

sisterly love. I should edit this one, if only it didn’t look like Natalie is strangling Emily.

The water fountain was a big hit for little kids. They were sticking their hands in all around the entire thing.

All six of us. Kind of. That is really weird to say.

As we left. I did not edit this one, but my eyes are automatically making the sky more blue, the contrast more sharp, and straightening the image. So you can imagine that too, k?

Tonight was the cultural celebration which was amazing. President Monson and President Eyring are here for the dedication and we got to see them tonight on TV as they watched the celebration (it was broadcast on ABC). Tomorrow is the dedication and we are trading babysitting with friends to be able to go see it. Then the temple opens for ordinance work on Tuesday, the 4th. I’m hoping to get some sessions under my belt before baby girl makes her appearance and therefore makes it much more difficult to attend the temple.