Here in Sunny Arizona we are truly loving the weather right now. I think the high was 82 today. We actually got to pull out our jackets when we took a little Family Home Evening field trip to the temple. It was fun to have a jacket on again. Windy and cool. Christian wanted a coat when we got out of the car because he was so "coooooold". I laughed and teased that if they thought this was cold, why would they want to go back to Idaho. Katie immediately defended herself by stating that she thought that it wasn't cold. (For some reason she really wants to move back to Idaho)
We walked around the grounds for a little bit. They have a really cool cactus garden that the kids like to check out whenever we go. You can see it to the left in this picture.
There is one that is called an old man that the kids thought was funny. It looks something like this. As you can see the "hair" looks like an old man's wispy hair. They also enjoyed picking out the plants that are in our yard and in our neighborhood.
We headed over to the reflection pools and had a chance to enjoy the peace of the grounds. They are starting to put the lights up for Christmas already, which we are pretty excited about. This picture shows what the temple looks like at the reflection pools with the lights at Christmas. The kids enjoyed running around the area as no one was around. The feeling is so peaceful there and they seemed to really soak it up.
We headed inside and were greeted by a sister missionary. The kids had wanted to see a movie and there was a really cool presentation about families that you move through with the video. I would highly recommend it if you get the chance. Mike and I were both struggling to keep a dry eye. There is one point where the grandmother is talking to a grandchild about how they miss grandpa. Christian turned to me and said, "I missed grandpa when he was in the hospital". He was referring to the last time we were there and Dad had just had his surgery. Yeah, I just about lost it. We are excited to go home for Thanksgiving under better circumstances.
One of the kids favorite things to see is the Christus that greets you when you enter the official front of the building. Christian likes to go up and touch the foot. I am not sure if that is really okay to do, but a sister missionary encouraged it the last time. It is amazing how kids are incredibly drawn to it. Christian then proceeded to plop down on the floor in front of it to wait for the short presentation to start. It was very cute. When it was over it was a little difficult to convince him that that was it.
It was a really great way to spend the early evening. Of course, it isn't Family Home Evening without a song, so Katie insisted we sing a song on the way home. I love the peace you feel by going to those grounds. We are grateful that we live so close to a temple right now and with such a big visitors center.
We walked around the grounds for a little bit. They have a really cool cactus garden that the kids like to check out whenever we go. You can see it to the left in this picture.
There is one that is called an old man that the kids thought was funny. It looks something like this. As you can see the "hair" looks like an old man's wispy hair. They also enjoyed picking out the plants that are in our yard and in our neighborhood.We headed over to the reflection pools and had a chance to enjoy the peace of the grounds. They are starting to put the lights up for Christmas already, which we are pretty excited about. This picture shows what the temple looks like at the reflection pools with the lights at Christmas. The kids enjoyed running around the area as no one was around. The feeling is so peaceful there and they seemed to really soak it up.
We headed inside and were greeted by a sister missionary. The kids had wanted to see a movie and there was a really cool presentation about families that you move through with the video. I would highly recommend it if you get the chance. Mike and I were both struggling to keep a dry eye. There is one point where the grandmother is talking to a grandchild about how they miss grandpa. Christian turned to me and said, "I missed grandpa when he was in the hospital". He was referring to the last time we were there and Dad had just had his surgery. Yeah, I just about lost it. We are excited to go home for Thanksgiving under better circumstances.One of the kids favorite things to see is the Christus that greets you when you enter the official front of the building. Christian likes to go up and touch the foot. I am not sure if that is really okay to do, but a sister missionary encouraged it the last time. It is amazing how kids are incredibly drawn to it. Christian then proceeded to plop down on the floor in front of it to wait for the short presentation to start. It was very cute. When it was over it was a little difficult to convince him that that was it.
It was a really great way to spend the early evening. Of course, it isn't Family Home Evening without a song, so Katie insisted we sing a song on the way home. I love the peace you feel by going to those grounds. We are grateful that we live so close to a temple right now and with such a big visitors center.
2 comments:
Very pretty pictures! 82 degrees sounds pretty good to me! It was actually sunny and in the 70's today. Very nice!
I love that the date on your post says Sunday, October 21,2007. I didn't realize that the sister missionaries had to work in the visitor center on Sundays. :-) I am guessing this is a typo? Or do they really have it open on Sunday evenings?
I can't claim ownership of the pics. They are just free off the internet.
And yes, the visitor's center is really open on Sunday. Every day of the week except for some holidays, I think. They may even be open partially on Christmas. It is really cool. People bring their friends in with them on Sunday. It is probably one of the busiest days they have there. When Mike worked with the missionaries in Eugene, they would go out Sunday night too.
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