Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication

Regular church was cancelled in Utah today. Instead we had the opportunity to attend a broadcast of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication. Since you had to be 8 to attend we traded kids with the Frames. We watched Jessie & Zach this morning while they attended the first broadcast and they watched Kylie & Bradley while we attended the 3 pm broadcast.
I came away being grateful we have a temple so close and wish it wasn't closed for the next 2 weeks. I also decided that we need pictures of the temple in all our rooms. We currently have a couple pictures in the office but I'm going to get pictures for the kids bedrooms. How wonderful it is to belong to a church lead by a prophet of God.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

While up north we had the chance to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. Although I've got to wonder why they named it the Oquirrh Mountain Temple since I have to think every time I try to pronounce it.
I can't believe how many people attend the open house. We went on a morning when there were tons of tickets still available and there were still crowds of people there. It's a beautiful temple. It was great to have the kids have the opportunity to walk through it and see the interior. It was kind of loud and rushed so it was nice to have the chance to sit in a sealing room for a couple of minutes of quiet. We even lost Kylie once in the chapel. I thought she was ahead of me but she was behind me trying out every bench in the chapel. Good thing she and Kim had on matching dresses and an observant lady knew who she belonged too!

General Conference

Conference was so wonderfully uplifting and inspiring and full of hope. In the past when I've listened to conference I would take lots of notes and try to work on everything but I've learned that being the perfectionist I am that can be counterproductive for me when I fail to succeed at everything. So now I just listen and then choose one thing that I need to be better at. The thing that stood out for me the most is Temple Worship. Several speakers spoke on the temple and this is where I need to focus my attention right now. The temple is just 10 minutes away from me and yet I've only made it there twice this year. There was a point prior to having Kylie I made it to the temple almost weekly. Now that Kylie is 3 I really have no good excuse anymore other than I just don't make the time to get there. My new goal is to once again try to get to the temple weekly and to settle for no less than twice a month.

9 Missed Calls....

Tonight was ward temple night. I'm so thankful to have felt good this month. Last month I had that awful migraine and barely made it through.
When we got out of the temple I had 9 missed calls on my cell phone. I called home to see what the "emergency" was. Kylie has an ear infection so imagined she had been screaming... But nope that wasn't it. The Walkers were having a party tonight and it had started at 6:30 and why hadn't I picked up my phone! So I raced home and took Brett & Bryce to the Walker's house - 2 hours late for the party. On the way thanking them for sacrificing so Brian and I could go to the temple which is ultimately much more important than a party. There was dessert after the temple session at the Jack's home but I ended up with the 3 little kids in the car because they are too young to leave home alone. I ran in, said hi and grabbed each of the kids a cookie and brought them home.

Savor It Sunday... Temple Puzzle

I decided to start a puzzle today. I love doing puzzles. I've had this puzzle of the Salt Lake Temple sitting in my closet for a long time. I've never taken time to put it together. I decided I'd take some time and relax and enjoy doing something I love today.

Speaking of temples... I'd plan to go to the temple yesterday but was thwarted in my attempt. Although I'm ok with the reason. I had got out of the shower and was getting ready to go when Kylie asked where I was going. I told her I was going to the temple and she begged to come with me. It was so dang cute I just didn't want to resist her. After several pleadings similar to: "Please mommy I go to temple too?" I finally told her if she wanted to go to the temple she had to go get her church dress on which she did. I did her hair and got her all ready and then drove to the temple. Kim came with us too. The big nativity was already up so we looked at the baby Jesus and the manger scene. They had recently decorated for Christmas so we walked around the grounds and then through the visitors center for a while looking at the Christmas trees. She walked up the steps of the temple and wanted to go in the doors at the top of the stairs. I certainly hope that desire to enter the temple remains with her and that she lives worthy to be able to enter the temple when she is older.