We went to the Draper Temple open house today. Trevor's parents, his sister Jami, and his sister Jodi's family all came along too. So there were 7 adults, 8 kids for a total of 16 people. It was a lot of people but our kids and Jodi's kids get along really well, thus Trevor and I have extra helpers. We wanted to share this occasion with his Dad since his Dad grew up in Draper, back when he could point to every house and name who lived there. Not to mention, his grandfather a few generations back, fresh off the boat from Denmark, was asked by Brigham Young to be the town's first blacksmith.
We started out watching a short film at a nearby church house before boarding the shuttle bus to the temple. Once there it took about an hour to go through the temple because it's Saturday and the halls were jammed with people. It took about 10 minutes to walk up a 30 step staircase. We had to do a lot of wrestling with Gabriella since you couldn't let her walk because she'd walk in between everyone's legs and you couldn't catch her. We were able to have some great moments too that I hope will stick in at least Caleb and Michelle's memories.
In viewing the following photos, keep in mind it was a two hour tour start to finish, we wrestled a lot, it was cold, and we are HUNGRY. Maybe that will explain why the long faces on such a happy day.
2 comments:
Hey! We took our kids through the open house yesterday. What an amazing experience :)
WOW! It looks gorgeous...I wish I could be there to take my kids.
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