We have been talking for two weeks to the kids about taking them to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. They have been absolutely jumping out of their skin at the prospect of going in the temple. Today finally came and they were thrilled. Well Austin and Ashlynne were. Andrew just was happy to be held through the entire tour. He was perfect with the exception of a minor screaming fot that he took in one of the sealing rooms. Austin was mesmerized athe the "magic Piano" and kept wanting to go over to the piano and see "who wasn't" playing it.
After the tour there is the little reception room where you get water and cookies. Might I add that the cookies were "Heavenly". The Oatmeal especially. It wasn't very busy because it was mid-afternoon (which I would definitely recommend and is a perfect time to take children--no crowds!)The volunteers kept giving the children cookies.
Austin and Ashlynne are standing at a painting of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, pointing to it and kept saying "We got to go in dere, did't we Nana?"
The rain was absolutely intense. The temple grounds were saturated and flooded. The volunteers were offering their umbrellas to everyone. When we left and got back into the car, Keith and I were saturated from trying to buckle in the kids (we really need to invest in something larger than what we have in order to get us all in fast and comfy, til they cab be buckled in. Keith was riding in the "trunk" of the RAV4. When we pulled out onto 4000 West, it was a river of water. There is a picture of Austin standing under one of the tent awnings letting the water drip on his head because he thought it was cool. Yeah--it was cool--nice and cool. Wet and drippy. Fog up the windows kind of cool.
After the "Tempo" we took them to Wendy's for a Frosty--we should have taken them for Hot Chocolate or Soup. WE WERE SOOOOO WET!!! Then we took them home to Mommy and Daddy.
It was a good experience for them and hopefully it will spark something in them sometime and maybe something in their parents.
3 comments:
How cute!
What a neat experience! This rain is insane, isn't it?!!! Good advice to go in the afternoon!
Ben asked me the other day "Since when did we live in Forks?" I was really confused by what he meant but it seems that utah has become forks washington thanks to stephanie meyer and good old twilight. That is cool that you got to take the kids to the temple open house.
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