32nd Temple In 32 Years

A family that I home teach had both of their children in a play at Snow College.  The play was West Side Story so I thought it would be a fun excuse to have a get-a-way with Kimmy so we planned on going.  We stayed at a little hotel right by the Manti temple.

When Kim and I were first married I set a goal to go to a different temple each year on our anniversary.  Life ended up getting in the way of that goal and I really lost track of it.  I have, though, kept track of our temple attendence together and as I was recording this temple visit, I counted up that this temple marked our 32nd temple in 32 years so maybe I am reaching that goal after all.  Especially since we went to this temple in our anniversary month.

Here is a night view of the temple.

A little bed and breakfast place that we had dinner at before we went to the play.

Alas, when we awoke on Saturday morning we found 4" of snow.  This was when we were glad we listened to the forecast and took Kim's car so we could get around in the snow that morning.






 After the snow was cleaned off, it was off to the temple.  This was fun for me because my mom and dad were married in the Manti temple and I remember it as being a special place growing up.  In fact, back in the day when we made little missionary cards as we went on missions, I chose the Manti temple to be the temple on my cards because of the significance that it had to me growing up.

For those that do not know the story.  Shortly after my mom and dad were married, my dad was called to go on a 3  year mission to New Zealand.  Little did he know when he got home he would have a 2 year old boy waiting for him with my mom.  I kept thinking about that as we went through the temple and as luck or fate would have it, the High Council talk that I was giving the next day was on the Law of Sacrifice and Consecration.  My parents certainly showed an example of that from their sacrifice in the early days of the church.


It was a great day and I would highly recommend the Manti temple to any and all.

Happy Belated Birthday Jeff

Alas, I did not have Jeff's birthday in my blackberry, an issue that has now been corrected and I certainly would not want Jeff to feel slided in any way. So with that said, we want to wish you a belated birthday Jeff and we are glad you are part of the family!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBECCA

Here is a sweet picture of Rebecca with her Grandpa.

We hope you have an awesome day today!!

We love you and think you are the greatest.

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Because we were in San Francisco over the Valentine's Day weekend and since we had just had our 32nd wedding anniversary earlier in the week, I was really into hearts and was so excited when I'd see one and tried to capture as many as I could with a Kodak moment. This first heart photo is dedicated to my friend, Debbie Isaksen, who has a very intense love of See's candy. And just in case Debbie is wondering, I very easily drove right past that factory without having any desire to jump out and buy up pound after pound of chocolate. I just don't get the fascination some women have for chocolates...?!


Klarissa put me to work on Sunday making heart desserts with her new pie pastry gadget. This is how they turned out. I'm anxious to see the pictures of the pastries when she tries to make them. I found it difficult to get them all uniform and to get one that wasn't falling apart. But, they were fun to eat and fit well into the heart theme I personally had going all weekend.


I was so happy to see Fresca's all heart decorated for us when we arrived there for our Valentine dinner celebration. Not so fond of the scary face on the door, but the red heart was beautiful.


Even the hardware store went all out with their paint can heart display in their front window.


Sweetie Pies carried the heart theme to the max and I loved being in there so much. Glen was getting a little sick of all the heart pictures I was taking and I was feeling like Cupid should perhaps shoot an arrow his way.




Every night as we left the city and drove to our hotel, we passed by this darkened area where there was a big red heart all lit up for our enjoyment. It's not the best picture, but if you click on it to make it big, hopefully you'll be able to see the heart.


Ahhhh, what a great Valentine's Day/anniversary celebration all rolled into one terrific weekend. Another "heart"-felt thanks goes out to Abe and Klarissa for being awesome tour guides and even better than that--for being awesome members of this family. I "heart" you both!!