New Temples

I just wanted to share some pictures that I took of the two new temples that we have in the Salt Lake Valley. The first is the Draper Temple. Matthew and I were able to go with Carrie and Nathan and their girls to the Open House and then we watched Raven and Tessa while Carrie and Nathan went to the dedication. After about a month of it being open, Matthew and I were able to go through for an endowment session. We were lucky that we could still get in, but the session was PACKED! There were so many people to fit in, the workers had to bring in folding chairs. All in all, though, it's a gorgeous temple. I took these two pics when we came back out. Unfortunately, our camera battery died, so these are the only two pics that I have so far!

We were also able to go to the Oquirrh (sounds like O-ker) Mountain Temple Open House. Matthew and I actually decided that since William and Lily have been talking about the temple and love to see the temple, we would take them to the open house with us. They were amazing!We went with Matthew's parents and his little sister, Brittany. Matt Gray also came and it was great to have him with us. This temple has been dedicated now for about a week and a half. We haven't gone through yet, but I'm sure we will in the near future. We did, however, go to the dedication of this temple. Carrie and I did a little switch-a-roo. They watched William and Lily during the dedication. It was a beautiful session. The speakers were wonderful and they brought to light many things about the temple, about Heavenly Father, and about Jesus Christ that I hadn't even thought about.

Anyway, I took these during the Open House. We were the last tour of people to go through that night. It was wonderful because we weren't rushed, there weren't many people there, and it made for great pictures!!