Sunday, February 1, 2009

Draper Temple Trip


January 24th found the family car pooling to go on a tour of the Draper Temple. Char had the ADA parking permit so we got to park right next to the temple. Good thing since we had two folks who took advantage of these "special" accommondations. Erin's back was too painful to walk so she and Charlie shared a wheelchair.


The Temple is beautiful. I love the decorations and the color scheme. It is small but the same wonderful feeling is there as in all temples. I loved being there with all my grandchildren (except for two babies) - teaching them about the importance of temples.

After you leave the temple, you walk through a covered walkway to the ward house across the parking lot. The room was full of beautiful displays teaching visitors about the purpose of temples. The cool map showing the locations of all the temples around the world was my favorite. There are tons of them - 127 right now! The missionaries were there and lots of volunteers who served cookies and little water bottles. We took these cool pictures in front of a picture of Christ.


John, Susan, Amanda, Matt, and Anni

Erin, Aubrey, and Alison
Britton, Charlie, Angel and Rob

It was cold and foggy so we hurried to the car. We did wait awhile until Rob found his lost phone. Ask him about the honest folks who visit the temple.


Dinner at Applebees ended the evening. With many people from the temple wanting to eat, we had to wait a long time for a table and even longer to get food. Good thing the company was fun!



Charlie enjoyed a little (drug induced) nap during dinner.


Thanks all for making another memorable evening for this mama.
Love you all.
Thanks girls for helping me get this post done. Thanks, Jare, for the internet connection. I'm so blessed to be the mom of wonderful people!