Bridal Room Tour at the Provo City Center Temple

The new Provo City Center Temple has been doing a wonderful thing

over the past month.  Along with the open house that is open for the public,

they have have been hosting tours on Sunday that are by special invitation

to some of the Stakes in the Provo/Orem area.

These tours are only for unmarried girls from ages 8-30, and their mothers.

This wonderful tour shows the girls the bridal room (which is not shown during the regular open hour tour) and one of the main sealing rooms.

This was such a wonderful experience!  This temple is breath-taking

and having this opportunity was very special and probably a chance of a lifetime.

 We were double blessed to get to have Dave some with us to represent our Bishopric.

He wasn't allowed on the tour (because it was just for girls :)

but he was there at the end to great us all and they gave him souvenir handkerchiefs

to give to each girl as then ended the tour.  It is a great keepsake for them and they

will be able to use them at the dedication in a few weeks.

 Our cute young women!

 Our cute young women and primary girls!

Provo City Center Temple Open House

This afternoon we had the privilege of attending ANOTHER temple open house!

We were able to tour the Payson Temple just 8 months ago.

Right after the tour, we saw my friend's daughter who is serving a mission here!

It was fun to see (and meet) Lauren!

 These temples just keep getting more and more beautiful!  This temple is breathtaking inside!

I have never seen so much stained glass in my life!

Christmas "Day"

Well - because our kids are older and Maddie and Logan

have to split their time between both their families, we decided that after we got

home on Christmas Eve from grandma and grandpa's - we would have "Christmas!"

 This was so great!  Even though my kids are older - they

ALWAYS wake us up at the crack of dawn.  Doing this meant we could sleep

in and not get up so early :)

 Christmas was a success and everyone was happy with their gifts.

Bronson got a 3D printer and it kept everyone busy the rest of the night.

He and Logan have been creating things on it ever since!

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's

Our family tradition is going to my parent's house for Christmas Eve.

We always have such a great time together!

My mom and dad :)

 Boston, Brittany, and Dallin

 Me and Boss :)

 The grandkids all drew names for Christmas.

Logan gave to Emmie and she wanted him to draw a picture of her.

He did an amazing job!

 My brother, Bret and his family...

Chase, Aiden, Caleen, Bret, Ember, and Markelle

 Us :)

 The Heal's

Dallin, Brock, Boston, Brittany, Jared, and Logan

 My brother Cody, and his family

Cody, Ally, and Kali

Christmas Eve (before going to Grandma and Grandpa's)

Christmas Eve is always a long day as we wait

for 5:00 to come when we can go to Grandma and Grandpa's house :)

 The kids played games until Maddie and Logan (and their puppies)

came over :)

 Zuzu is deathly afraid of our cameras for some reason.  She hid under the 

Christmas tree while we opened presents that the kids gave to each other

and to us.

 Koda loved his new chewy sticks ;)

 I hit the jackpot this year.  Talbie made me this beautiful quilt/wall hanging

and Maddie is turning my blog into a book!  She gave me the first year (2007) 

for Christmas this year!

 

After we opened presents and PJs, we made pomanders (oranges with cloves stuck in them)

This is a family tradition of mine and they make the house smell wonderful!!

Sunday Before Christmas...

This is the kids on the Sunday before Christmas.

I wanted to be sure to record it :)

Making Christmas Candy

The girls and I wanted to make Christmas candy - like my mom and Grandma V

used to make.  Divinity was one of the things we wanted to try, but knew it was going to be tricky!

 ...but we did it - and we even had fun :)

Christmas Card 2015

Merry Christmas!

The Lower Lights Christmas Concert

Last Monday we went to the Lower Lights Christmas Concert

My brother Dustin is The Lower Lights and this concert is the

highlight of our year!  This year it was held at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake

and all 4 shows sold out in record time.  

If you haven't heard their music, you must!!

 Emmie snapped this picture of Dustin talking to Mitt Romney before the show started.

Mitt Romney hires The Lower Lights to perform at a lot of his private functions and Dustin

has gotten to know him pretty well. 

We thought we were pretty special because Dustin had bought our tickets before they went on sale and we had the front row (or so we thought).  They ended up putting about 3-4 rows of chairs in front of us for their true fans (like Mitt Romney).  Then we knew we weren't special!