Oquirrh Mountain Temple

On Saturday all of us went to the open house of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. We told the kids a couple of days before that that is what we were going to do and then they spent the rest of the time wondering if it was time yet. On Saturday we left a little early and went driving around and the kids thought the whole time that we were on our way to the temple. The Temple is beautiful and the view of the whole valley is spectacular. I didn't have a lot of time to admire the view but I did take a quick look and noticed that you can see the Draper Temple from where you are. It was really beautiful. The kids had a wonderful time walking around in the temple and Dallin asked a lot of questions that Jeff happily answered. Isaac's favorite part was the baptismal font. He loved the oxen and when he saw them he said he was going to get on them. I'm not sure what Dallin's favorite part was because he was talking the whole time asking questions about what happened in the rooms. I hope that they got a lot from going and remember it. I know that I remember going through the bountiful temple.

Here is us at the temple. Isaac really wanted a drink of water from the bottle he got at the refreshment tent.
While we were getting into the car I overheard one of the ushers talking to a lady and telling her that the statue Moroni got struck by lighting. I had noticed when we first got there that I noticed that one of his arms is black and now I know why.

Updates on the family

Well it has been a long time since I have posted so I thought that I would give you the updates. First off Dallin has had a couple of cool things happen to him. First off he finally got over his fear of his bike and learned to ride it without his training wheels. He fought a little bit, but I made sure that I kept complimenting him on how well he did. I would run next to him for a little bit with my hand on his back, just in case he fell and he was a little afraid of when I did that. But I finally took my hand off his back and just ran next to him and he got excited that he was doing it all by himself. I am so proud of him. I love to see how his face lights up when he does something that he thinks he can't.

The other thing that he did was that Dallin graduated from Kindergarten. I was a little worried about what he would do for the ceremony, because when he graduated from preschool Dallin spent the whole time sitting down by us and refusing to participate. But this year was different, first off he went to school by himself and Isaac and I showed up later so that helped. He acted a little shy when I pulled out the camera to take a picture of him, but he sat in his chair the whole time and actually sung a couple of the songs. It is amazing to see him grow and get over a few of his fears. He is truly amazing. Below is some of the pictures that I took at the ceremony along with one of his good friends and his teacher.

Isaac has not had much happen to him, but he is still a wonderful boy and getting better at everything that he does. Ever since Dallin finished with school we have been taking a little time to practise and I have tried to teach Isaac a little bit. So we sat down and I was going to help Isaac learn his letters and to my surprise there were very few that he did not know. It is amazing what a child can lean when he spends his time watching PBS kids.

The only other news that I have to report is that I no longer go to work. Dallin and Isaac were being the littler terrors that they can be from time to time and Jeff and I decided that the boys were trying to tell us that they are feeling neglected a little. So I quit and I am now trying to focus my energy on making the boys feel loved. It has been nice so far and I hope that it will continue.

My next projects that I am tackling is that I am going to sew a pair of shorts, a dress and an apron. I know three projects, but I am in the mood for some new clothes and I found a deal on patterns at Joanns today so I took advantage of that and I also got a good deal on some fabric so that those three things will cost a combined total of around $50. It is nice to find savings. I hope that I will remember to put up pictures once the items are finished