Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We are very blessed in that we now live 2.5 miles from the new Oquirrh Mountain LDS temple. Kimmie now has moved that temple to the top of her favorite temple list. She now sings I love to see the temple every time we drive down Bangerter Highway. Erik and I have been asked to help with the Physical Facilities Committee. Which just thrills us that we get to go into the temple before most people. There is such a calming and sweet spirit there. So we start working in two week at the temple. We are assigned times during the open house to help with the building. Making sure that everything remains clean and that all of the host/hostesses have everything they need throughout the open house. So it will be a really interesting and rewarding thing to do. I am really looking forward to as Kimmie would say our new temple.

Draper Temple Open House

I finally downloaded some photos today at work. My favorite of which are the photos that were taken at the Draper Temple Open House. We went on the 28th. We had a great time although it took us 3 hours to go through. I was incredibly relieved that half way through Kimmie asked one of the ladies if she could go up the elevator. Normally I wouldn't have let her but I was incredibly excited to get away from the people who were talking behind us. At one point I wanted to say to them didn't you read the signs asking you to be quiet? But I didn't. Kimmie asked if she could go up the elevator and the cute girl said yes so we ended up about 50 people in front of the noisy ones and it was a great tour! We had an amazing time! Kimmie started singing I Love to See the Temple on the bus ride. It was so sweet. Kimmie's favorite part was the big bath tub (the baptismal font) and Johnny's favorite part was the eternity mirrors in the Sealing Rooms. Although this fun photo of my family should have been taken before the three hours. Maybe I would have gotten better looks on my kids faces.

We are stuck together

Our family being new in our ward had to speak in church yesterday. Kimmie was soooo mad that the bishop didn't ask her to take part of our family sacrament meeting. I don't think the bishop was prepared for someone getting mad at him for not asking them to take part of a sacrament meeting. Welcome to our life. Anyway, we decided that we would have the kids sing. Kimmie is really good and Johnny is usually okay in public if he isn't by himself. He doesn't like the primary programs because he has to stand up there by himself. Last year they put the cute little girl he likes right behind him so there was no way he wasn't going to do his part with her standing right behind him. Anyway, as of Saturday morning they decided they didn't want to do the song I am a Child of God. They wanted to do I love to see the Temple. We have Draper Temple tickets for this next weekend so they wanted to do the temple song. Anyway, they only really know the first verse really well. So we were only going to do the first verse! Until we practiced Sunday morning. Kimmie said, "hey, there is more words here." She knew there was a second verse but we discussed this before. So at the last minute both Kimmie and Johnny decided to sing both verses. I wasn't about to cause a fight 5 minutes before we had to be out the door. I just thought this should be interesting. We get through the first verse and most of the way through the second verse when Kimmie sings, "we are stuck together." I couldn't help but laugh, neither could most of the ward. Then right as they get done Johnny being an extra big help says you said the wrong words. What a helpful brother. They were really cute and I am really proud of them.

Christmas Clothes

My mom is famous for getting my kids new Christmas church clothes. This is this years outfits! They look so cute!!! I can't believe how big they are getting.

Pioneer Trek

Erik went on Pioneer Trek. We really missed him. Although he had a wonderful time. I am really grateful that he got to go. He has heat stroke and is majorly sunburned. Yes, for the first time in his life he is REALLY SUNBURNED. When he woke up yesterday his lips were so bad, that they puffed out three times the size of normal. He cooked 3 meals a day for 300 people! He said that he is done dutch oven cooking for a while. Although I don't know if I believe that.

Welcome Home Erik!!!

Pioneer Trek

Last Tuesday night a man from the Stake YM presidency called. He asked to borrow all of Erik's dutch oven things for Pioneer Trek and asked Erik and I to go and cook. There was no way both of us could go. Although I felt really honored that they asked me to attend. Erik has been on cloud nine ever since. They fact that they asked a week before the event was really hard. I am really shocked that Target let him work around that schedule. He is now gone on Pioneer Trek and is having a great time I am sure.

We miss him at home. Kimmie had a hard day yesterday and Johnny is having a hard time with it today. I didn't realize how much I relied on him to do things around the house. It was really nice to be home with the kids yesterday. But I really don't take them much and I had to cart the kids everywhere. I was working on things for the Epilepsy camp and so we went all over. I usually do that kind of thing with Erik watching the kids. It made it a really long day. I miss him although I know that he is having a great time.

Articles of Faith

Kimmie's primary class has been learning the articles of faith. I am so excited for her new teachers. One of the gals even volunteered to make a CD with the AOF songs on it to help her since she picks up on music really easy. I am really thrilled with the changes for her class! But that is besides the point. Her class will be learning the Articles of Faith. Erik having taught that class a lot before knew that was one of the objectives of that age group so a few weeks ago we started practicing. Although we didn't get very far. Kimmie learned #1. Although if you ask her to recite it she says that God is a bad word and we are not suppose to say it. So her version of #1 is we believe in Jesus's dad the eternal father...

It is soooo cute!

Idaho Trip

We went to Idaho this last weekend to visit the new Rexburg Temple. We had a wonderful time. The kids loved the temple! I loved to hear their responses as they went through the temple. Erik and I felt like it was one of the top experiences in our parenting. Kimmie started to sing "I love to see the Temple" as we started driving up the hill close to the temple. Johnny and Laura's kids joined in. I started to cry. Johnny liked the movie, the elevators, and the painting on the wall that Erik's old bishop did. The mural was
totally amazing. I hope that they have him do one at the Oquirrh Mountain temple. Kimmie loved the eternity mirrors and the baptismal font. She thought the whole thing was really cool.




Laura took some family photos of us while we were there. There are a couple of them that I absolutely love! I am posting the family 8x10 that she did and the B &W of the kids. I can't wait to have them all printed.