Temple Open House

We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House.  What a great experience!  It's amazing being so close to so many temples!  The city of South Jordan is the first city ever having two temples in it!  We can see three temples at one time!  Draper, Jordan River, and Oquirrh Mountain.  We have loved taking our kids to the open houses.  The spirit is so strong in the temple, even though it hasn't been dedicated yet.  The kids said it felt cozy in the temple.  They both really liked the baptismal font and the brightness in the celestial room.  We went a few weeks ago with some of Will's family and my cousin and her family.

We started with a short video.

 

After touring the inside we walked around the temple to take some pictures.  Here is the spot that the Prophet, Pres. Monson will complete when the temple is dedicated.  The kids loved touching the temple walls.  Here is Blake tracing the numbers.

My cute boys

Sharonda's cute kids

This was a 'secret' door that Camden found on the outside...no door knob! 

(I'm sure it's a fire door from inside)

Our Family

The group: Grandpa Larson, Uncle Ryan, Aunt Carrie, Daddy, Mommy, Grandma Larson, Sharonda, Zaron, Jill, Kevin, Dalton, Blake, Camden, Jill, and Megan.

Danica and Carrie came a week later and Blake and I went again with them.  We hope to take the kids a few more times before August when it is dedicated-what a great opportunity.  It is so amazing that temples are just everywhere around here.  We are used to driving 1-1/2 hours to get to the temple. Now there are 3 within 5-15 minutes!!!  4 within 25 minutes!!!  WOW!