well, thanks to connor's baseball we visited another temple that we probably wouldn't have gotten to for a while. his last baseball tournament of the season had a couple games in salem. so we ventured a few more minutes down the road to the payson temple. it is such a powerful building, even while under construction. it was bigger than some of the most recent temples and will be very beautiful when it's completed and will serve the many rural communities that surround it. it was fun to look around the grounds and try to imagine where the flowers, grass, and water features would be.
last friday, we took advantage of cory's half day and drove down to utah county again to visit the two temples in provo and also to go see great-grandpa's exhibit at the bean museum. as we walked around the provo temple, we talked a little bit about the mtc and our missionary memories going to the provo temple. a few groups of missionaries were walking up the hill and the kids got to wave and say hi. we noticed at least three drinking fountains around the grounds...a first we've seen while visiting the temples. it also had some fun water falls. and parsley was in the flower beds.
we had driven by the provo city center temple as we came home from salem, but this time we got out to take our photo. will had fallen asleep and they all humored me to get out of the car just to snap photo. i'm excited for how this temple will look when it's completed. it will be so different from all the others as it is being rebuilt from the old tabernacle.
caught connor mid-yawn and will mid-nap
we searched high and low to see a moose on our hike, but had not luck. so, the kids were pretty excited to see one at the museum.
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