Last week we had the opportunity to attend the Draper Temple Open House (thanks again Viv for the tickets). One of the things I love about living in Utah is being so close to so many temples and this year we'll have the opportunity to go to two open houses - one down one to go. I was really excited to show Brylie the inside of the temple and she was excited to go to Jesus's house. Brylie and I started out the "tour" by watching a video about the Draper temple. Brandon spent the video trying to keep Beckam some what quiet. We then took a bus over to the temple.
Once we got in to the temple Brylie was very reverent, looked at all the pictures of Jesus and generally just took everything in. Beckam was pretty good as long as we kept moving and got a little restless when the crowd came to a stop (what do you expect from a 18 month old.) After going through the temple we ended up at another church building where they had some cookies and more information about temples. The cookies helped the kids moods, pictures did not. Brylie also got hold of the camera for a few minutes.
Brylie was a little confused by the fact we had gone to Jesus's house but hadn't seen Jesus. When she got her cookie she looked a little upset. I asked her what was wrong and she said she wanted to see Jesus. It was kind of a duh mom moment. I tried to explain as best I could why we hadn't seen Jesus in person and then letting her write a note seemed to suffice. I love how simply children's minds work.
It was a great experience and I can't wait to go through the Oquirrh Temple. If anyone is going to be in town during June or July and would like to go to the open house let me know and I can try and get tickets for you when they become available.
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that was a fun & special night - I'm glad you guys could come with us!
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