Oh how I love this activity! I was there with my YW 3 weeks ago and it made me so eager to bring my little family. We ended up planning our visit on a crazy night at temple square—the night of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. But thanks to City Creek and getting there just after 5 we found parking easily (I heart that new underground parking BTW). We were unloading kids and a minivan was wanting to park in the empty stall next to us so we closed doors and made room only to discover that driver was Matt Montaño—a dear old mission companion of Joseph's. I lined him up with several of my friends when Joseph and I were first married—Matt's just such a cool guy. And we hadn't seen him for at least 10 years. Love those coincidences! He was there with his cute wife and 3 of his 4 kids. Awesome little reunion.
We hoped to grab dinner at Blue Lemon but it was crazy there! I am not good with waits and small children so we opted for sharing 2 caramel apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. That helped tide us over while we wandered the temple grounds, and then we came back for dinner after.
I love the Salt Lake temple with all my heart. This little family of 6 began there 13 years ago and I will remember and cherish that every single time I see it. I hope I am building a love for it in my children's hearts too. It is such a beautiful, holy and special place in my life.
We met up with the cute Braunies (Joe's sis and her fam) and saw the lights together in the mild (yet steady) rain. It was a little damp out but not too cold and not that wet so it ended up being a great night. And the temple grounds weren't completely packed like they can be in December!
We also ran into our great friends the Emerys down there. They used to live right across the street but moved a few miles away this summer. We have managed to get together a few times over the past few months but it's not the same as seeing each other outside as our kids played almost every day (and serving in YW together!) I guess we have to venture downtown more often so we can run into people we love!
3 comments:
I love love temple square at Christmas! So beautiful.
I have never had Blue Lemon how is it?
So many beautiful photos with the lights! We loved doing this with our little family, too.
What a beautiful outing!
And who knew you would run into so many people?
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