my sister amy and her husband brad arrived last night and we had a mini birthday party for her! then it was to bed for all of us... they had driven from UT and mom, dad and i were running on low fumes.
church was at 8 am- yeesh. but we suffered through! :o) actually the temple president, president wirthlin, and his wife spoke and the missionary choir sang. it may not have been the most beautiful sound you've ever heard but the spirit was so strong as i looked at all the faces of these dedicated men and women who have sacrificed christmas with their families to come and share their testimonies of this sacred place.
then we stood in a line as ALL of the missionaries came to meet us and tell us how wonderful our parents were.... it kind of felt like we should have had a bride and groom at the end of our "reception line." but it was fun to meet everyone and hear how great our parents are!
after a short car tour of the entire place (real tours will happen later this week) we went to the visitor center to watch the new JOSEPH SMITH movie. what an amazing experience to watch that movie here. to see the suffering that he and his family and the saints endured is extremely humbling. it made all of my own issues feel so little. and then to walk out of the building and have the temple right in front of me was quite a moment.
turkey dinner. yummy! all the fixin's that i love and it was great to be there with my family.
at 6:30 we all donned our bonnets (the ones my dad made us), and drove up to the temple to sing christmas carols with the rest of the mission on the steps. we made quite a scene all decked out in our old-english apparel and of course all of the grandmas there gushed over how adorable we were.
then home to watch white christmas with hot cocoa. a family tradition. i saw up to the part where they got to vermont and woke up as they were singing white christmas... typical!
merry christmas everyone... time to go to bed before santa comes!
p.s.- i can't get the stinkin' pics to download... so they will have to come later!
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