Every time a new Temple is built, a big Open House is held so anyone can come inside and see the Temple before it's dedicated. This is a great opportunity. A lot of people think that the inside of the Temple and what happens there is a secret; its not a secret, it's sacred and isn't discussed in much detail outside the Temple. So the best way for people to understand the Temple and what happens there is to see it.
The new Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple held its Open House the whole month of July. It will be dedicated later this month. Brent and I were excited to take the girls inside b/c children don't usually attend the Temple until after they're twelve years old.
The flowers were beautiful and there is a fountain that all the children thought they should play in. (I'm glad ours weren't the only ones.) Haley and Allie liked all the pictures of Jesus in the Temple and how beautifully everything is decorated. There is lots of light in the Temple and one of my favorite things are the mirrors. Mirrors are placed directly across from each other in the Temple to represent eternity. In the Temple couples and families were invited to stand between the mirrors and watch their reflections continue infinitely, reminding us of our eternal nature and that families can be together forever.
Haley was curious about the words inscribed on the front of the Temple. We tried to explain that the Temple is Heavenly Father's and Jesus' house just like the Temples in the Bible. In case you can't see, the words on the Temple read: In Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. These words are carved on every Temple and Haley liked that too. This was a really unique opportunity for our family.
To see more pictures of Temples and learn more about them you can click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_-TQivCx8
or this one:
This was taken outside after we toured the entire temple which was three stories in all.
Playing in the fountain. We couldn't get Allie to turn around long enough for us to take her picture.
Here's Emily smiling as usual. She is the happiest baby. I don't know how we get so lucky every time, but we have the best kids.
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How sweet. Husband and I are taking temple prep classes. For him it's a refresher course since he hadn't been in awhile and for me it's entirely new. I have a partial recommend and so I can participate in baptisms for the dead and such so I help how I can. The girls are very sweet. Especially your youngest. When they are tiny they are a lot of fun.
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