Boys Temple Run

We have been planning to make a trip to the Provo City Center Temple open house today for a while now.  Andy woke up not feeling 100% but we got him showered and ready to go and gave him some meds and he was doing great.  Jack was fine and he was rolling.  Natty on the other hand was not feeling so well.  She ended up not making the trip.  So we had an all boys trip up to the temple.  Well, we were meeting the folks and Laura/Nigel and fam.  Unfortunately I miscalculated time and was a little delayed with sickly kids this morning plus I had to get some beef for the Brick House on our way out of town and so we got there about 40 minutes after everyone else.  It ended up not being a big deal because the lines were not crazy like they were for the Payson Temple.  There were still a lot of people and it was certainly busy but it wasn't what we saw in Payson.  This new temple is beautiful.  I was amazed out just how beautiful the woodwork and all other craftsmanship was.  The footprint for the old tabernacle was not huge and so the temple itself is limited in space.  The use of the space is absolutely magnificent. 

I was a little distracted in our tour because I was totally worried about Andy.  We stopped in Nephi on the way up because he had to use the bathroom.  Not long after that we arrived at the temple and again he had to use the restroom.  After we watched a video and got in line to go in Andy started complaining about his stomach.  Suddenly I began to fear that he would end up throwing up in the temple, I wouldn't be fast enough to get him somewhere that he wouldn't get it all over the place and then he would carry the burden of having puked in the temple.  Truly he would become a legend in Mormon lore and I would ever feel guilty for taking my poor child to a temple open house when he was potentially ill.  Well, fortunately none of that happened and we made it through just fine. 

We caught up with the fam over at Jay and Sara's house where we got to enjoy some fresh baked bread.  So good.  We hung out and talked story.  It was a good visit.  The adults then went to get dinner and the cousins all hung out at Jay and Sara's.  The boys had a great time.  They got to check out the chickens and play a little bit with them.  Somehow Jack managed to get chicken poop on his pants and they ended up in the laundry.  Awesome.

When the pants were done and our bellies were fed we hit the road.  We got back to cedar a little after 10.  It was a good trip and fortunately no one had any challenges with health.  I am quite happy there wasn't puke all over the car or all over Andy.