Gila Valley Temple

What an amazing experience we had today!! We went with my parents to the open house of the Gila Valley Temple. I had wanted to go, but just didn't seem to find a weekend that worked into our schedule. Finally, I decided to go without Bryan, during the week. I just didn't want to miss this amazing opportunity!!

We left late morning and drove the couple of hours it took to get there. We ate some lunch at McDonalds and let the kids run around for a bit. After the long drive, they needed it. They were going to have to be quiet during the tour of the temple, so we wanted them to be ready. After lunch, we headed to the temple.

It was amazing to watch my little boys enter the temple and immediately recognize the spirit that they felt there. They were quiet and walked slowly as they showed us from room to room. Then, as we left the building, Matthew said,"Mom, that place made me feel good!" It was so sweet and made the whole trip worthwhile!

The boys and I... All of us...

My parents...

It was so fun to travel together and be together!! We need to go on trips with them more often.

Trip to Cold Stone

Dalin loves Cold Stone and we just don't get down there very often. Today, he found some coupons we had gotten last week and begged to get some ice cream. Since school is out for the holiday break and it was family night, after all, we made a trip.

They had this cute little table for the twins. They thought it was pretty cool!
We stopped and picked up Dalin's buddy, James, who was thrilled to be invited!
I left with some very happy boys!!

Homemade Go-Cart from Daddy

Last year, we were at the park, when a teenage boy drove up on a go-kart. Dalin was so impressed and was bound and determined that day that one day, he would have a go-kart, too. It was pretty amazing and he was pretty excited to go home and tell Bryan all about it.

Well, here we are one year later driving around the neighborhood in our very own go-kart. Is my husband amazing, or what?? And my kids are super lucky to have him as their daddy. The plans for this were ordered online, but it was built from scratch by Bryan. Pretty cool!



The go-kart is really too powerful and too big for the twins, it was designed for Dalin. However, the twins are happy still, since they have inherited Dalin's quad.
I see many more days in this park watching the boys drive all around with big smiles on their faces.