twin falls temple

since our temple is closed for a remodel, we get to go to the twin falls temple for a while.

this was our first time back to the twin falls temple since the open house for it.

beautiful.

and my parents were nice enough to watch the girls for us while we went.

thanks mom and dad!

twin falls idaho temple open house

we had the opportunity to go to the twin falls idaho temple open house on the way to visit my parents.
it was such an amazing experience. the mr. has never been to an open house, and the last one i was at was the bountiful utah open house and that was years ago.
the members of the stakes in surrounding areas, including my parents stake, got to participate in the open house.
i heard of some wonderful stories of people who came to visit from all over the world.

the dedication is taking place this weekend.
i wish that i lived close enough to participate.
my parents are lucky enough to be able to attend one of the dedication sessions in the temple.

it is such a beautiful building.
it is a wonderful thing to know that it is the House of the Lord.
i am so grateful for the blessings of the temple and the knowledge that i am sealed to my family and will be with them in the eternities!

if anyone is interested in learning more about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please feel free to visit this website:
http://www.mormon.org/

there's no place like home

we had the opportunity this past weekend to go to my parents home in idaho.
on our way there, we stopped in twin falls for the open house for the twin falls temple (more on that in another post).
we also stopped at the snake river canyon and shoshone falls.
how can you not love this?

snake river canyon - there's a golf course down there that you can see on the right.
can you imagine all that wind to blow your ball around??

shoshone falls
these falls are actually taller than the niagara falls.
according to wikipedia, these are sometimes called "the niagara of the west."

*the mr. wants you to note his picture taking skills