Our visit to the Temple

Today we dressed warmly and headed out to visit the new Draper Temple. I wasn't able to get tickets for time that would work for our family, so we thought we would just show up and see what happened. I was glad we went - we were there about 9:30 and didn't even have to wait - in fact they didn't even ask for tickets. The Temple itself was absolutely beautiful - everything from the wood to the fabrics to the color scheme - I loved it. We took Thomas and Kate with us and they even thought it was very beautiful though Kate did tell her dad that she thought this was (and I quote) "this is the most boring place I ever be" - hehe, I thought that was pretty cute. I did ask both the kids what their favorite part was and Thomas said that he loved the baptismal font while Katie liked very much the bus ride to and from the parking lot. Oh well, at least something was positive for her! If you haven't been yet or can't find tickets, just go! They are not turning anyone away and it is well worth whatever wait you may have (though morning seems to be the best bet).

Murder Mystery Pictures

Below are some of the pictures from our Friday 13th murder mystery dinner. I was a school teacher and Andrew was a cop(of course)!! Some of the costumes there were really fantastic. Like I mentioned before, we met a lot of fun people and had a really great time. The last picture posted is the whole group!

Our newest member...

I am introducing the newest member of our family -"Meggie." We have been searching for a dog for the last several months - she had to be small and not shed - and she had to be really good with kids. We finally found her!! Her family had too many dogs and needed to find space for this one. She is 1 and is completely housebroken (another requirement). My kids are so excited to finally have a dog (again).

Valentine's day fun!

We had such a fun weekend! It started on Friday when we had an awesome evening at our friend's house. We had a murder mystery dinner where we were all given a character to play and we had to solve a mystery. There had to be at least 30 people there (Megan - you can verify that) and there was some tasty food! Anyway, it was a great night and we met some really nice people. Thanks Megan and Darren!!!

On Saturday (as seen by the picture below) - we woke to a knock on the door and this was all over the front. Very cute!! Not sure who did this - but I have never been "hearted" before. Kids thought it was great and - especially the candy!!

Later in the afternoon - we dropped the kids off at Grandma Helen's and Andrew and I started our Valentine's date early. We went to a matinee at Hale Center and watched the best play ever!! It was so funny - I don't think I've laughed that hard ever!! Than, we went home and both of us cooked our romantic dinner for two (though looking at the pictures -I am sure you can see we could have fed many more than two...). It was so nice and we didn't have to break the pocket book to have lobster and steak. I know some people don't celebrate Valentines because it is one of those "Hallmark" holidays - but I must, say that it was very nice to be with my sweetheart and to share this evening together!