Seattle Temple

For our field trip last week we thought it would be fun to take the kids to see the temple. They only really know the Las Vegas Temple, we took them to see the Salt Lake temple last year for Christmas but only Liz remembers it, so we thought we would help them get to know a new place.
Here are Jorgan and Rachel sitting on a bench together. It's amazing how you can go to a special place like the temple and the kids who just spent all day arguing were best friends all afternoon!


Here I am with the kids. Josh's new goal is to make sure and take the camera from me sometimes so that I can be in some pictures too! It's not my favorite goal, but it is good to help my kids remember that I was there too.


Here are the kids sitting together at the very front. I just think temples are so beautiful! I'm sure the fact that the entire place is covered in beautiful flowers, trees, and grass help too!


As we were walking around the grounds we spotted this little trail that led into a little forested area. So we took the trail and found that it was just a beautiful wooded trail. There were a few benches and this little water basin thing that I couldn't keep the kids from splashing in! It must be a quiet place for praying and meditating. Good thing there was no one there thinking because despite our discussion about being reverent... well you'll see later...


Here's my little man. He just gets cuter and cuter every day!


A nice sister leaving the temple offered to take a picture of our family. Thank you!


Here's Josh capturing something we are not used to... Seasons! The kids were so excited to see so many red leaves, they had to pick up every one and show them to us as if it were the only leaf on the ground. Yet, there were thousands! Elizabeth also spent her time collecting acorns. We've never seen those before either!


Here is the view from the back of the temple. In case you can't tell, there is Jorgan, Rachel, Josh, and Elizabeth as the tiny little ants at the bottom.


And this is where the discussion about being reverent went out the window! Thanks daddy! I'm not sure which Heavenly Father prefers at His house. Quiet reverence, or joyous laughter. Maybe it depends on where you are in his house.



You can't leave the temple without a picture of the angel Moroni. The amazing thing about this picture is that you can see the blue sky! We've had quite a bit of blue sky lately. It's been wonderful!