Spring Break - I Love to See the Temple!

Spring Break saw a lot of time at the temple.  It was wonderful, sometimes very long, and a great experience!  By the numbers:

We drove 406 miles

Visited 9 different temples

The boys were in the temple a total of 8.5 hours

They did 154 family names for Grandpa Gray

Now when you look at it, that would be less than 1 hour per temple.  But do not be fooled.  Some temples were super fast, like Salt Lake, only a half hour!  However, our longest temple: Provo City Center.  A whopping 2.15 hours!!! 

 We started off in Payson, because Haley's teacher had her reception down there.

 Bountiful with Jonah and Jonathan!

 While the boys are in the temple, Haley and William try and find ways to stay entertained.  Example: using the camera.

 Brigham City

 When we arrived at the Brigham City Temple and I saw that Logan was only 24 miles away, I thought, "Well, might at well do Logan today too."  It was worth the long drive. Beautiful temple and great day to be outside.

We of course made time for our Temple Treats!

Salt Lake Temple

 More photos by H and W.  They really were all so sweet and patient on this temple trip.  Mom ended up taking the time this trip by talking with two ladies about the temple, the church, missionary stuff.  They were troopers.

 The boys at Salt Lake

 Bridget went with them to the Draper Temple

 Entertaining ourselves in the truck because this was a cold, windy day.  Haley and William made themselves cardboard cameras.

 Oquirrh Mountain

 Last day of temple trips and it was a doozy!  Provo Temple.  The day was so rainy that we got out of the truck a few times, just to not go crazy. 

 The boys loved how the mountains looked with the clouds.

OH MY GOODNESS!  Provo City Center temple.  Had I known it would take so long I would have taken Haley and William somewhere else to wait.  But how were we to know that it would take 2+ hours for those boys to be finished!  We were all so tired after this.  But I will say, our week of temple trips had its advantages.  Time together.  Very little bickering.  Feeling the spirit.  Good memories.