Travis Temple

On June 15th, Travis was ordained an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood and on June 26th, he went through the temple.  What a wonderful time of life!

 

Day After Wedding

The very next morning after the wedding, Corey and I, Toby and Jen, and Nana, and my parents, went to the temple so that Nana could be sealed to her parents and her sisters who have passed on. It was really cool to get to be there and be proxy for one of her sisters. Jen was proxy for her mom when she was sealed to her parents. Corey and I had done the work previously to seal her parents together. While we were at the temple doing that, Eliza had gone to the stake center for a special service project day building bunk beds. And that night, Annmarie performed at the Wylie Opry, so Nana and Jamie were able to come hear her sing.

 

Wedding Day--Temple First!

On Friday May 2nd, Westley and Alejandra were sealed in the Dallas Texas temple.  The kids did not go to school and we all went down to the temple.  Travis and Eliza were able to wait with the kids in the waiting room so all the adults could go to the sealing.  The sealing was done in English but all the other words were translated into Spanish, which was cool.  

Utah, Day Three

On our third day in Utah, we spent it in Provo.  In the morning, Corey took the kids to the Timpanogos Temple for baptisms and I met up with my friend from Bingham, Emily (Barton) Stout for breakfast at a Kneaders in Lindon. We went to BYU campus and spent time at the art museum, the Bean Museum, the creamery and the Wilkinson Center/BYU Bookstore.  Corey and I also went to a ballroom dance concert with John and Allison that night in the Marriott Center, which was really cool.  

Temple Trip

The baptistry at the temple is always booked out months in advance for weekend times and school nights don't work for us because of work and extracurricular and gymnastics.  So we decided to book an early morning time during the week, which there were plenty of, and have the kids go late to school.  This was Annmarie's first time doing baptisms at the temple.  She was so tiny compared to the others who were there.  It was great that Travis was able to do the baptizing.  We went out to breakfast at a restaurant in Murphy called The South afterward.

Temple Again

When Westley got home from his mission, one of the first things he wanted to do was go to the temple since he didn't have a temple in his misison and was never able to leave his mission to go to the nearest one (Chicago). Well, the Dallas temple was closed for several weeks when he got home. So Corey and Westley drove up to Oklahoma City to attend the temple there.

McAllen Temple

McAllen Texas got a temple. That is where both Corey and Toby served their missions. Toby flew out to Dallas over Labor Day weekend and then he and Corey took off after church to drive down to McAllen to tour the temple. They were gone on Monday and came back Tuesday and then Toby left. They got to explore their old mission stomping ground and spend some quality time together.