Draper Temple Corner Stone Ceremony

Our new Draper Temple

Friday we were able to attend the Draper Temple Cornerstone Ceremony. Cameron was in the youth choir that consisted of 200 youth from all over the valley. We arrived 2-hour before the ceremony started, because Cameron needed to be there early. Courtney and I made friends with other family members that had come early to. Once the sun came over the monutain, it was so beautiful. Look at that blue sky behind angle Moroni.
This is President Henry B. Eyring and his wife entering the temple before the ceremony begins.


Courtney was able to capture a picture of President Monson as he was inviting different people to come up and put mortor in the corner stone. President Monson was soo funny, telling people not to worry about spilling the mortor, that they would have professionals come in and clean this all up and make it look good.

Here is Cameron, the amazing singer, in the choir.

Karen,Cameron and Courtney after the ceremony was over. This was such an amazing experience. We all felt the spirit. We know this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. We are glad we were able to be so involved in the openhouse and dedication. We are looking forward now to doing temple work in our new temple.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Oh, the childhood memories... (just a quick sidenote, Mom is sitting next to me as I type this and I asked her how I should start this and we both thought the exact same thing at the exact same time! )...When we were growing up I remember that all of us kids always looked forward to St. Patrick's Day because we knew we would always find green milk in the refrigerator when we woke up, a special green treat in our lunches at school, and probably the most memorable part...a COMPLETELY green dinner! I personally remember some pretty funky meals such as green spaghetti, green bread, green salad, green sour cream enchiladas, green pizza with glowing radioactive pineapple chucks...and well the list just goes on and on...
Now that all us kids are grown up, it's finally my turn to carry on this green tradition! Now, this is not the first time I've made a green meal, but it is probably one of the strangest and grossest looking one I've made...Green Fettucini Alfredo with green chicken and shrimp, a green salad, and green dinner rolls. I can not explain how much everyone complained that I actually dyed the shrimp green but we all enjoyed the nostalgia as we reminisced about all the green meals of St. Patty's Day's Past!