Last Friday, January 8, my Dad was able to get the whole family in to see the new Provo City Center Temple! Tours for the public don't officially start until the 15th but since my Dad excavated the old tabernacle and baptismal font right next to the temple, he and his family were allowed to go early and without tickets! LUCKY US!!! We did have to wait in line for a little bit but it was worth it. The kids didn't even mind. Crew did especially well.
All the Grandsons: Jaxon, Kannon, Britian, and Crew
Sessely, Bridger, Jasmine, and Lacee (Danielle couldn't make it and Brigham is on his mission).
The temple was so beautiful. It's a smaller one, but every detail is amazing!! Towards the end they have a bunch of displays up showing the history of the old tabernacle and stuff. It displayed a lot of the things that my Dad excavated. I'm so proud of him and all his hard work! He really is such an amazing man. To anyone who goes to the open house, be sure to check out those displays!
My Dad in front of the display.
Display of artifacts that he excavated.
Picture of a picture. He is one of those guys in a hard hat.
I feel so lucky that we got to go so early and as a family too! It was such a neat experience!
I love, Love, LOVE how much this little boy loves to read! Most days I get up, feed him, dress him, and set him free to roam around and play and he always goes straight to the books. The book basket and the toy box are even right next to each other, and he always goes for the books! He has gotten to the point where he can entertain himself pretty well by just flipping through the pages by himself, but he loves snuggling up with someone and being read to the best.
Reading with Grandma
Reading with Mamie
His toys were blocking the book basket so he crawled into the toy box, sat down on top of the toys, and helped himself to some books.
My little Bookworm!
I'm so proud that he loves to read at such a young age! I hope this love for books never goes away! In other news, here are 3 random, unrelated pictures that I wanted to share (but didn't feel like writing a separate blog post for). Enjoy!
There is no point to this picture except that I love his outfit and had to take a picture to send to Daddy.
He's so cute no matter how he sleeps!
He crawled into the toy box one morning. All of the sudden he started complaining because he was in an awkward position and didn't know how to get out. I was a mean Mommy and had to take a picture before I helped him. If you look closely you can see his foot almost coming out of the top left corner of the box. He was really stuck!
We spent New Years Eve at the Baxter's house this year. We had a grand old time eating dinner and playing games with the family! The time flew by so quickly that Crew's bedtime crept up on us and we had to leave in a hurry! But Jon and I really enjoyed ourselves, playing Loopin' Chewie with Scott while Crew crawled all over the place, playing cars and reading books with Grandma. She also got the best smiles out of him!
On New Years Day, we went to the Provo Town Centre and played Laser tag with a lot of my siblings. It was SO MUCH FUN! We had such a good time, we decided that we needed to come back some day with more of our family members! Afterwards, we went to my parents house and drank slush and played some fun games. Crew's bedtime crept up on us (again) and we flew out of there in a hurry. Darn those early bedtimes! But we had a good time and can't wait to go laser tagging again!
Also, I can't remember if it was the last Sunday of 2015 or the first Sunday of 2016, but hardly anyone came to church because they were all visiting family. So we sat pretty close to the front (which is very unusual for us--I have always been best friends with the back row) and Crew got an extra good look at the music conductor. Jon and I were busting up laughing during every song because it seemed (to Crew) that the conductor was waving at everyone, so he kept waving back!
December 30th was our 4 year Anniversary. It was just a typical day. Jon went to work, Crew and I busied ourselves at home. But we did celebrate that night by eating dinner at Tucanos! Mmmmm.... I am such a carnivore! And I'm pretty sure Crew is too. For not ever wanting to eat anything, he sure didn't mind sampling the different meats that came around. Of course, he wouldn't touch any of the fruit or vegetables that we put in front of him, just the meat and the grilled pineapple.
Technically we say we've been together for 5 years because we were in a relationship for a year before we got married, but it has been eternally official for 4 years. :) I sure love this hunk of a Husband!
