I Love to see the Temple

This past weekend we were able to go to Thatcher for the Gila Valley Temple Open House. I grew up in Thatcher will many wonderful members of the LDS church around me. The closest temple is here in Mesa (about 3 hours away) and many people from Thatcher would travel to Mesa to attend the temple. Words cannot express how happy I am for the residents of the Gila Valley to have their own temple.

The whole town is buzzing with excitement. It's so exciting that everyone can go in the temple and take a tour of what happens in there. The girls loved it. I started crying just looking at the pamphlet. The girls loved the Angel Moroni on top of the temple. We left the boys at home so that we could have this special time with our girls....they would have been hard to hold onto.

I think that Doug and I will be attending this temple more than the Mesa Temple because we have so many babysitters in Thatcher. It was breathtaking inside and defiantly a memorable experience.


Also while we were down there Doug took the girls 4-wheeling with his brothers. After the boys woke up we went out to ride for a little bit.

Uncle Tommy has this awesome 4 seater Prowler that the boys took a ride in. I drove it too...it was nice...my kind of  4-wheeling.

We also were able to attend my new nephew's blessings....what a fun family weekend! I am so grateful for the Gila Valley and my family.