Hanging out in the Inkworld!

This is what I have been reading!

Now a movie! (I haven't seen it, but really want to)

The Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke. The 2nd book Inkspell is by far my favorite, but it has a suspenseful ending so of course you have to read Inkdeath, which takes a little bit to get into, but well worth it in the end. I really liked this series. It's a great fantasy!

New pictures!

Ellie is 11 yrs old

Weston is 9 yrs. old

Bekah is 6 yrs old

Ray is 4 yrs.old

Once again this year I just took their pictures by the white wall. Maybe next year I will venture outside for more professional looking pictures.

Snowmen & Cookies for Valentines Day!

I Love Snowmen!

Bekah, Ray, & Sam made me this snowman!

Ellie made the snow pony!

Valentines Day Cookie Party

Sydney, Ellie, and Maddison cutting out the cookies

Sophia cut some out too!

Ray getting caught eating the cookie dough!

Bekah, and Brieanna

Time to frost & decorate!

Ellie, Maddison, and Sydney

Bekah, Brieanna, and Mason

Brieanna sneaks some frosting!

All our creations! Yummy!

Our Valentines Date-Fireproof

For Valentines Day we had a cookies frosting party in afternoon (pics soon) with the Berg cousins. Then after pizza for dinner Lyn & I went to deliver the cookies and pick out a movie. I heard Fireproof was great, so we got it.
After we put the kids to bed, we went down stairs and built a nice cozy fire and watched this movie. It was so good. It was so intriguing, that be the time it was over I didn't want it to end. Lyn really liked it too! I want to challenge all of my friends that are married to see this movie with their spouse. It is a must see for every relationship.

Sledding with Dad!

Lyn took the kids sledding the other day, because I wasn't feeling good a needed a nap. Tiesha volunteered to go with them. They went up by Mayflower frontage road, and had a great time!

Ellie said, "It was so slick, that you didn't even need your sled!"

Weston said "We went sooo fast!"

Ray told me, "It was so fun. Mom!

Bekah thought, "It was totally Wicked!"

They were gone for a good hour, and so cold when they got back that they had Hot Cocoa and watched a movie by the nice warm fire!

Weston's 9th Birthday

For Weston's 9th birthday he wanted a STAR WARS cake,
So I made two fighting light sabers.

It turned out pretty good, and he thought it was cool!

Before school Weston got to open a few presents!

New Shaq shoes!

His very own CD player/radio for his room!
Now both Ellie and Weston can turn up their music, and try to blast each other out!

Family Party

Blowing out the candles!

Presents, presents

and more presents!

All the kids and fun playing balloon war!

Draper Temple Openhouse

Our family, went with the Berg cousins,and Grandpa & Grandma Berg to the openhouse for the Draper Temple, on Monday. It was awesome for the kids to get to see inside the temple and catch a glimpse of what Momma & Daddy do when we go there to serve the Lord.
Since I didn't take any pictures of the event, I found an article about the openhouse written by Maurine Jensen Proctor,who is the Editor-in-Chief of Meridian Magazine, so we could remember what everything looked like and what the things were made of.

Made of white granite from China, the temple rises to 50 feet, but the spire that carries the golden statue of Moroni soars to 168 feet.

The Draper Temple will glow above the valley floor, tucked into the southeast corner, in a place appropriately called Corner Canyon.

The recurring motif in the Draper Utah Temple is the sego lily. The sego lily motif is also carved into the carpet in the Celestial room and the paneling and ceilings of other parts of the temple. The sego lily, is Utah 's state flower

Every temple has a baptismal font where work is performed for the dead. It is a loving God that provides a way for all of his children from all ages of time to be taught his gospel and be offered a way to return to Him. Baptism for the dead was certainly known among the early day Saints. As Paul said in 1 Cor. 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? The baptismal font rests on the back of 12 oxen, representing the 12 Tribes of Israel.

This art glass with its soft blues and sages, allows light to flood the temple. It was designed by Tom Holdman.

This elegant room is where a bride comes to finish getting ready just before she gets married.

Throughout the temple, the floors are made of limestone from France and the wood, pictured here with its elegant patterning is Makore from Central Africa.

The Draper Temple has two ordinance rooms whose walls are original murals depicting the beauty of the creation as God designed it. The mural in this room, painted by Linda Curley Christensen, who also painted several original oils for the temple, looks like a scene from the Wasatch Mountains. Colorado artist Keith Bond painted a landscape of yellow aspens for the walls of the other ordinance room.

As a patron leaves the first ordinance room in the temple where the murals are painted, he or she moves into an ordinance room like this where the light is brighter, as a symbol of moving closer to the presence of God.

The craftsmanship in the Celestial Room is beautiful. It is a little taste of what Heaven is like.

The crystals in this chandelier is from Austria, but natural light fills the room through frosted, art-glass windows. Elder Ballard said the temple is designed to maximize the light, a symbol of the light that can fill the souls of those who come.

Even the waiting areas of the temple are calm and peaceful, meant to draw those who attend away from the world into a closer communion with God.
We had a wonderful experience with our family in the Temple. We encourage all of you live close to the openhouse to go. It was worth it!