Spring Day at the Temple

St Patrick’s Day fell on Sunday this year. Not that we’re big at celebrating this holiday, but we usually do a fun little leprechaun hunt with a treasure for the kids and eat green pancakes and milk cause this seems to be such a treat for Ethan and Ava. I tried to be organized and have everything ready the night before so we could do a bit of fun things in the morning but still make it to church on time. My preparations did not pay off however, as we all woke up late and dragged through the morning. I mainly dragged as I was getting over a cold and was just generally tired from the oh-so-lovely sleepless nights of late pregnancy. So, the slacker in me took over once we realized that we were going to be late for Stake conference and we decided to take things easy and head to the temple to enjoy the sunny spring day and have a family lesson there.

Ava enjoying the flowering trees with daddy

Daddy's little girl heading into the temple grounds

I promise we did not let Ava pick the flowers! This one was laying on the sidewalk so we let her carry it. She was so delighted. 

We did not realize that sun did not equal warm, and with the temple up on the ridge of the canyon it was very crisp and breezy to put it mildly (so please excuse our wind blown hair). Even though we all froze for most of the visit it was still such a peaceful morning walking the grounds of the temple, sharing our testimonies with our children and enjoying God’s beautiful creations. 

Ethan and Ava patiently watching the duck