Ogden Utah Temple Open House

This past Friday, Nathan and I took the kids to the Ogden Utah Temple Open House. 

What a beautiful building it is. I was particularly impressed with all the woodwork and I also enjoyed the paintings and artwork inside.   

Also, the spirit was so strong as I walked through one of the sealing rooms. It just hit me that I am so grateful that I know my family is sealed to me forever. It is all made possible thanks to these special buildings, the atonement of Jesus Christ, and the sealing power of the priesthood. 

I made sure to express these feelings to my children once we were in the car. I want them to know that temples are special to me.  I also wanted to point out that I felt the spirit in the temple so they could understand what it was they might have been feeling also.

If you want to know more about temples, click here.

 

 

Lesson: Why You Should Use a Knife Proportional to the Job at Hand

If you are trying to cut the plastic off of a small package, you should use a knife proportional to the job.

Maybe a small pocket knife, or a Leatherman.  But, NOT A BUCK KNIFE!!

While we were camping this past weekend, this scenario played out for my son, Jared, with less than satisfactory results.

It resulted in a quick trip down the canyon for some stitches.  **WARNING, some pretty graphic pictures follow, so proceed at your own risk!

 He was not amused with my picture taking!

Waiting for some stitches.

The wound prior to shots.

From a different angle.  The fatty cells popping out are my favorite part.

After some shots and prior to stitches.  You really should zoom in on this one and make that puppy big.  So interesting.  Unfortunately, it was so wide that the stitches kept ripping through the skin...

After all 8 stitches were in.  Technically this was the next day, but I wanted to put it in here.

Once we were done, it was back up the canyon to finish our camping trip.

Labor Day Weekend Camping at Granite Flats Campground

Over Labor Day weekend, we went camping at Granite Flats Campground up American Fork Canyon with Shane and Roni's family.  We had a great time!

There was fishing at Silver Lake.

Clara mostly caught moss.

 

I did not fish, I was in charge of baiting the hooks, repeatedly.

Eventually, Rissa caught the only fish.

There was lots of hanging out at camp and talking, and lots of cousins playing in the woods.

The last day, we went to Tibblefork Reservoir and fished, but were unsuccessful at catching anything.  The kids did enjoy kayaking though.

We had a great weekend.  Thanks to Roni for some of these pictures!  I'll post tomorrow about our emergency trip down the canyon to get some stitches, but here's a sneak peak: