"The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the Temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all our affairs." -Pres. Boyd K Packer
When Jonathan and I were engaged and preparing to be sealed in the Temple I thought it would be great goal for us to get to all the Temples in Utah. It soon turned into just visiting as many temples as we can:) We call it our "Curtis Temple Tour" and this week we made it to our 20th Temple! Although we are still missing the Monticello Temple before we can say we have been to all the Temples in Utah... It has been so fun to travel around and enjoy each ones unique beauty. On our way to each temple we read about that said temple's history and facts on this LDS Temples site. We have learned all kinds of fun facts and special things to look for when we get there.
I am so grateful for the Temple and the peace I can find there. Even though each Temple we have been to is different, the Spirit is always the same. I know it is the House of the Lord, where His Spirit can dwell. I strive in my daily life to do the things that will invite that Spirit so I can have it with me always. I am also so grateful that we don't HAVE to travel hours to find a Temple. We have one just blocks away! Most importantly I cherish & keep the covenants I made in the Holy Temple.
So without further a do... Here are our 20 Temples:)
1st was the Jordan River Temple where I took out my own endowments.
What a joy filled day!
2nd was our Wedding Day in the Bountiful Temple.
An even more joyous day!
3rd was the Draper Temple, it was my first time back to the temple after doing my endowments. We were asked to be the "Witness Couple" I was a ball of nerves, but it was so special!
4th was the Vernal Temple. We made a little trip to Heber City and spent the night with my Grandma. Then finished our way to Vernal the next morning. What a sweet little temple it was, having been a Tabernacle originally. My favorite memory was being greeted in the Celestial Room by a giant picture of Christ in the Heavens with his arms wide open.
5th was the Provo Temple. We had tickets to a BYU game so we went down early and went to the temple before the game. I can't even remember if they won or not...
6th was the Logan Temple. This trip was very special for both Jon and I, for very personal reasons. We both were so happy to be with each other in the Temple!
7th was our very own Brigham City Temple, not too long after it had been dedicated.
8th was the Manti Temple. This is one of only 2 Temples that still do "live sessions" so it was special just for that reason. Also we made sure to check out the 5 story spiral stairs. So much history in this temple!
9th & 10th were the Buenos Aries Argentina, and Asuncion Paraguay Temples. Were were on a trip back to Jon and Jordan's missions. Listening to the session in Spanish was really neat.
11th, 12th & 13th were the Oquirrh Mountain, Mount Timpanogas, and Salt Lake City Temple. We had a little "Temple Weekend Trip" and went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Friday night, stayed in American Fork and then the next morning when to Mount Timpanogas, and then Salt Lake City Temple on the way back towards Brigham. It was one spiritually filled weekend!!!
14th was the Twin Falls Idaho Temple. We had just moved into our new house, and invited our neighbors to come along:)
15th was the Idaho Falls Temple. This is MY favorite Temple! They still have the original progressive rooms you move through, which is really neat. There are only 3 Temples that have murals in the Celestial Room, and this is one of them. That had to be the best part. I honestly felt like the murals depicted exactly what Heaven will be like! Also it was a special Temple trip for us because we had JUST found out the day before I was carrying our little Zella. The next day we drove back to Pocatello to watch Jordan play football.
16th & 17th were the St. George and Las Vegas Temple. By this time Zella was three months old and we went down south to watch Jordan play football for his Senior year. We decided we might as well go to the Las Vegas Temple too. Thank heavens for good friends & family who watched Zella for us while we went! The Celestial Room in Las Vegas was really neat because the sun casts rainbows through the windows all over the place!
18th was the Ogden Temple a few months after it was dedicated. It was closed when I went through the Temple so we hadn't had the chance to go through it together yet. We also saw it as a family during the Open House.
19th was the Payson Temple. A friend in Provo helped us out with Zella again, and we were able to go do a session together. We also took Zella with us during the open house. What neat experiences an open house is for families! Zella kept pointing up at all the sparkly lights and was such a good quiet girl the whole time we walked through.
And 20th is the Rexburg Idaho Temple just this last weekend. Zella stayed at my Dad's house in Tremonton and had a great time getting spoiled by all her Aunties.
How blessed we are to have SO many Temples! We plan on continuing with our "Curtis Temple Tour" and enjoying as many Temples as we can.
I also love going to back to our close "Regulars" where we have made many sweet memories. It has been such a strength to go the temple, and we have made it our goal to attend monthly.
5th was the Provo Temple. We had tickets to a BYU game so we went down early and went to the temple before the game. I can't even remember if they won or not...
6th was the Logan Temple. This trip was very special for both Jon and I, for very personal reasons. We both were so happy to be with each other in the Temple!
7th was our very own Brigham City Temple, not too long after it had been dedicated.
8th was the Manti Temple. This is one of only 2 Temples that still do "live sessions" so it was special just for that reason. Also we made sure to check out the 5 story spiral stairs. So much history in this temple!
9th & 10th were the Buenos Aries Argentina, and Asuncion Paraguay Temples. Were were on a trip back to Jon and Jordan's missions. Listening to the session in Spanish was really neat.
11th, 12th & 13th were the Oquirrh Mountain, Mount Timpanogas, and Salt Lake City Temple. We had a little "Temple Weekend Trip" and went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Friday night, stayed in American Fork and then the next morning when to Mount Timpanogas, and then Salt Lake City Temple on the way back towards Brigham. It was one spiritually filled weekend!!!
14th was the Twin Falls Idaho Temple. We had just moved into our new house, and invited our neighbors to come along:)
15th was the Idaho Falls Temple. This is MY favorite Temple! They still have the original progressive rooms you move through, which is really neat. There are only 3 Temples that have murals in the Celestial Room, and this is one of them. That had to be the best part. I honestly felt like the murals depicted exactly what Heaven will be like! Also it was a special Temple trip for us because we had JUST found out the day before I was carrying our little Zella. The next day we drove back to Pocatello to watch Jordan play football.
16th & 17th were the St. George and Las Vegas Temple. By this time Zella was three months old and we went down south to watch Jordan play football for his Senior year. We decided we might as well go to the Las Vegas Temple too. Thank heavens for good friends & family who watched Zella for us while we went! The Celestial Room in Las Vegas was really neat because the sun casts rainbows through the windows all over the place!
18th was the Ogden Temple a few months after it was dedicated. It was closed when I went through the Temple so we hadn't had the chance to go through it together yet. We also saw it as a family during the Open House.
19th was the Payson Temple. A friend in Provo helped us out with Zella again, and we were able to go do a session together. We also took Zella with us during the open house. What neat experiences an open house is for families! Zella kept pointing up at all the sparkly lights and was such a good quiet girl the whole time we walked through.
And 20th is the Rexburg Idaho Temple just this last weekend. Zella stayed at my Dad's house in Tremonton and had a great time getting spoiled by all her Aunties.
How blessed we are to have SO many Temples! We plan on continuing with our "Curtis Temple Tour" and enjoying as many Temples as we can.
I also love going to back to our close "Regulars" where we have made many sweet memories. It has been such a strength to go the temple, and we have made it our goal to attend monthly.
