Brigham City Temple Open House

Growing up LDS and in Utah, I had the opportunity to be surrounded by temples, but also to walk through the Bountiful and Mount Timpanogos Temples before they were dedicated.  As a young girl, who was striving to live worthily and be able to someday enter a holy temple to receive blessings, I was captivated by the inner beauty, and the wonderful Spirit that resided inside such a sacred place.

When my sister and mom frantically called to see if we were available to join them and the family to see the newly finished Brigham City Temple, I didn't even hesitate!  I wanted my little boys to feel that peaceful feeling that comes when experiencing the clean, white, pure and sacred place.

Before a temple is dedicated, anyone can walk through it during the open house.  It doesn't matter if you don't believe there is a God, have tattoos, or drink away your sorrows.  It doesn't matter if you are an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or a dedicated member of another congregation.  The purpose of a temple open house is for the general public to see the interior of our sacred temples.  In this particular open house, there was no talking, or even any presentations (descriptions of the beautiful peach-blossom windows, the reason for the baptismal font, etc.) within its sacred (not secret) walls.  The silence was peaceful, aw-inspiring, and uplifting.  If you don't know much about the purpose of our temples, you can read and learn more about it HERE.

I was able to snap a few pictures of the boys enjoying this neat occasion!  {enjoy!}

had to weasel our way in through a crowd
to get this picture front and center....
wish the girl behind me would have moved
so I could have gotten the spire behind the boys....
oh well!  We tried! 

A family outing wouldn't be complete without dinner....so instead of waiting at Maddox for an hour an a half, we drove to the Coppermill in Logan...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!  SO worth the drive and the cup of bleach I had to use to clean my boys' white shirts after dinner!  Thanks mom and dad, for the wonderful evening!