First Temple Trip of the Year

For the first FHE of the year, Tony and I wrote down resolutions.  Personal and family goals for the upcoming year.  One of our family goals was to attend the temple three times in 2011.   
We started the year off right by going to our ward temple session yesterday.
 
I packed our breakfast/lunch in a cooler and about half way there we stopped  to use the bathroom & have breakfast in the car.  Charlie thought having breakfast in the front seat was the best thing ever!  He was so excited to be eating in the car and the steering wheel turned into his jungle gym.

 Balancing on the wheel

Who knew eating in the car could be so fun & exciting?

We met our friends at the temple for a kid swap (us doing a session while they watched Charlie then them doing a session while we watched their kids). With temperatures in the high 60's (maybe even 70) it was the perfect day to be at the temple!  We went in first and then watched the kids outside on a blanket while their parents were inside.  We collected sticks, pinecones and kicked a soccer ball until the other session over. 

It was a great day.  It was a long day.  I told Tony that the drive home is NOT what we are taking away from this day so I won't go into details about coming home :)

 I keep crossing my fingers that our area will be announced for a temple in general conference.  Maybe this April?  :)

I am so happy we were able to go and even happier we were able to be inside together.