Temple Trip

Yesterday we met our goal by attending the temple and making that 3 times in 2011.

In the past we've woken at 3 am, in the car by 4, stopped for breakfast, one of us goes in for a session, lunch, then the other goes in for a session, back in the car....by the time we get home it's dark out and time for bed!  This time we decided to drive to Oklahoma City the night before so it wasn't such a long day for the boys.  8+ hours on the road, in one day, is hard for little boys (and parents!). 

Tony worked extra hours during the week so he was able to come home for lunch on Friday and  immediately leave for OKC.  We left right at nap time so Charlie & Joey were able to sleep a good chunk of the way.

It was fun to talk while both the boys slept, but of course they didn't sleep the whole way!  We would pull over when it was time for Joey to eat and Tony would play with Charlie.

playing on the side of the road

We arrived at dinner time, checked into our hotel and headed off to find a place for dinner.  Later that night we went swimming.  Charlie had a blast in the pool!  Joey even went swimming for a bit, but I was worried the water was too cold so that was short lived, but he seemed to enjoy it for the small time he was in the water!

The next morning, we packed the kids up in the car and drove to the temple so I could make the first session. We took the back roads to avoid the toll roads that are all over Oklahoma and found out our directions were wrong. Since the area is flat we weren't able to see the golden Moroni until we were 2 blocks away. I barely made it in time, arriving 2 minutes before the session began. I ran in as fast as I could!  Since OKC temple has only 6 sessions each day, I did not want to wait for two hours before beginning our day at the temple!  The temple workers were so sweet and let me hurry and change so I could be in that first session. 

Tony took the boys back to the hotel to have breakfast and check out.  They met me back at the temple after my session and we took some family pictures before Tony's session started. 

 

While Tony was inside I took the boys to the store so we could browse the toy aisles and buy some snacks for the drive home.  Then we went back to the temple to be on the grounds for a while and wait for Tony.

 Charlie chasing bugs (pronounced "bu's, buds or buts)

After stopping for lunch we were home bound!  We stopped half way for ice cream cones and survived the last half hour by dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and other songs on my ipod.

We were so happy to be at the temple together as a family.  It was such a wonderful day!