Last night, Josh and I took our kids to the Draper Temple Open House. I was a little bit worried about taking a 3 1/2 year old into a temple, if you can imagine. So we had a Family Home Evening the night before discussing how it is Heavenly Father’s house and that we need to be reverent, etc. etc.
Amazingly enough, it totally worked!!! Ashton was just a little sweetheart the WHOLE time. He walked with his arms folded and whispered MOST of the time. The temple was gorgeous, of course. The Baptistry was incredible, very open and huge. Ashton looked at the font being held by the twelve oxen and asked “Is that water for the cows?”
In the Celestial Room, the first thing we noticed was the incredibly high vaulted ceiling with a magnificent chandalier stretching all the way to the top. Ashton stopped as soon as he entered the room and said, NOT in a whisper,”Oh WOOOOW! That is sooooo pretty!”
As Josh tucked Ashton into bed he asked said,”Ashton, what was your favorite thing about the temple.” Ashton said, “Ooooh, nuthin’,….just the cows.”
by stephanie carr, on February 5 2009 @ 11:55 pm
Ahston is such a stud!! He seriously is so good and reverant… how do you do it??? The Draper temple looks amazing just from the outside i’m so excited to go through it. I hope Druw will be just as reverant as Ashton was!!! (cross my fingers
by Dani, on February 6 2009 @ 8:59 pm
I love the “cows” comment. He is so adorable. And, you look so beautiful in that picture at your ward reunion.
by Holly Hokanson, on February 7 2009 @ 11:32 am
That’s cool Jen. I wish I could say that my kids were that good…we went up with the youth and the Temple Pres. and his family was RIGHT in front of us the entire time, and my kids were NOT good. I was so embarrassed. It’s such a beautiful temple.
by Katie, on February 8 2009 @ 2:20 am
That looks so beautiful. Thats neat that you were able to share that with Ashton. He sounds like such a sweet little boy
by Raegan Stewart, on February 24 2009 @ 7:53 pm
so cute! Ashton is so funny we love him