12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Family History

Day 12:  Today is our last day of Temple lessons in celebration of the Open House of the Gilbert Temple that opened its doors to the public today!  If you would like to take a tour of the temple, reserve your tickets here.  12 to 1 – Temple Count Down's Begun series has been an […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Sealing Room

Day 7:  Today, we talked about "The Sealing Room" and started with this video below. (Start at segment 7:21.)  After we shared this part of the temple movie again, we talked about our Wedding Day.  We were married in 2001, the summer of the attacks on the twin towers.  What a blessing it was for […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Celestial Room

Day 6: Today, we shared the segment about "The Celestial Room" in the temple (start at 6:00). You can find the video here.  We talked about how the Celestial Room is a place of meditation and prayer.  It is a very peaceful and beautiful room.  After the video, we talked about how to pray by […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Baptistry

Day 4: We were out and about most of today and I wasn't sure if we would get a chance to teach the kids about the temple.  Our two youngest children had fallen asleep before we got home.  We tucked the little ones into bed and had a lesson with the two oldest.  Our lesson […]

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12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Inside the Temple

Day 3:  Today was another fun night.  Who said you could only have Family Home Evening once a week?  I love it that we have been getting together as a family every night and teaching them about the temple and then doing an activity.  Tonight we watched this great video about the different rooms in […]

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