Day 11: Today, we have been at the ER at the Children's Hospital for the past 5 hours. Our 1 year old child was...
Temples
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Exploring and Pondering
Day 10: It was another late night getting back from a scouting meeting, but we gathered our kids together, said...
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Temple Patron Fund
Day 9: Today we started our temple lesson by watching this video below called "Temples Are a Beacon"...
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! Only a Stonecutter
Day 8: Today we watched this inspiring video about John Rowe Moyle. Amazing! It is about 15 minutes long, but well worth the time to understand what it means to Act and to be Acted upon as he faithfully served as a stone mason on the Salt Lake Temple. So many...
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...
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....
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! The Instruction Room
Day 5: Today we shared a segment from Day 3's video about "The Instruction Room" starting at 4:51. We talked about how this room is where we learn more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. (this is a good opportunity to review "The Plan...
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...
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...
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun! A History of Temples
Day 2: Today, we talked about the History of Temples. Here's a great article starting with Moses and talking about 23 other temples around the world. We started early today by building The Tabernacle that Moses was instructed to build. It was...
12 to 1 – Temple Count Down’s Begun!
If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and you live in Arizona, then you probably know all about what happens on January 18th. The Gilbert Temple will have it's Open House starting that day until the middle of February....