California

MY TEMPLE!!!!

This past weekend my mother-in-law and I had the opportunity to go down to California and revisit some of our old stomping grounds. I grew up in the East Bay Area and she grew up just across the bay on the hill over looking the city.

Our purpose for going down was not just for leisure, we found out that her sister-in-law, John's aunt, had passed away so we went down to see family and help in whatever way we could.

We ended up having a day to ourselves to see the sites. We went to the Oakland California Temple were John and I where married. There was no one on the grounds to take a picture of us together so we each took one of each other. The fountains had just been turned off for the evening which I was really bummed about but it was still so beautiful.

At the visitor center they have there we saw that they were having a showing of some sculptures of Christ. We decided to go see. They truly where the most amazing things I had ever seen. There was probably 10-15 individual depictions of Christs teachings. Him walking on water, raising Lazarus from the tomb, Marry and Martha with Him, Teaching the Pharisees, Cleansing the leper. And the list goes on. They were so beautiful and brought on so many emotions and gratitude for our Savior. There were some in the room who were about to go through the temple and I thought 'what a great way to begin and evening, being reminded of Him who made us.' I have to admit I was slightly jealous of them.

The trip was short cuz I was itching to get back to my kids and hubby but I had a great time getting to know my mother-in-law better and spending time reminiscing with her about life and family.