Vernal

Vernal is a happenin' place! We visited this lovely town for the 2nd reception for my brother and his new bride (see previous post). Raquel is from Vernal and since the reception was to be out there, we decided to make a trip of it and to visit 'dinosaur country' with the kids.

Here are the kids in front of the huge dinosaur skeleton in the Vernal Dinosaur museum, which was pretty cool by the way. The kids had a great time. If you're ever out that way, and with your kids, pay that place a visit. (However, I do have to say that since Brett and I had been to so many awesome museums in D.C., this museum left us feeling a little jipped. It just wasn't as awesome. But for Vernal, hey, it was great!)

The Vernal temple on a beautiful, windy day

The Rexburg Temple

We got to see the Rexburg temple on our way back home. The temple is absolutely beautiful! In the night-time, it is stunning. The temple sits on the south side of campus up on the hill and cannot be missed. I was so thrilled to see a temple go in up here. What a blessing temples are in our lives.




We stopped by Jeff and Brandi's on the way home and got to see the Logan temple too. It boggles my mind at how blessed we are to have so many temples, so close to us. If you think about it, in our 4 hour little drive, we passed 10 temples! Timpanogos, Draper (not operating yet), Oquirrh Mountain (not operating yet), Jordan River, Salt Lake, Bountiful, Ogden, Logan, Idaho Falls and Rexburg. What blesstings the Lord has poured out upon us here in the west. How grateful I am for the temple and the peace and spirit and knowledge it brings into my life.