Jordan River Temple Rededication

The Jordan River Temple was rededicated in May, and we were able to attend several of the activities in relation to that historical event.  We attended the Youth Celebration the night before the rededication in the Conference Center and it was so amazing! (I didn't take a picture of us! Duh!)  The program was absolutely incredible.  There are about 17000 youth in the Jordan River Temple district, so the conference center was filled with youth from those surrounding areas.  Todd and I were able to sit on the main floor, right in the middle section, and we could see the stage very well.  It was an incredible blessing to be able to go.

(This picture was taken at one of the early youth activities)

We also had the amazing opportunity to attend the rededication of the Jordan River Temple in the Celestial Room, where it actually took place.  What a gift it was to be able to be in that room!  Todd and I were given tickets to this event which had our names typed on them beforehand. (Crazy!)  When they were given to us, the guy said, "Don't lose these.  They're your ticket into the Celestial Room."  It was so cool!

Here are a couple of pictures taken after the rededication of the temple

And lastly, we were able to attend a temple session in the Jordan River Temple the following Monday morning (after the rededication.)  It was amazing as well!  The temple wasn't technically open to the public yet, so we were able to do a session with several other stake presidents and wives, and seventies and wives.  It was totally awesome!

These pictures were taken outside after the session was over

It was an awe-inspiring 3 days of temple worship!  We were very grateful and honored that we had the opportunity to attend all of these sacred events and we know that they were a once-in-a-lifetime gift.  And now we have the Jordan River Temple open once again for us to partake of the blessings that come from being in that holy house, and for doing the work of the Lord upon the earth today.  Yippee! :)  I love to see the Temple!

The Zombie Apocalypse--Jacob's play

Jacob was in one last play at the end of the school year (at Bonneville).  It was called The Zombie Apocalypse.  He played the role of a love-struck zombie, who liked a non-zombie person.  He did such a great job!  Jacob has a great talent for singing and acting, and he absolutely loves it!

Mom and Jacob

He looked very scary and played the part well! 

These aren't great pictures, but they're all I have.   Jacob is on the right.  

This is the girl who he liked in the play, but she wasn't interested in him at all! HA! 

(I love the looks on both of their faces!)

  Jacob is really trying to get the girl to notice him by being charming and romantic! HA!

It was awesome to have his brothers come and support him!

Dallin, Brandon, Jacob, and Kyle

Good job Jacob!  You were amazing!  And now it's time to say goodbye to Bonneville!  (What?)

Cottonwood, here we come! :) 

Dallin's Senior Pictures 2018

Dallin wasn't too excited when he found out that I was taking him to get senior pictures, but this is a parent's right, of course.  There are no exceptions!  And I loved how they all turned out!  

Enjoy!

  

What a good-looking kid, if I do say so myself!

We love you Dallin!

Dallin's Junior Prom 2018

Dallin took Sadie Durham to Prom this year.  

They are such good friends (really good, actually!) and I'm so glad they went together.  

They had tons of fun.

Here's Dallin before the big date

Dallin went and picked Sadie up a little early because Jason Forbush was driving, and he lives in our neighborhood.  So I was able to snap a picture before they actually left for the evening.  (That hardly ever happens, so I was excited!) :) 

Dallin and Sadie (So cute!!)

This is the group who went together.

Jason Forbush, ?, Dallin, Sadie, Hunter VanBeekum and Sadie ?

And here's a close up.  What a beautiful bunch of kids!

I made Dallin get dance pictures taken, and I think they turned out so well!  What a cute couple!

They all had a great time together!  Senior year is about to end!  

(Kind-of sad, but exciting too!) :) 

Brandon--Snow College SBA

So Brandon applied to be a Student Body Advocate (SBA) for next year at Snow College.  And guess what?  He made it!  He had to be interviewed and everything.  I think there are about 20 students or so on the committee. This will be a great leadership opportunity for him, and he will also receive a scholarship for being on it.  He will have to work 6 hours or so per week next year in the office, plus more hours planning and preparing the year's activities for Snow.  He's pretty excited about it.

Snow College invited all the newcomers (for next year) and their parents to a dinner/inauguration event in March.  So Todd and I drove down to Ephraim for it.  It was actually really neat to be there.  The outgoing committee was honored, and the incoming committee was welcomed. It was really cool and I'm really glad that we went.

This was the outlined program for the evening

The president of Snow College even spoke. It was awesome! After the presentation was over, the college fed us all a nice dinner.  It was a really memorable evening and it was great to be able to spend the time with Brandon too.

It was a really fun evening, and I'm so glad we were able to go and show our support for Brandon.

(Even the weather cooperated!)  Congrats son!  You're going to be awesome!

These are just a couple of pictures of Brandon eating his birthday cake.  He actually had a final on his actual birthday, so we celebrated it after he came home from Snow.  21 years old! 

Happy Birthday Brandon!  We love you! :)