We Love to See the Temple

We were talking about the temple a couple of weeks ago during our Family Home Evening and we asked Ty if he wanted to go to the temple someday.  He didn't answer us, but ran over and grabbed his shoes and said, "Out!  Go temple!"  Apparently, he thought we were going right then.  Well, it's not open on Mondays, so we decided to plan another time that we could take him and walk around the grounds  of the Las Vegas Temple.  Since Russell has a break from classes this week, we took our little family up there this morning and had brunch on the lawn.  We kinda lucked out with the weather: we had a nice breeze and it actually wasn't too hot!  And because I've been wanting to go for a while (like it's a big deal) we stopped at Von's grocery store and bought a couple of donuts.  Highly recommend the delish apple fritter.  Worth the pit stop for sure.

As we were driving up to the temple, Ty said, "Temple--a BIG one!" I'm not sure what size he thought it was, but he's right: it is a pretty, big building.  I'm glad he was impressed.  : )

On the way we sang "I love to See the Temple" and "I Hope They Call me on a Mission" per Ty-Ty's request.

Walking to the temple with Daddy.

 He wanted to hold Daddy's hand the whole time, not mine.  That's fine...I guess.

Ty walked up the little grassy hill and when he got to the top, since it's sloped, he was too scared to walk down the hill by himself.  After a while, he gained a little more courage and was running down the hill and falling on purpose. 

 

Pretend Ty's not yelling with cheese in his mouth.  He wasn't very happy that we made him stay still for a quick picture.  This was obviously after he was having fun on the grass.

 The really good apple fritter.  The girls and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Also, I've decided that this is the perfect donut to share with Ty since it's easy to break off little pieces.  Everybody wins!

 Tackling Daddy.  (Nice legs, Russell!)

There really is a cool view from the temple of the Vegas Valley...which you can only kinda see in this picture, so I recommend you come see for yourself. 

 The Las Vegas Temple.  We are lucky to have a temple only about 30 minutes away.

I love little family outings.  :)