Kefford had a couple days off from work and really wanted to go and do something. He heard about the Pocatello Temple Open House and has been wanting to visit the Ricks family who live in Rexburg plus Kenedy is in Rexburg so he decided we should go to Rexburg, visit the Ricks and Kenedy and do the Temple Open House. We took Avynlea and Rylee out of school early on Friday and headed to Rexburg. Kenedy was working until 7 so we went to BYU-I to wander around but the girls got bored very quickly. We looked around in the bookstore and then left to go get a stadium chair for me at Big 5 and then we headed to the Ricks house. It was fun to see their family again and to hang out and visit with our friends. Avynlea and Rylee got pulled upstairs by the kids to play Mario Kart and it was decided that the losers had to do Karaoke. Rylee got a picture of Avynlea singing Karaoke with her fellow loser Coulson.
Danny thought the sunset looked spectacular out his front window so he had us go stand outside so he could take a picture of the 4 of us in front of the sunset.
Kenedy arrived and once it got dark we sat outside around the fire and roasted s'mores and visited some more. It really was so much fun being all together again.
Danny, Angela, Avynlea, Kenedy, Kefford, Rylee and Coulson
Once the kids wee tired of the fire we went back inside for more Mario Kart and Karaoke.
Rylee and Kenedy
Avynlea and Kenedy
Avynlea and Rylee stayed the night with Kenedy at her apartment while Kefford and I crashed at the Ricks house. The next morning we had to get up early so we could drive to Pocatello in time for our Open House slot at 8:20. The Ricks live right next to a beautiful forrest and they were telling us about the Moose that live in there and that come out occasionally. I had seen a deer jumping through there the night before and we all saw a mama with her baby deer but Kefford really wanted to see one of the Moose and was disappointed that we were leaving without him seeing one. Wouldn't you know as we were driving down his street out steps a moose and just casually walks across the property. We were all pretty excited and Kefford stopped the car to get some pictures and then Avynlea jumped out to get in one of the pictures.
We made it to the Temple Open House and it was beautiful. The tour was pretty quick and we were rushed through a little bit but it was so great to be inside another Temple with my family. I missed having Kenedy and Ryker there with us but the spirit was so strong and I had so much joy being inside the Temple and in the Celestial room with Kefford, Avynlea and Rylee. I love how Temples can bring families closer together as well as uniting families for eternity. Any time I can be in the Temple with the ones I love is a good day. Rylee loved the inside so much that she mentioned she wanted to get married in this Temple. It was beautiful with lots of flowers and colors of pink and gold.
