Parkinson Family: Brigham City Temple Open House

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Brigham City Temple Open House

On August 20th, we had the opportunity of going to the Brigham City Temple Open House. We have been anticipating this day for a long time now. This temple will be OUR temple- the closest one we now have to our house, only about 20 min. away. What a beautiful place it is! I was in awe of the architecture- the hand carved and hand-painted moldings, murals, chandeliers, furnishings- It is just so beautiful!! More beautiful than the structure itself is the spirit felt within those walls. It was not yet dedicated, but there was still a special feeling there. I know my children could feel it as they walked through.

Just after our tour, Aaron had the opportunity of ushering at the temple. He got to stand out in the parking lot and point people in the right direction with a big welcoming smile. It was a great experience for him, but a long day on his feet.

A few weeks later, Aaron and I had the opportunity of ushering inside the temple together. We were so blessed to have this chance- a friend had this assignment from their ward and was unable to attend. I was also so thankful that my mom was able to come up and watch the kids while we did this. It was an experience I will never forget. I was able to spend about 2 hours in the Celestial Room, 1 1/2 in the sealing room, and the rest in the Telestial room. One of the neatest things was just watching the peoples' faces as they entered the rooms and saw (and felt) the beauty there. All I really did was smile and answer any questions, but what I wanted to do was just bear my soul to them, to share my testimony of this gospel and the power of temples. Hopefully some of them could feel it, or at least see it in my eyes. As I was standing in the sealing room, watching family after family come in and look into the mirrors that go on forever, reflecting on eternity, I was overcome by the spirit. This is what "happily ever after" is really all about. We want to be with our families forever, united in love that goes on after this life. I am so grateful that I have the opportunity to be a part of this great work!

Here are some pictures of the temple I got from the Herald Journal website:

Instruction Room

Baptismal Font

Sealing Room

Celestial Room

Bride's Room

1 comment:

VickiOctober 14, 2012 at 10:46 AM
GREAT PICTURES!!
We are truly blessed!
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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."