Sacramento California Temple

We really enjoyed our trip to the Sacramento Temple.  It's a beautiful temple and we had a great experience. 

Enjoy some of our pictures from this temple below.

Gotta do the picture next to the sign

Isn't she cute with the pretty flowers?

The Angel Moroni

Selfies are important

Holiness to the Lord

Los Angeles California Temple

The Los Angeles Temple is beautiful. But one of the most interesting things about visiting this temple, was the extreme contrast that we experienced in one day.  We spent the morning at this temple and then we drove to Hollywood for the evening.

There were some neat famous landmarks in Hollywood, but there was a very noticeable difference between the temple and the big city night life.  I was happy to have experienced the peace of the temple.  I'm glad we were able to visit this beautiful House of God.

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Oakland California Temple

The Oakland Temple is another special temple for our family.  My wife grew up in Clovis, California.  Through most of her youth, the Oakland Temple was her temple.  Her ward would take all of the youth in a big caravan to do baptisms.  Since then, they built the Fresno temple which is only 20 minutes from her parent's house.

This was the first time she or I had done an endowment session in this temple, so that was a neat experience for both of us.  We had the opportunity to be the witness couple, so that was neat too.

This is a very beautiful temple, and it's one of the few to not have an Angel Moroni on the spire.  It also has a beautiful view of the San Francisco Bay.  I really enjoyed this temple, and I'm grateful I had the opportunity to experience it.

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Fresno California Temple

Besides the Timpanogos Temple, where we were married, this is probably one of the most special temples for Robyn and I.  She is from Clovis, which is about 25 minutes from this temple.  Before we got engaged, I came home with her and had the opportunity to be present in the session where she was endowed.

This past week we were able to go to this temple again for a very special event.  Robyn's Oma (German grandmother) was baptized about two years ago and had the opportunity to attend the temple about a year ago.  Oma decided to be sealed to her husband who had passed away.  We drove out and I had the opportunity to sit as a witness to the sealing.  She was also sealed to two of her children, Robyn's mother and uncle.

We joked that not many people get the opportunity to attend their grandmother's wedding.  It was so neat to be able to stand in and see her obtain this incredible blessing.

Carol (Robyn's mother) was sealed to her mother.  I looked into her eyes as she was receiving the ordinance.  I saw how happy she was to finally partake of the blessing of an eternal family.  It made me appreciate what an incredible blessing it truly is.  My parents were sealed before I was born so I have never known anything different.  But watching her and realizing how special it is to gain that blessing; it made me truly appreciate the blessing that I've taken for granted.

I love the temple.  I especially love the blessing of an eternal family.

A Nativity at the Fresno Temple

San Diego California Temple

The San Diego temple was one of the most unique temples I've seen.  The celestial room has a beautiful staircase going up to a second level.  It has large spires coming down from the ceiling that look like icicles.  The outside is absolutely beautiful, with somewhat of a fairy castle type look.  To the brides who get married here they really do get to feel like a princess in a castle.

It sits right next to the freeway, where you can see its majesty as you drive by.  It is a beautiful temple in a beautiful city.

These flowers were all over the trees on the temple grounds.

We were there with Robyn's sister Megan and her husband Graham.

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