Due to all the sickness we've had, we didn't get to see Kev's parents until yesterday. They had a family gift for us this year, one that was perfect for our family of Lego-philes. It was a faux Lego set that makes the Salt Lake Temple. It had over 1700 pieces and it took us about 6 hours over two days to build it. It was a very serious task, but one we all did together.
Building a strong foundation
The walls begin to rise
Nearing the top
Raising the roof…which was much harder than it looked.
The finishing touch (Malia crowning our temple with the “Angel Ramoni”)
Kev's mom told us as we built that she hopes we can all meet in the temple someday. That is my hope as well. I've never been in the temple with all my siblings. It's just one of those things that isn't going to happen because not all of us have made the same life choices. But I'm hopeful that my children will make choices that will allow us to gather there at some future day. The soonest we could all gather in the temple will be in nine years when Malia turns twelve. Of course, in nine years Nathan could still be on a mission and Daniel could be married and living anywhere (yikes!). So putting something on the calendar is a bit premature. But I'm an optimist. I'll pencil it in-we'll meet at some time at some temple and do baptisms. Because who wouldn’t want to be seen in public with this crew?
Once our temple was built, we found the perfect place for it. It can remind us of where we want to meet and why.
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