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Our Last Weekend in Utah

Here’s a little breakdown of what we did during our last weekend in Utah:

Thursday

Finished packing up things we needed to bring with us to Austin.
Watched the packers pack all of our things.
Ate Del Taco for lunch.
Went to Adam’s eye appointment.
Both got our hair cut by our friend, Nicole.
Went to the Manti Pageant with my family in their big blue van. Ate delicious, homemade 9-inch corn dogs.
Rode with my family back from Manti.
Picked up things from our apartment and drove to [...]

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A Trip to the “Crossroads of the West”

In August we took a trip back to Utah, the “Crossroads of the West” to spend some quality time with our family! On our flight into Denver, where we had a layover, we saw an awesome lightning storm! We tried to capture it on video and hopefully you’ll enjoy what we were able to capture.  No video can do it justice, it was amazing to see the raw power of nature and marvel at God’s creations.

We were delayed coming into [...]

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A Jaunt to San Antonio

In the midst of our busy schedule we found some time in July to take a “vacation” to San Antonio, TX.  It was more of a day trip really but we enjoyed ourselves. We had been to the temple there before, but we wanted to go and see the Alamo and walk on the River Walk!

We left for San Antonio on a Saturday around noon.  We had a choir practice in the morning so we couldn’t leave until then. We [...]

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Houston . . . Not a Problem!

Last weekend, we drove to Houston. The land here is so green and beautiful. We even saw an LDS church building along the highway!

As we entered Houston, there was a beautiful sunset in the west, and the moon was huge and bright as it rose in the east.

On Saturday morning, we had the opportunity to go to the Houston, Texas temple! It was so beautiful. The architecture and landscaping were lovely, and we had a wonderful [...]

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San Antonio Temple

Yesterday we went down to the San Antonio, Texas Temple for the first time.  Our stake had set up a stake “Temple Day of Service” and encouraged us to come on Friday and participate as a stake in serving in the temple. We called ahead last week and reserved a spot on the 6:30 session.

Google maps, which I guess should not always be implicitly trusted, told us that it would take one hour and [...]

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