Temple Open House and then a Drive
As many of you know there is a new LDS temple soon to be dedicated in Rexburg. There is an open house going on for the next few weeks and we thought it would be fun to bring the children into the temple for a look. For the open house you are supposed to get tickets, which more than anything helps distribute the visitors throughout the days and the weeks. Four days after putting the tickets (150,000 of them) on line they were gone. We didn't get any and were pretty disappointed. Well, a while later they released a few more and we managed to get some tickets for this morning at 7 am. So we loaded up the kids and went. It was probably a good time to get tickets because the crowds were small and it got us all up for a productive day. Come to find out, we probably didn't need tickets. They never asked for, or checked ours. I probably wasn't supposed to let that be known.
It was very nice. The architecture (the windows looked great Tyler), the art work (Leon Parson's panels in the instruction rooms are spectacular), and the people volunteering in the temple were all just really nice. Most of the paintings in the temple were landscapes of specific local, rather than general, scenes, which I appreciated. If I had to do it again I would find a sitter for Jacob, who wouldn't walk and made us (mostly me, but Susan also to her credit) carry him the whole time. There are four or five flights of stairs and he's a big two-year old. I would have also left my coat in the car, it got pretty hot walking around. I'm glad that we all (especially Kevin and Ethan) got to see the temple though. It was a great start to the day and week. Unfortunately it was too dark and cold for any temple pictures or family snapshots on the temple grounds.
After our visit to the temple we came home and had a quick breakfast, I dropped Kevin off at school and had to take advantage of the beautiful light. I took my favorite winter drive and snapped a few images before coming back to the University to get ready for classes, which start Wednesday.
Snow and Sky, Rexburg, ID 2008
Spruce in Snow (and a bit of the temple), Rexburg, ID 2008
Center Pivot Reverser (I doubt reverser is a word), Rexburg, ID 2008
Hay Stack with Snow Drifts, Walker, ID 2008
It was very nice. The architecture (the windows looked great Tyler), the art work (Leon Parson's panels in the instruction rooms are spectacular), and the people volunteering in the temple were all just really nice. Most of the paintings in the temple were landscapes of specific local, rather than general, scenes, which I appreciated. If I had to do it again I would find a sitter for Jacob, who wouldn't walk and made us (mostly me, but Susan also to her credit) carry him the whole time. There are four or five flights of stairs and he's a big two-year old. I would have also left my coat in the car, it got pretty hot walking around. I'm glad that we all (especially Kevin and Ethan) got to see the temple though. It was a great start to the day and week. Unfortunately it was too dark and cold for any temple pictures or family snapshots on the temple grounds.
After our visit to the temple we came home and had a quick breakfast, I dropped Kevin off at school and had to take advantage of the beautiful light. I took my favorite winter drive and snapped a few images before coming back to the University to get ready for classes, which start Wednesday.
Snow and Sky, Rexburg, ID 2008
Spruce in Snow (and a bit of the temple), Rexburg, ID 2008
Center Pivot Reverser (I doubt reverser is a word), Rexburg, ID 2008
Hay Stack with Snow Drifts, Walker, ID 2008
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You've done it again. These are beautiful, but I'm freezing just looking at them! I really like the solitary tree.
Great images. Congrats on the Idaho Falls Arts council and on the show...ok so the shows! Way to go! When is the Idaho Falls one going...is there an opening reception?
Thanks Mom. Tyler the Idaho Falls show is probably up now. There is an opening reception. I believe it's January 19th.
Its actually called an "End of field stop", or an "Auto reverse", depending on how it is set up. That is my favorite one, by the way. You might like the photos in this contest... http://www.groundwater.org/pe/cp_winners.html
Thanks James. Those are some cool and funny photos.
I marked your webpage ages ago and just found it again with the link to your blog. Love it. Makes me nostalgic for USU days and heading off on birding/photo adventures. I have one of your BRBR photos on my wall and always think I'll run into you out there one day. :)
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