It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas time is my most favorite time of the year! I'm totally sad that I won't get a chance to get into the city to see the Christmas decorations (December in NYC is awesome). Luckily, I had the chance to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. They were absolutely beautiful!

Jeff and I decided to take a quick trip to Utah to visit family. It was so much fun catching up with family and friends, but I wish we could have stayed a little longer since I missed seeing some people. Hopefully next time!

Palmyra Trip: Temple

Ok, now for some more Palmyra trip pictures.

After the Sacred Grove and Smith Farm, we loaded the kids up for a short drive to the Palmyra Temple. I mean short. We probably could have walked it.

The Palmyra Temple is probably the smallest temple I have ever been in, but it was absolutely beautiful. The stain-glass was lovely! All the windows had images on the Sacred Grove. I hope I get to go back for another visit.

After spending some time in the temple, I forced the kids to pose for a couple of pictures. The boys were being very difficult, so I never got a nice picture of everyone. You would think it would be easy. One, Two, Three....look at me. Apparently this is not the case for the YM in my ward. That was just too many numbers for them. Look at met trashing the YM on my temple post! Terrible! I will repent later.

Youth Conference 2011 - Kirtland, Ohio

I had the opportunity to go to Youth Conference this year. The funny thing is that I was just going because Jeff was (he's the Young Men's president in our ward), but by the time Youth Conference rolled around I was called as second counselor in the Young Women's in our ward. Funny!

I have to admit I'm not use to going to youth activities and having to be the adult leader :) So, I'm sure I wasn't much help to the leaders that went with us.

We went to Kirtland, Ohio for Youth Conference this year. It was such an amazing experience being there with the youth and seeing all those church history locations. I've learned about all of these locations before, but it was amazing standing there and listening to the revelations that were received in these places being read.

We went to the Johnson Farm, Historic Kirtland, the Kirtland Temple, and Malory farm. Does anyone know what all four of these places have in common?

Here are a few pictures I took on the trip.

We stayed at Hiram College. The first night we had a devotional and dance in the Kennedy Center. Carl Anderson came to speak to us about Kirtland. It was nice having a little review about what we were going to see the next day.


We woke up early and headed over to the Johnson Farm.

Next we went to Historic Kirtland. We started out at the Whitney Store. Some of the boards of the upstairs are originals from when Joseph Smith used the room work on the JS Translation of the Bible. The table in the fourth picture down is also the original table he used.


After lunch we went to the Kirtland Temple. We watched a short video and then had a tour of the temple. It's so beautiful and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to experience it for myself.


On Saturday morning we got up real early and headed over to the Kirtland Temple for a testimony meeting. It was such a memorable experience. The youth had the opportunity to bear their testimonies while sitting on the first floor of the temple.

The Wedding Saga - Part 2 London Sealing

Jeff and I arrived in London at 6:45am and headed straight to the hotel. We stayed at the Lanesborough. It's at the corner of Hyde Park. It was amazing! We got to stay in the bridal sweet for our first two nights, so we had a nice big room for everyone to get ready in.

Mom, Dad, and Kari joined us while we got ready for the little photo shoot with the photographer and to go to the temple.


We then spent some time walking around Hyde Park getting pictures :)


We then made the trek down to the temple. The temple was about an hour drive from the hotel, and Jeff and I both ended up falling asleep in the back seat. I ruined my hair, but I couldn't help it. I was so tired.

We then met up with the family at the temple for a few pictures before the sealing. It was nice to see everyone.


After the sealing we headed back to the hotel for dinner. I don't think I can image in a more perfect dinner. The hotel took care of everything. They had waiters serving canapes and drinks before dinner was served. They had a beautiful room set up with a banquet table and the wedding cake at the end. They really did a nice job. The food was amazing! It was absolutely perfect!