Star Valley Temple Adventure

Side Note - I know this post is a bit delayed, I honestly thought I had already posted it. Ooopps. 

On Tuesday, September 27th we went to the Star Valley Temple in Afton, Wyoming with Grandma and Grandpa. We took Heidi Anne out of school early for this special occasion. 

The goal was to be there by 4:00 pm. It took us 2 hours to drive to Afton. Once we were there the babies needed changing and feed. We ended up with the 4:30 group. The tour started at a church, I think it was the stake center. We went into a room that gave an overview of what temples are and what they mean to us Mormons. 

Then we got onto a bus to tour the temple. You can only do this during an "Open House". We arrived at the temple only to be told no strollers were allowed. We meet at least 20 people (ushers and tour guides during our 30 minute wait) and no one said a thing about strollers not being allowed in the temple. 

Anyways, the tour started at the entrance, with a lovely stain glass piece of Christ. Then to the baptism fount, the sealing room, the instructional room, and the celestial room. It's a rather small temple. 

The Baptism Fount 

The Sealing Room

The Instructional Room

The Celestial Room

In a hallway of the temple Grandma caught a glimpse of a painting. Apparently, her grandfather had painted it. Which is nice to know many people will enjoy the artwork. Now we have a personal connection to the Star Valley Temple. 

Anastasia and Rory were miraculously quite and well behaved for the whole tour, which was about 40 minutes. As soon as we got outside, they became fussy. I planned on getting a nice family photo but the little ones wouldn't have it. (We really need to get a family photo sometime with all of us).