Every year I intend for us to go to Temple Square to see the lights, yet we've only gone a couple of times, so what is up with that? I guess the busyness of December combined with my weariness level at 6:00pm doesn't make for whole lot of night time outings. But I decided Thursday was our night to go, so even though I was tired and had a headache we went.
Our efforts were rewarded immediately with free parking on the street right next to the temple only 2 cars back from the entrance! It was the parking space to end all parking spaces! I told Randy he must be living right, and he said, "You got that right."
We wandered around enjoying the Christmas music and ambiance of the lights, and even got to go into The Assembly Hall to catch the end of a high school choir concert going on in there. The music was quite beautiful and I got choked up a couple times as we joined the choir in singing Silent Night. There was a little bit of excitement when one of the choir members passed out (he must have locked his knees) mid song, so it was a memorable pit stop for sure.
We managed to get a self-portrait, though I appear to have shrunk.
The kids got to climb the temple steps and touch the temple doors and were thrilled to get to recreate one of our wedding photos. It was funny how quickly they both realized they were standing in the same place we stood 16 years ago!
The original. (Oh to be that size again.)
There were international nativities all around the grounds, and Whitney declared this one her favorite because "they're plompy".
I think it's sad they have to have signs like this in front of all the Nativities, but people are morons, so they must. Landon said, "It must be because so many nonmembers come here" and I said, "No, it's because so many church
members come here and let their million kids run wild." Utah Mormons are especially notorious for poor supervision of their broods in public places, it's embarrassing really.
We had only been there for a half hour when the kids started clamoring for hot chocolate (they're such treat mongers), so we made our way over to the Lion House Pantry for some scalding chocolate.
There was pain involved with this treat.
It's a good thing Randy carries a knife in his pocket (ha) because he was able to cut the straws in half to make little hot chocolate sized straws for us.
I love how the lights looked on this tree that still had some leaves on it, and I love the Salt Lake Temple, especially at night.
Festive and beautiful no?
We went into the visitor's center for a bit, and the sight of these two checking out paintings did my heart good.
Landini and I posed for a blurry self-portrait.
**What time of day do you feel "done" in the winter?
Do you love a good parking space?
Have you noticed unsupervised kids running amok?
Have you done any activities that took a lot of effort lately?**
Comment Window Tidbit: Is everyone too busy to blog or are they just using the busyness of the season as an excuse not to post or comment. It makes me wonder if I'm supposed to be doing other things or like a missed a memo or something.
Be sure to check out the hilarious post my brother wrote on his wife's blog for their anniversary today. 
