Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wedding. Show all posts

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Meeting in the temple

Craig’s niece got married Saturday in Salt Lake City. Craig and I drove up to be there. We drove from sunny California to be met by this. 

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It continued to snow all night and we woke up to this. 

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You can’t even tell we shoveled the night before. We were to meet at the temple by 10:45. With the snow, Craig and I showed up earlier. We were not the first to arrive. There is a marriage waiting room on the third floor. We relaxed in the waiting room and watched the family arrive. I don’t think I can describe the feeling of greeting family members we hadn’t seen in a long time in the temple. It was so sweet and it had me thinking about how it will feel as we greet and are greeted by those who have passed before us as we cross the veil. 

The bride was radiant. Craig’s mom looked more frail. She is still recovering from double pneumonia. All of Craig’s brothers and sisters and their spouses were there. It was a beautiful reunion and ceremony. 

I am again struck by how important five minutes is. The whole of eternity turners on those short five minutes in the temple. 

A few pictures from Saturday. 

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They made it. 

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Smiling in the cold. And it was cold. 

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The beautiful Oquirrh Mountain Temple. 

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The siblings. 

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Brothers. 

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Dawn and the boys. 

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Dawn and the kids. 

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Dawn and the girls. 

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With the bride. 

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Dawn with the outlaws.