Gila Valley Temple

Last Saturday we went to the Gila Valley Temple open house. It was hectic with Tyler fussing in the car, and Adam being Adam once we got there, but it was very beautiful and I’m so glad we got to go. We got to take some friends from Alex’s work with us, and it was nice to get to show them the temple too.

There is the most beautiful crystal chandelier in the celestial room in the temple. Adam called it a Christmas tree! It was so pretty inside. Alex really noticed all the beautiful wood work of course :) It was really neat for the kids to get to see the inside of a temple! (Note from Alex: the wood work within the temple was really spectacular. Absolutely the finest craftsmanship I have seen in recent memory. All of the molding and paneling within the temple is cherry. A most beautiful cherry with a light stain applied over it. That, or they aged the cherry before installing it. Most of the furniture within the temple is from a lighter wood, perhaps maple or birch. I would like to take more time to look at it if we ever get a chance to do ordinance work at that temple.)

On the way back to the car we got caught in a GIANT dust devil! It got SUPER windy for about 10 seconds. And the wind was FULL of sand and dirt. I have never been in wind like that before. Luckily it went away quickly, or we would have been in trouble. Afterwards Adam kept talking about the giant wind with giant sand that went up to the sky. Gotta love his descriptions of things! (Alex's note: Later that night after Dawn did some laundry she found a bunch of sand in her shirt. Turns out the dust devil was a little devilish and sent sand down her shirt. It was funny when she realized the sand in her shirt while laying on the couch before bed.)