I had the priviledge of flying to Utah this past week for several Marsh Morford events.
On Thursday evening the 29th of August, we attended a BYU-Washington State foot ball game. BYU won 30 - 3, I believe.
Then on Friday morning Alisa took me and the two little ones to Benjamin Park for a get together with other home school mothers while the older children were at an Academy.
On Saturday morning, chores took up much of the time and in the late afternoon Lasangia was created to cook while we attended the baptism of Nastia and Ruslan. They had been taking the missionary discussions for the last month and were now ready for their next journey. The extended family that resided in Utah came to witness the ordinance and then dinner and games.
Sunday at church the two children were confirmed (of course the baptism and confirmation were in Russian with Marsh performing the priesthood ordinance.)
Monday saw us adventuring to the mountains for a small time of river activity. Ruslan and Nastia were estatic.
After that we dressed in our church clothes, prepared sack lunches, mounted the 15 passenger van, and drove for 2 hours to Brigham City for the Temple Open House. It took at lease an hour of slowly walking in the sun around the temple block with hundreds of others before we entered the temple area for the explaination video.
In complete silence we entered the temple proper and admired the workmanship, ordinance rooms, baptismal faunt, and and peach motif of this the newest temple. Alisa wanted these newly baptized children to have an understanding of what a temple was so that in 2 weeks, they will join many baptized Utahans and attend the dedication in their designated areas.
River experience
Emma posing in a tree
Morford river bonding
