These Are the Best Days of Our Lives: Stand Ye in Holy Places

The buildings we meet in on Sundays for church are some of my favorite places. In addition to our churches, we also have temples where we worship and perform important ordinances. We've decided as a family to visit temples more often in 2014. On this particular Saturday, we drove down to the Denver Temple. It's about an hour and a half drive from our home. Since the temple is a place where church-type stuff happens, we thought it would be appropriate to be in our "Sunday best" clothes. We had a great time at the temple. We walked, talked, took pictures, and enjoyed the time together as a family.

Family picture out in front of the temple.
I LOVE these faces!

Each LDS temple has a statue on top of an angel. I think these statues are really pretty. I took a few pictures of the angel from various angles.

The angel from the front.

The angel from the side.

Here's the angel from behind the temple.

The kids are very much the largest focus of our lives. This is Kylee's senior year in high school, so we know the time is coming soon when our family dynamics will change. We're trying to do as many things as we can in the time we have still together. We love this kid and are proud of the person she has become.

Beautiful girl.

Here's Taygen, our super fun, talented 16-year old (looking an awful lot like Adele today, I might add).

Feeling the sun. Gorgeous.

Olivia, Bella, and Spencer are still "easy" at these ages. Something about these ages... they're just still so very sweet and wonderful.

Gotta love that smile.

Contemplative moment.

Smile, Spencer!

These are a few of the random pictures we took throughout the morning. Spending time as a family is important. It takes effort, to be honest. Sometimes you have to sacrifice stuff you'd really like to do (or, even need to do). But I've never once felt sorry for spending time with my family. I've never once wished I would have had less time with them. Oh, we drive each other crazy - and we even get angry with each other from time to time. But, we love each other. We feel safe with each other. We are secure with each other. Thank goodness for the family.