Draper Temple Open House

On Friday a bunch of the Allen clan got together to walk through the new Draper Temple. I think this is my third open house. Bountiful, Mt. Timpanogus and now Draper. Draper is a really pretty temple with African Cherry Wood and some pretty remarkable murals and chandeliers.

It was a pretty mild trip nothing compared to the Bountiful open house which ended with my dad bouncing the van off curbs trying to get off the hill and the whole time I had to go to the bathroom. In my life I can only remember one other time (pre-diabetes) when I had to go to the bathroom that bad. Made for a memorable trip.

It was really nice to hop on a shuttle and get to the temple and after about a 40 minute walk through/tour they even had refreshments. Lovely.

We also got treated to dinner for which I owe my Grandma a good floor scrub. (I think that is a pretty fair trade :) )

All in all a nice Friday evening. Plus Raley is getting really good at taking pictures. Pretty soon I will be viewing her blog.

I put all the other pictures on my Picasa site. Enjoy.

Carrigan is 6!!!!

I am telling you that it just doesn't make sense. I know for a fact that Carrigan was born before I left for my mission. It just isn't possible that it has been six years since I drove up to hospital from Provo and saw her for the first time. Not that the years haven't been great, they have been. It just really wasn't that long ago that she was calling me "EricJenny" or "JennyEric" and running around in the backyard with me starting water fights (She better watch out this summer).

Well I am glad she is still the Princess I always knew she would be. Soon, very soon, she will be more mature then me and she will let me know. I am ready.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARE BEAR!!!

Changes

I have had quite a few changes in 2008 but the biggest (most obvious) were from November right after my trip to San Francisco up until the New Year.


So I went from trying to naturally growing my hair out and getting frustrated to adding extensions that Emily passed down to pulling that all out (those bead were tricky) to chopping it off and going dark. I actually like all three of them a lot. It was quite the change. Hopefully I figure out a way to look okay while going back to blond this summer... We will see.

I owe my gratitude to Emily, Jordan, Lisea and Val who made it all possible. And to all those who complimented me or if they had nothing nice to say said nothing at all. (I didn't watch the Oscars but I'm telling you I would have had a great speech. :