
Our Temple is going to be rededicated on May 1. We are very excited. We visited the Temple with friends on Saturday and we helped on Tuesday. The boys didn't really like the booties that we needed to put on. We ended up holding both Parker and Lincoln while pushing Henry in a stroller. Towards the end of the Temple tour Parker did ride in the stroller. Henry weighs a little less so it was better to hold him. We tried to invite the Spirit so we could really enjoy the temple. Parker liked it but I think that we created a few moments where he wasn't able to think about the Temple or Jesus; for instance the booties. Lincoln kept saying "this is a good place" and he really enjoyed the Christmas Tree (chandelier) and the cows (oxen in the Baptistry). Henry did great looking around enjoying the pictures and lights.I am so grateful to have the temple back. I know we aren't able to do temple work but just going to the Temple has made me so much more happy. I really love being able to walk on the Temple grounds and feel my Saviors love. I feel like a little kid again getting giddy over simple things.

Willie took Parker to the temple one morning and then I went with Lincoln when they returned home. It was nice to spend some one on one time with the kids and to show them the temple. Someone pointed out to us that it may be the last time that we get to see our kids in the Celestial room before they return to the Temple for themselves. We are an eternal family and it's great to be with our children in the temple right now. I wish I had taken them every day.

Little tidbits about the Temple. The old chandelier was taken down, ground up and put into the stain glass in the celestial room. You can see a fox, a bear and a dear in one of the instruction rooms. There is a glass wall for viewing in the Baptistry where little kids kept running into, Lincoln was one of them. The base boards were made in China. The chandelier looks like a Christmas Tree. The old parking lot was turned into a beautiful area to walk around and enjoy the flowers, grass and trees.
We love the Atlanta Temple. Welcome home.