The lights on Temple Square were turned on on Friday night. We didn't go out to brave the cold and the crowds until Saturday, but we went out again tonight because it snowed all night last night and all day today so I wanted to see how beautiful it was. We have our church meetings until 4pm so we walked home and had dinner and then came back out. Wouldn't you know it, first thing out of the front door of the building and Ed throws a snowball at me! Of course I had to throw one back and then he scooped up some snow and just threw it at me and then I got him on the face with my snow filled gloves and then we decided we should stop there because it was entirely possible that someone was going to get hurt and there is a mission rule against falling so we thought we should be obedient. (hahaha)
This picture is of one of the chestnut trees that I have walked by almost daily watching the workers put the lights up since August. It is amazing the number of lights on these trees. They are so beautiful. The snow on the bush in front of the tree in this picture shows how much snow has fallen today. We are getting a lot more snow that normal from what I hear.
Last week it was very cold. We have decided to stay in several times rather than go out because we are whimpy when it comes to the cold. When it feels like minus 4 degrees outside we do not want to be in it! If that's whimpy then I guess we are.
We had a wonderful week with Thanksgiving. I decided to brainstorm about many of the things for which I am grateful. There is no particular order, this is just how they came to my mind and it is not in any way a complete list:
I am grateful for music, travel, postage stamps, books on just about any subject but particularly church history, anthropology and the history of the world, chocolate chip cookies, my husband, my children and my family, babies, sunsets, mountains, rushing streams, hot showers, someone else to cook and clean up, card making, digital scrapbooks, The Discovery Channel, Baskin and Robbins Fudge Brownie Ice Cream, The Learning Channel, classic old movies, chocolate malts, tender steaks, Thai food, the ocean, cruising, fast cars (I once drove a Maserati at 150 miles per hour), the games backgammon, pente and attack Uno, soft blankets and towels, popcorn, Yellowstone National Park and C.S. Lewis. I am grateful for those who pray for me and for good friends who sometimes miss me when I am away. I am grateful to be able to walk and that I had the trial of not being able to walk for awhile so I can truly appreciate my legs and feet. I am grateful for people who knew how to help me walk again.
I am grateful to be able to listen to General Conference, meet new people, to read and write poetry, a soft bed, to play the piano, for beautiful lullabies to sing to children, for Planet Earth, to give service, for animals in the wild, for Christmas, to be able to give compliments, for freedom, for the resurrection, for comfy shoes, the temple, for having a drivers license, for beautiful landscaping, the art of Vincent Van Gogh and Vermeer, to be loved and I am grateful to be able to serve the Lord.
I am grateful to know that God loves me, that Heavenly Father remembers me as His daughter and that He knows that I miss Him and even though there are many things I love about being here, that He knows I am trying hard to get back home to Him. I am grateful that Jesus Christ has made that possible and I love Him for that.
Look for the 2nd post with another couple of photos about holiday preparations on Temple Square.
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