Temple Squared

Here are some pictures from my second trip to temple square this year.  This time I went with Clay and my friend Alicia and her roommate Katie.  It was very pretty and we had a fun time.

(I'd taken some pain meds for my leg and forgot that they would make me drowsy, so I was pretty loopy the whole night, haha.)

The Assembly Hall

We got to go in and listen to a high school a capella choir sing for a bit.

Love this side shot of the temple

Looking up into one of the trees

From the top floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

Tree and chandelier in the lobby of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

Statue of Joseph Smith in the Memorial Building

 Nativity on the reflecting pond

Bagpiper outside Temple Square.  He was super awesome.

Group picture in front of the tree

Group picture in front of the temple

A good night spent with great friends. :)

Temple Square Lights!

This last weekend I had the opportunity to go to Temple Square and see the Christmas lights with some of my ward!  We also watched the Joseph Smith movie in the Legacy theater.  I love that movie more and more each time I see it!

So tall...

I love night pictures of the Salt Lake Temple, or any temple for that matter :)

My first time going in the Tabernacle.

The organ is so pretty!

Lights outside the Assembly Hall

Ooooo, pretty..

Me and my goofy friends

The classic shot

Friends again... (whoops my eyes are almost closed)

Yay Temple Square!  I hope to be able to go again in the next couple weeks!

Wallpapers

The other day, I decided I wanted inspiring wallpaper for my desktop.  These are what I came up with.  I like some of them better than others, but they're my first attempts.

Provo Temple in the Mediums of Pencil and Photography

Today I decided to take a walk up to the temple and draw it. It's kind of part of a little "art club" I joined that a few friends have started. They just choose a prompt for the artwork of the week. I just jumped in this week, and their most recent prompt (I think) was to do a building, so I thought I would try the temple. It was a little hard for the first thing I've drawn in a while, but I don't think it turned out too shabby (you can compare to the real thing). I hate trees, so I just kind of made little ghost things where they should be lol.




After my fit of drawing, I just walked around the grounds and took pictures (tons of them).

The Untouchables
(missionaries from the MTC-- eek!)

My artistic spread

I got really into taking pictures of the flowers/plants around the temple

Looks kind of like a phonograph to me :)

Looks like sea anemones!

My favorite flower of the day

HOLINESS TO THE LORD

Having fun with the focus on my camera

I like this bench

Yay! A good picture of me and the whole temple in the picture together!

I LOVE this shot!

HOLINESS TO THE LORD
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD

And interesting view of Moroni

I love flag shots

Hooray fountain!

Fountain and the mountain!
(woot rhyming!)

Foliage-framing

Another of my favorite shots of the day

Look! You can see the whole valley, even Utah Lake!

Mount Timpanogas Temple

Last Friday I went to do baptisms at the Mount Timpanogas Temple in Pleasant Grove, UT. I went with Ashley and her roommate Jessica Coleman, who was also in my ward last year, but I didn't get to know her too well. She's really nice. It was a great experience. It's such a pretty temple! Here are a few pictures I took.






Temples I've been to so far: Orlando, Provo, Mt. Timpanogas, Salt Lake, Draper, Oquirrh Mtn., St. George, Manti, Boise, and Mesa. (That's 10!)

Temples to see soons: Monticello, Vernal, Bountiful, Logan, Jordan River, Ogden. Maybe Twin Falls (6 or 7, making a total of 16 or 17!)

My goal is to visit every temple in the mainland US, and then, who knows, maybe the world!