Tim and I have had a heck of a time trying to fit a temple trip in since Ethan got here. For months we had been feeling guilty about how long it had been since we had been to the temple. So we finally just picked a Saturday, and reserved it for a temple trip. August 4th. We had the kids with us, so we were just going to swap- one of us watch the kids while the other went in and did some temple work. So we diligently woke up at 5:00 Saturday morning, got ready, packed our lunch and got the kids up and ready. We were both really looking forward to it!
After a 2 1/2 hour drive, we pulled into the parking lot at 8:15. Hmm, no cars. That is odd- the temple is usually packed on Saturday mornings. Suddenly a vague memory of an announcement in sacrament meeting about the temple being closed for cleaning popped into my head. NICE. How the heck did we miss that one? Honestly, what are the odds of us just happening to pick the one Saturday of the year when the temple is closed? Although I was totally disappointed, I had to laugh. SO something that would happen to us/me.
So we made the best of it and took advantage of having the whole temple to ourselves. Just us and that big, beautiful building. Ah, if you haven't seen the DC temple, it is amazing! It is literally like a beacon to the world (at least anyone that is driving on the 495). Jace loved being there- it was his first trip to see a 'real' temple(although we lived 50 yards from one in Logan, he was too young to remember!) Luckily we were planning to go to the Natn'l Zoo afterwards, so our trip wasn't a total waste. But here are a few snaps from our memorable trip. I have to say, that white gazebo/arch thingy is a pretty popular photo spot- normally I would have to fight the line of temple brides/photogs to get a shot here. Made the whole trip worth it. (Ha- eat your heart out, temple brides!)
BTW, do you like the texture/vintage treatment in the last one? I had fun playing- just took some pics of bark, our sidewalk, our mulch and layered them over my photo in PS, then reduced each opacity to around 8-20%(erasing back the center a bit). It's no Nichole Van, but I had fun!
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Hey, at least you guys are making an effort, and that seriously counts for something. We have a hard time even doing that (I know, sounds bad, doesn't it?!).
It made for a good photo op. though and I like your temple texture treatment. I've been trying to play around with textures ever since Andrea's post about it and since looking at Nicole's stuff. You did a beautiful job!
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