The Prophet's Brownies!

Tara's mother in law, Janice Sansom has been working tirelessly for past nine weeks, serving on a Hosting Committee for the Draper Temple Open House. With specific duties of beautifully decorating the Culural Hall which served as the information center, and feeding the 700,000 plus guests that came through the temple, as well as, keeping the General Authorities, Apostles and First Presidency supplied with meals as they served in the temple. The past three days, March 20 through the 22 has been the Dedication of the Temple. Janice asked me to make Mint Brownies and Tristen to make Orange Rolls to serve to the Prophet and the Apostles. We were thrilled to accept and felt honored. Tara was asked to help serve the food, which she gladly performed, as well. Wow, this whole experience has been one we will never forget. Not only are we benefiting from a glorious new temple, we were asked to play a small role in the history of it's beginnings.

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Bountiful Cemetary

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Draper Temple Dedication

A tremondous opportunity for our family--Den and I were invited to be in the temple during the dedication of the Draper Temple, along with our adult children. Dennis and I were asked to serve on one the Committees to help with the Open House. Approximately 700,000 people visited the temple during the Open House. We were able to help with Spanish tourist. We enjoyed our time in the temple. Three of the six couples were able to get off work on a Friday afternoon and accompany us for the dedication. Since it was March 20th and Tiffany's birthday, Chad finished up work early and brought his beautiful wife all the way from Spanish Fork. Travis, Kim, Treavor and Sara were able to get off work and secure babysitters. Adam and Tristen were ready to come, but due to an accident in which their precious little Redd's arm got broken and dislocated, they were unable to attend at the last minute. Stephen and Tara went with the Sansom family on Sunday, since Steve was unable to get off work Friday afternoon, and Clay and Telisa had some lame excuse like living in Cleveland or something like that! We enjoyed the most beautiful weather, and we were blessed to get a glimpse of the Prophet and President Uchtdorf as they walked into the Celestial Room. We were seated in a Sealing Room. After the dedication, we assembled at "Chili's" in Riverton for a celebration dinner in honor of the birthday girl. Adam, Tristen, Pyper and Redd, along with Steve, Tara, their kids and the Beus' kids joined us there. It was heart wrenching to see baby Redd all wrapped up in an ace bandage. We wore out two Servers, but it was fun to walk away from that mess!
A blessed memory for our family!