Temple Square Lights

Okay, so I'm really sorry about how lame these pictures are (to anyone who wanted to see more). We went to Temple Square on Saturday with Chris and Stephanie and we had SO much fun, but my camera was being lame, then it was full, and then the battery died, so not too many pictures worth looking at really. Well, and the crowd was so huge it was hard to get around AND take pictures. But anyway. Temple Square is a really sentimental place for Nate and I. We spent most of our dating time there. There are so many things there that trigger these really special memories for me. Hopefully Chris and Stephanie didn't mind visiting all of our sentimental spots. The JSM Building where Nate held my hand for the first time, where we would wait to pick up Beth, The Garden Restaurant where Nate took me when we were dating, and the Jade Room where we had our Wedding Dinner the night before we got married. I love that place. Then there are the "bubble lights" on the reflection pond, I can't remember why we cared so much about those, but we loved them :). "The spot" by the waterfall where Nate proposed to me over on the East side of the temple past the Church office building. And the walk over to that spot has become pretty precious to me. We love to find the Swedish luminaria. And this year we got to see some of the nativity scenes that they had had 8 years ago when we were dating, that was fun (no blue angel though). I have to say the Salt Lake Temple is probably my most favorite thing to look at. I love showing it to my kids and talking about Nate and I getting married there and how we get to be together as a family FOREVER. It's just awesome. All the special/important conversations we shared in front of the temple and while walking around temple square. The one where I finally asked Nate if he was EVER going to propose :) (yes, I am pathetic) when we were walking next to the tabernacle and I was getting impatient with our LONG 1 1/2 month courtship. What a trip down memory lane it is for me. I am so grateful for memories. I'm grateful that Nate and I have had such a great 8 years to top those memories off too. So anyway back to Saturday. Chris so generously sacrificed his shoulders to Bradley most of the time we were there, which was nice because then Luke could ride on Nate's and we were only having to keep track of 2 walkees. But hopefully Chris has recovered and doesn't have any lasting affects from it. It wasn't too cold (maybe because we were in shoulder to shoulder traffic), and it is always fun to see all the beautiful lights. I just love Temple Sqaure, can ya tell.