Ogden Temple Open House Day

On August 20th I took the boys up to Ogden for the temple open house.  The Ogden temple was completely renovated and before they rededicate it they let people walk through.  I'm so glad we got to go!  The boys really enjoyed it and had lots of questions about the temple. Brian's favorite room to see was the baptistery and Timmy couldn't decide between the celestial room and the sealing room.  It was a great opportunity for them to see the inside of the temple.

Following our beautiful morning tour of the temple and grounds, we met my mom for lunch.  She was in Ogden babysitting Mandy's daughter Ellie and she was so nice to treat us to lunch! We loved spending time with her and with adorable Eleanor.

After lunch we still had all afternoon with no plans and we were already in Ogden, so I thought I would take the kids to the old Union Pacific Railroad Station, which has been turned into a few different museums, the main one being a great train museum.  The boys were in train heaven.  We stayed there for hours!

They loved all of the train museum, but I think their favorite part was the model train exhibit.  I seriously tried numerous times to get them to look at me for a picture, but they were so excited to chase the model trains through the hallways that these were the best I got.

There was also a small car museum in the building which the boys enjoyed as well.

Before we left for home we explored the train yard section.

Timmy's face shows how they were as we walked through those gigantic trains.  Both boys just kept looking around in wide eyed wonder saying, "wow, look at that!"

That day was definitely one of my favorites from August.