Oakland Temple

This past Sunday, right after church, Aaron, the girls, and I visited the Oakland Temple (about a 1 1/2 hour drive.) We had a wonderful time walking around the temple grounds. We took our time smelling flowers, watching the water fountain, and admiring the view form the temple's terrace. It was a beautiful day.

Both girls loved seeing the temple (in fact Grace insisted that we sing "I Love to See the Temple"...and we all did!) Grace kept telling us that she loved being there...that she wanted to live there...that it was her favorite place. While walking around Aaron asked her how she felt, and she replied "I feel the Spirit." Children are so amazing.

We spent some time in the temple's visitor's center as well, which we all really enjoyed. After leaving, we drove out to Mt. Diablo (a state park in the bay area) to drive to the top of the mountain. It was a slow and curvy drive, but we really enjoyed looking at the amazing view. On our way back down the mountain we stopped at a picnic site and ate the picnic dinner we brought along (very quickly since the sun was going down and it was getting cold.) Then we headed home. It was a great day. The kind that I wouldn't mind having over and over again!