Draper Temple open house

We were all up early one morning in the beginning of March, and were discussing what to have for breakfast. Ben suddenly suggested we keep the kids out of school for a couple of hours, so we could all go to the Draper temple open house.
I showered and got the kids ready, did my makeup in the car on the way (as usual when Ben is driving), and we were in car in less than an hour! I absolutely love that we can be spontaneous, it makes things so fun sometimes!
It had snowed early that morning, so it was chilly, but clear and beautiful and clean looking all around as we drove. We arrived in the church down the hill from the temple and watched a movie about the temple and a little about the history of Draper, then took a quick bus ride up to the temple. Jane was thrilled! She has "always wanted to ride a bus, and it's white too!" I guess yellow is not her favorite color. In my journal, I wrote about a woman who told us how cute our family is and she didn't think I was old enough to have these kids, wow! What a complement! I just thought I'd mention that shallow part too!
Going through the rooms of the temple, I tried to whisper little things to the kids, but I wonder if they'll remember any of what I said. I hope they will at least remember feeling the spirit and the want to come back. In fact, while we were waiting for the bus on the return trip, I asked the kids about their favorite part. Ashlyn said, "the baptismal font" Alex said, "yeah, and just all of it, I want to go again!" and Jane said, "the sparkles!" The chandelier in one of rooms made her so happy, she forgot to whisper when she said, "Oh, Mom! Look!"
When I was a kid, I vividly remember going to the Jordan River Temple open house and thinking, "Wow, this is where my parents go on dates!" Now I get to be the one who goes on dates there, who got married there, and who gets to feel closer to my Heavenly Father there! I know there has been some controversy over the temples and I love what our church has put out concerning them on lds.org. I pray my kids do get to go back many times in the future and they will remember the experience they had at this one!