Indianapolis Temple

The LDS church recently completed a temple in Indianapolis. After a temple is completed and before it is dedicated, the church holds an open house, which is where people can come tour the inside of the temple. This allows people to see what the inside of a temple looks like.

Since Indianapolis is only 5 hours away, we took this opportunity to bring our kids to see the inside of the temple.

The temple is gorgeous, very fine craftsmanship and detailed work went into this building.

The boys enjoyed being in the temple, Evee was okay with it,

but Iralee was less than thrilled.

To keep the floors clean amongst all the foot traffic, we were given booties to wear over our shoes before going inside. Iralee did not like this idea and refused to put them on her feet. Well, that problem was solved by holding her.

Since Todd was holding Evee, who is quite heavy, I got the opportunity to hold Iralee...who is lighter but more determined to get out of my arms. This struggle was amplified by my big pregnant belly.

When we finally got outside, Iralee was happy for her freedom, but wanted to make us pay for forcing her to stay in my arms for such a long time. In retaliation she refused to smile in any of the pictures, or even stand still for them.

I will say that it didn't help that it was super warm outside.

The temple is a very important place for us. It is where we learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, we learn more about our purpose here on earth, and it is where our families are sealed enabling us to live with our family forever. I love the temple and because of my testimony of it, I always strive to share it's goodness with my children.

While in the Celestial room I went up to each of my boys and asked them individually, "Can you promise me that one day we can be in the Celestial room all together as a family again." Though my boys were not near each other while I asked them this, each one said no.

William told me, "I don't know if I'll get married in this temple".
Every temple has a Celestial room. We didn't necessarily need to all be together in the Indianapolis temple's Celestial room, but in any temple's Celestial room. 
Then I asked them if they could make temple attendance a goal and a priority in their lives, to which they all answered in the affirmative.

Despite Iralee's convincing efforts, it was a great time to spend as a family.