Our family had the opportunity to attend one of the 12 dedication ceremonies for the Draper Utah Temple. You have to be 8 years old or older to be able to attend. We received our tickets a couple of weeks ago from our Bishop. We were in the last ceremony, #12 at 4:30 pm. Since we had to be in Sandy to Grandma Holly's & Grandpa Gary's for our monthly Birthday dinner, we decided to attend at the Sandy Hillcrest Stake Center. (Which is Grandma Holly's & Grandpa Gary's stake center) We had to be in our seats at 4 pm and no later. We arrived at the stake center at 3:45 pm and we were worried about getting a soft seat. To our surprise, the chapel was not even full. We guessed that there was about 75 people there with us. It was nice not to have to go really early to get a soft seat and not have alot of people there. The ceremony lasted about 1 1/2 hours. It was getting really difficult for Riley to sit from 3:45 till 6 pm, but he did it. As you can see in the pictures, we had to have white hankies for us to use at the end of the cermony for the Hosanna Shout. Both Brian and Sharri remember attending the Jordan River Temple a few years ago. It was memorable then, and we hope that the kids will remember it as well.
