Last minute temple trip

Around the middle of last week, we realized we had nothing planned for Saturday. And since we've had something going on every weekend for months and will have soccer games every Saturday for the next couple of months, we decided to head down to the L.A. temple Friday after work. We had a good book to read in the car, which makes me not even mind the long drive.

We were so excited to see that after 3 years of renovation, the visitor's center is finally open. And wow, were we impressed. It is so beautiful, and it is full of hands-on activities for all ages.

There was a whole kids area, and the boys had fun drawing digital pictures and watching lots of touchscreen videos.

There were multiple small rooms, and this one was really cool. It was an ancient scripture scroll room with a big map showing where key events of the Savior's life took place.

There were computers and videos everywhere, so instead of everyone watching one movie at the same time in a big auditorium, we could walk around and pick and choose videos to watch on our own. No wonder it took them three years to remodel this place. If you get the chance, I highly recommend you check it out. Afterwards we went to Ikea (which I hadn't been to in probably 15 years), and Tyler, Dallin and Brennan loved the kid play area there. If I lived closer to an Ikea, I'd go there weekly. Free babysitting while I shop - what a genius idea. It was a lovely weekend, until the drive home when Levi decided he did not want to be in the car anymore (the little pill refuses to sleep in the car, like all babies are supposed to do), and he screamed the last hour or so. I just had to read extra loud.