Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication

On Saturday, August 22, we attended the dedication of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. We were able to be inside the Temple itself for the service. It was the fourth out of the nine dedication services. It was such a sacred experience. My testimony was strengthened and I felt the spirit so strongly. I am so thankful that my girls were able to witness the dedication inside the Temple. We also had the privilege of going to the dedication of the Draper Temple in March, at our Stake Center. To have Temples so close is such a blessing. I look forward to going to many sessions at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.

Family Reunion and Dinosaurland

The Wilkerson/Workman reunion was on August 14th and 15th in Neola, Utah. It is my Granddaddy Wilkerson's side of the family. My Mom and her sister Breta had wanted to go the last two years or so. As a family we decided that we wanted to go, especially in honor of my Mother. Mike, the girls and I, Amy and her two girls, my Dad, my cousin Jenny, Aunt Breta, and my cousin Eric and his family all traveled to Neola to attend the reunion. We all stayed at a hotel in Vernal on Friday night. It was so nice to meet all the cousins and extended family of my Granddaddy. We had fun discussing our ancestors and hearing stories about them. On Saturday, the weather turned bad so we left early. Mike, the girls and I decided to go to Dinosaurland. We hooked up with my Aunt Breta, and my cousin Eric and his family, and decided to see Dinosaurland together. It was so much fun! We saw petroglyphs, dinosaur bones, an old original homestead lived in by a woman in 1914, and we hiked a little bit. After Dinosaurland, we all went to dinner together in Vernal before heading home. It was good to visit with my Aunt Breta, my cousin Eric, his wife Angela and their kids Olivia and Ian. We reminisced and shared stories of Granddaddy and Grandmother and my Mother. It was a wonderful being able to spend the weekend with family!

Prophets and Pioneers

Karrie had her annual appointment at Shriner's Hospital on August 11th. For over a year now, Karrie and Ashley have been asking if we could go visit President Hinckley's grave, so after the appointment, Karrie, Ashley and I went to the Salt Lake City Cemetery. We were able to visit the graves of 8 of the 11 Prophets who are buried there. Those that we were able to see were: John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Heber J. Grant, Joseph F. Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith, David O. McKay, Spencer W. Kimball and Gordon B. Hinckley. We didn't have a map so we found the ones we could. We want to go back with a map so we can find the graves of the three prophets and many apostles that we missed. What a special experience it was to visit our beloved Prophets who have passed on. We also enjoyed looking at the very old headstones, many of them pioneers who setttled here. Karrie and Ashley want to bring flowers next time to put on the Prophet's graves.
After our visit to the cemetery, we went to the Pioneer Memorial Museum (something else I have been promising my girls we would visit). Karrie and I had been there many years ago on school field trip. It is amazing! There is so much to see that we could not do it all in the time we had. I promised them that we would go back soon and finish the tour. I did order a picture of my Great, Great, Great Grandfather Jacob Lindsay Workman while I was there. I tried to in vain to find his picture in the hundreds and hundreds of pictures of pioneers hanging in the museum. Hopefully next time I will find it...