Our Weekend

Jordan leaves by about 7:15 every morning, (by 6:45 on Monday mornings) and doesn't get home until around 6 unless he has to stop somewhere on the way home and then he doesn't get home until around 7-7:30. McKay has started waking up around 6 or 6:15 am (ouch!) and being ready for bed by about 7:15-7:30 so they don't get to spend a lot of time together. Wednesday when Jordan got home from work, McKay was super cuddly with him. McKay is usually not a cuddly baby unless he is sick. It was really sweet to see how excited he was to see his Daddy... and Jordan LOVED it!

This weekend Hensel Phelps had their summer family BBQ in Oakland at Robert's Park in the Redwood Regional Park just outside of Oakland. It was a BEAUTIFUL park. (sorry, no pictures!) They had 'Olympics' sponsored by each 'team' in the Northern California Office. They had a Tug-of-War, a football throw, a water balloon toss, and a few other games. After lunch they had a softball game. It was really nice for me to be able to put some faces to the names I have been hearing. We also got to visit with another couple from BYU who graduated the same time as Jordan. They were actually in my ward at Campus Plaza for the semester before they got married (Shawn & Bonnie Malloy). Small world!

After the BBQ we went across the street (almost literally) to the Oakland Temple. It was so beautiful! They have a really nice Visitors Center and currently have on display an original 1830 copy of the Book of Mormon. It was so wonderful to be on the temple grounds! We really enjoyed the beautiful flowers and the music playing. The Oakland Temple is beautiful and we are looking forward to doing a session there.

We noticed something rather interesting as we were walking around the temple. There was a couple who had just gotten married but the closer we got to the group we noticed the bridesmaid dresses were missing the shoulders and sleeves. Then we noticed the BRIDE was missing hers too! There were a couple of sister missionaries standing nearby so we asked them what was going on. They said that several couples get married elsewhere and then come to take pictures at the Temple 'because it looks like a castle'. Very interesting. Saturday's are the busiest day for people taking pictures so they have to put a sign by the temple gate entrance saying 'no limousines'. The limos can't make the corner... we saw a stretch hummer try it and lose his bumper. Luckily no damage was done to the gate.

With all the fires in California right now, our sky has been anything but clear. We have a lot of ash on our car and I even noticed some on the stroller after our walk a couple of days ago. You know there is a lot of smoke when you can take a picture of the morning sun.