On the last Saturday in September (procrastination, as usual), Ricky and I made the 3 1/2 hour drive to the Orlando, FL temple for what threatened to be a supremely awesome day. (For those of you unfamiliar with the purpose of LDS temples, there's a website!)
It was hard leaving our dear Washington, D.C. temple behind--after all, we did get married there--but we were excited for the chance to make Orlando our "home base" for the next few years.
Not as impressive as the D.C. "towering over the Beltway" look, but still impressive!
Isn't this place gorgeous? You can't see the fountains in this picture, but the temptation to jump in them was pretty strong. It was SO HOT.
No Jensen outing is complete without an awkward, "look, we match" picture.
95% of the time this is a total accident.
The temple was, as usual, amazing. You know that feeling you get when you're on vacation and you realize that you have nowhere to rush to and nothing pressing your time? Being inside the temple is like that--peaceful. It really gives you a chance to talk to God and listen for His response. I love it! I'm grateful for the chance to go so often.
After we left the temple grounds, we scouted out the bookstore (which, like in D.C., is an awkwardly far distance away and hidden in an obscure place) to window-shop...not actual-shop, because we didn't want to run the risk of stimulating the Florida economy and thereby causing the monthly rent for our apartment to increase.
(That excuse sounds a lot better than just being poor graduate students.)
When we got back to the car, we found ants. EVERYWHERE. I had never seen ants that move that quickly--they were like mutants. Mutant ants. Mut-ants.
I squished them with a towel!
Action shot!
After having such a peaceful religious experience, you'd probably expect me to not revel so much in ant-squishing. You should probably be right, and I should probably be reprimanded--but in my defense, they were seriously in my space. I even gave them a warning.
Once we "took care of" all the ants we could see, we had a pleasant drive home.
The sky was gorgeous! One day when I have a nicer camera I'll take pictures of these things and you won't just have to trust my aesthetic judgment...until then, you'll just have to believe that my aesthetic judgment is awesome. Which it is.
So begins #21! I probably won't post every time we go, but I wanted to make sure I got solid documentation at least once.
Me and my family stopped at the Orlando temple a few years ago when we went to SeaWorld, it's super pretty. I remember seeing A LOT of tiny lizards on the temple grounds. I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I picture a temple, it's the Orlando temple that pops into my head; especially pretty at sunset. Katie, they should offer you a welcome to the nature takes over everything South class. Hint: Don't ever leave any kind of edible eatables in your car. We've had ants a couple of times in our various cars. I also woke up one morning this summer with a very large snapping turtle on our front stoop.
ReplyDeleteLove the last picture. Love matching costumes.
ReplyDeleteAnd I used to love puzzles as a child. Now? They just frustrate me :(