Altar Cloth for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

This is a picture of a beautiful sealing room in the Draper Temple. The altar in the middle will have a cloth over it to keep it from getting worn and dirty. This is where families are sealed for eternity.

I have been diligently working on an altar cloth. The due date is somewhere between April 1st and May 1st. It has not been officially told to us. I was given very vague instructions on how to make it. My friend Teri is making one too. She and I had many questions about how to make them. I asked the matron at the Jordan River temple and the ladies that work with the alter clothes some questions we had which made it clearer what was expected. After picking a pattern and mapping it out on graph paper, I got right to work on it. I need to do 10 motifs a week to finish near to the dates that it is expected. Many talented women make these to cover the padding over the alters of the temples. Now that I have experienced the long hours that it takes to make one, I will be paying closer attention to them and appreciating them more.

I work anywhere from an hour to 5 hours a day on it to get it finished by those dates. The 30+ hour car ride to VA will give me plenty of time to catch up on some of it. I am using a size 10 needle and size 20 crochet cotton. It is very small stitching and my hands have been bothering me a little, so I took a little break for a couple of days. I am honored to be able to use my crochet talents to make this. I hope many families will sealed over it.

Cynthia

If you have more questions about temples go here:

http://www.lds.org/temples/purpose/0,11298,1897-1,00.html

New Camera

This is my new camera and my old one. I will need to get a bigger purse. "Grin"
Cynthia
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Driving Cross Country

Allie and I are getting ready to drive to Virginia where she is going to be a nanny for a year. I am trying to set up my blog so I can post from the road. So this is a test to see if it works.
Cynthia
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Sweet Valentines Treats

For my darling children I made these cute candy wrappers to dress up giant Hersey bars. I used an Ali Edwards download from Designer Digitals.

We stayed in today because it was snowing. We had heart shapped pizzas. Heather whipped up some sugar cookies and made miniture fruit pizzas with them.

It was a fun family holiday. The family played with the Wii and I crocheted on the Alter Cloth.

Cynthia

Oh no, my camera has died

I have loved using my Canon PowerShot S2Is. I would post a picture of it but, it keeps sending me an E18 message and shutting down. You can see it here: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons2is/
So, I called Canon and they are sending me a refurbished Rebel XT, see here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/CanonEOS350D/
for about the same amount that it would cost me to repair this one. It comes with everything a new one does, and a 6 month warranty on parts and labor.
I will miss the video recorder on my old camera, that was really handy, and it is smaller.
I have always wanted a Rebel, I had a film Rebel years ago. It took marvelous pictures and I have really missed it for portraits and family pictures. It is rather heavy to use as a daily camera and not one you can easily put in your purse and carry around. I am glad to get it though. It will be a learning curve adventure as I learn to use it. I already have two lens and they are sending me another, yea!! That makes it a little easier to say goodbye to my old one.
Cynthia

Our Temple

We got the news Saturday about the Oquirrh Mountain Temple opening.

Go here: http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/oquirrhmountain/

to learn more about the temple and to see more constrution photos.

We are so thrilled to be involved in all the activities that will be happening during the open house and dedication.

I have been working on an alter cloth for the new temple. I need to be finished by April 1st which means I need to really be dedicated to getting it finished. I will post some pictures of it as I get a little further along.

It is so wonderful to have a Temple in our backyard. It will bring many blessings to our area and our family. We won't have any excuses now! It is so close and convenient for our use to bless others with our service.

Public Open House: 1 June–1 August 2009 Dedication: 14–16 August 2009

I will post more about the open house tickets when it becomes available.

Cynthia