The kids and I drove up to Cedar City to see the new temple before it is dedicated. During an open house, the temple is open to the public and anyone can go inside. We had to get tickets to attend, and the only date that worked for us was Nevada Day - the last Friday of the month and a day off for us to celebrate the day Nevada became the 36th state (during the Civil War, by the way).
The temple tours on the weekends were gone in 5 minutes I guess, so this was my only weekday option that didn't require a day off of work and school. And the cool thing about it is we ended up being the very first tour of the very first day - 9 am on October 27th. We were even in tent 1 so we were the first to go in (they have you fill up 3 tents first, watch a short video, then start the tour).
This temple was stylized to match the local natural surroundings, which is done often with temples. The Cedar City Temple had a lot of soft green colors, and used the juniper berry and flower a lot in the glass, fabric and plaster work. We weren't able to take photos inside, but here are some photos from the LDS Church's website.
It is a beautiful temple - I had never been to an open house before. I think the kids liked it too - Penelope was talking about how BEAUTIFUL everything was, especially the Bride's room. Wouldn't it be cool if one of them got married there, since it was the first temple they ever went inside?
We took photos afterwards too - I want them each to have a photo with the temple in their rooms.
Becky kept Henry for me during the tour, and played at a nearby park. It was so nice to not have to worry about him! We also met up the night before for some quick ice cream so all the kids could hang out (since it was NOT their Nevada Day, M and G had school).
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