DC Temple

After arriving at the Dulles International Airport and getting our rental van we headed to the DC Temple. It was late when we got there, about 8:30 p.m. Even in the dark, it was so beautiful! We kept thinking we were lost because we thought we should be able to see a temple if we were anywhere close to it. My brother, Chad served a mission here and warned me that we wouldn't be able to see until we were right up to it and he was exactly right. I have heard him say many times what a beautiful temple this was but you don't fully understand the meaning until you are there! It is HUGE- so majestic. One day I plan to go back with just my hubby when we can go do a session here. Visiting the temple was a great experience.



Jax, Kenzi, Granny Nancy, and Jacelin are standing at the visitors center with the temple in the background.

This temple is unique to any I have ever seen before. What makes it unique is the stained glass window type things that extend up each of the four corners of the temple. They have huge lights shining on them that make them glow. Very beautiful. The kids were so fascinated with them. Before we left we had to walk around to were they could crawl through the bushes and touch them. They love to touch all the temples they go to now because our stake president extended a challenge for them to go to a temple, touch it, and promise themselves they would go there someday. It was the same with this temple, but they had to touch the stained glass!