Day 235: Brigham City Temple

Some friends from the mid-singles institute class and I made it up to Brigham City tonight to tour the new temple there.

As you can see from the photos, it's quite a beautiful building. Along the way, I enjoyed the opportunity to make some good new friends.

Day 153: The Atteys Unite

A long-hoped-for goal of Mom's was achieved earlier tonight when the temple work for her immediate family was completed at the Bountiful temple, with Dad, their children (my siblings and me) and spouses acting as proxy for those who have departed from this life. Mom represented herself in being sealed to her deceased parents, George and Kathleen Attey, and then, one by one, her kids stood in for her siblings, and the same ordinances were performed.

It was a very emotional evening for us as a family, and we are grateful that we were able to help out Mom in this momentous occasion. I'm still trying to fully understand the Savior's Atonement, and yet one thing that is crystal-clear to me and one of my favorite parts of it is that it provides for the linking of generations of families together for eternity.

Afterward, we assembled at the parents' new pad at The Village for cheesecake - another favorite family tradition:

Day 124: Upsy-Daisy

When we were outside of the Bountiful temple taking pictures after the latest family wedding, Summer's three brothers picked her up and pretended to throw, or nearly threw, her into the fountain.


They were just kidding. Probably. (With guys, you just never know.)

Day 122: Horsing Around

Horsing around is something that we Plowmans are quite adept at doing. The kids did their fair share of it outside the temple last week while waiting for Steve and Summer to come outside, as you can see in this photo:


By the way, we're now one-third of the way into 2012 (where has the year gone?) and one-third through Project 366. Thanks for your support.

I'll be signing autographs in the foyer.

Day 121: The New-and-Improved Plowman (and Sanders) Clans

Here's the whole (new) family - and our cousin Scott's family, to boot - at the temple following the wedding.


We're a good-looking bunch, aren't we?

Day 120: Mr. and Mrs. Plowman, Again

Another of my favorite photos from last week's festivities is this shot of Steve and Summer, emerging from the Bountiful temple for the first time as man and wife.


Good times, those.

Day 96: Verónica's Wedding

Today's photo is not actually one of mine but one that was sent to me by Verónica, to whom I taught the discussions as a missionary in Peru more than 15 years ago. She and her sister, Roxana, were baptized together in December 1996, and their mother, Nancy, followed not long after my mission came to an end in February 1997, thus making their family one of the few I had the privilege to teach in which all of the members ended up joining the Church.

Yesterday, Verónica was sealed to her husband, Carlos, in the Lima temple. Congratulations to you both!

Day 53: The Evil Eye

I've got just a handful of wedding pictures left that I still want to post, including today's, which is an image I sort of had to capture just at the right moment and in the right place.

As we family and friends waited outside of the temple in the cold February air for Ben and Adi to emerge, I captured this glimpse of Jackson horsing around. Notice how he's more or less giving me the "evil eye"?


There's never a dull moment with these kids.

Day 43: The New-and-Improved Plowman Clan

With the official addition of Adi to our family, the Plowman clan now looks like this:

The bride and groom also posed for a picture with our Sanders cousins who attended the Big Day:

Day 41: Mr. and Mrs. Plowman

I attended a beautiful sealing today at the Salt Lake temple.


And the rest, as they say, is history.