A visit to the Oakland Temple to see the lights!

Sunday night we went to the airport and picked up Shawn who flew in from Utah for Christmas. We then drove to the Oakland Temple where we met up with Cory and his family to take our annual hike around the Temple to view the lights. It was raining when we left but we were hoping that it would stop by the time we got to the temple. Well we were wrong! It was raining pretty good when we got there. Cory and his family were already walking around the grounds when we got there. We walked up to the Temple to enter the gates to walk up the stairs and walk around the top of the Temple. The views are spectacular from the top! Anyway when we got to the gates they were locked! I guess they didn't want anyone going up to the top...we don't know if that was because of the rain or what. So we took some pictures, got wet, got cold and then got in the car and headed for home!

Here is a picture of the Temple...it was so foggy and misty that you could hardly see the Temple...looks pretty cool though!

They had a new nativity this year. It was all in white. It was very pretty!The kids had a lot of fun with their umbrellas in the rain. Adam and KristalShawn and Jimmy...It looks like snow but it was just rain!Jim, Cory and Ethan and Shawn.When we got home from the Temple we celebrated Jonathan's birthday. He turned 6 on Saturday! We wanted to wait until Shawn got here to celebrate it. Jonathan wanted a Christmas tree cake. I made the cake, Cory cut the cake into a Christmas tree shape and frosted it. Jonathan was excited about it!

We got Jonathan a star wars ship for his birthday. He really liked it. Chalk one up for the Grandma and Grandpa! Santa Dog and Jimmy...Butters wore this hat and beard to her doggie class last week. It didn't stay on for long though!