Temple Square

My sister and her family were able to visit for a week in December from Georgia. It was so much fun to have them around. Sisters aren't meant to be that far away. I was able to go to a production of The Christmas Carol at Hale Center Theater with my friend Rachel, and my sister and her hubbie. To know the stories behind the actors made it so special to me. The man that plays Kratchet (sp?) has been playing that role for several years. His family used to be in the play with him. A few years ago they were traveling home after the last production of the year. They were in a car accident and most of his family passed away. They asked him if he wanted to continue being in the play, and he said that he couldn't stop now, because that is something that his family loved to do together. There is a scene in the play when he is crying about Tiny Tim, and that emotion seems so true, because he can relate to the loss of family. It was fun to be able to hang out with Rachel as well. After the play we met up with my mom, other sister, and the kiddos up at temple square. We took a horse drawn carriage around, and it is now going to be something we do every year. I had no idea it would be that fun. I am not sure if it is just slowing the pace down, or the family, but it was wonderful. We joked before we got there about having the driver take us through a drive thru for dinner. I asked him, and he said of course, as long as we sang some Christmas Carols. He didn't say that we had to sing them well, but we gave it our best shot. We had already eaten, so we tried to get some hot cocoa at Carl's Jr, but they don't sell it. We still got a kick out of trying it. The temple was beautiful as always, and the week went by way too fast. I miss my sister :( I have been terrible about blogging, so I did two posts today. If you missed the first one be sure to check it out. Hopefully I will catch you all up with more pictures from the last few months later this week. Love ya!