Visit to the Indy Temple & the IMA

My Mom and Dad came into town for the weekend of Nov 14-16. I took off Friday to spend with them while the kids were in school. We drove up to the Indianapolis Temple, which is still under construction, but getting closer every day! Can't wait for it to be completed!

Here are some pics we took on 116th Street. So exciting to see the Angel Moroni on the spire!

Looks bigger in person than in the picture.

The spire is supposed to be
similar to the Monument downtown.

Dad, Mom and I then drove all the way across town on 116th Street and then down to Castleton and went out to lunch. It was great to have some time to visit without the distraction of posterity.

Saturday we started the day clearing out the house next door of the appliances we'd put in it over the years. Long story short, we finally gave up the fight and the bank got it back so we wanted to clear out what was ours before they changed the locks. 

After spending the morning doing that, we went to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I think the kids enjoyed most of it, but most especially they following two pieces of artwork. It helps when you can interact with the work.

Thousands of people holding you up!

Think Nate might be tired?

He was up for this one!
One of the kids walked
under one of the arches,
before we were told not to get too close.

Then we went outside to the Hundred Acre Woods. I hadn't been here for a long time, so the swings were new to me. Seemed like a good place to take pictures. After a while of trying to get just the right shot, we let them swing and we moved on.

"Nate! Don't go yet!"

"Are we done? Can we swing now?"

"Okay, go!"

Some of the swing shots were kind of fun, or I just liked, so you get to see them as well.

Xela was taking photos as well,
and Neta loves being the model.

Then we went over to the skeleton. The three younger ones ran around on the bones. Then I asked them to sit for some pictures.

Happy faces!

Dad took this picture of me taking the above picture.

I thought these next three were kind of fun to look at the different faces in basically the same pose. As I recall, I was trying to do something with the light shining through the trees, but that didn't work out. There faces are what make these fun to look at.

Love my kiddos!

After being out in the chilly weather for an hour, we headed back to the car and Mom and Dad took the family to Golden Corral, one of our favorite buffets, which we only get to visit when family is in town. We filled our bellies, went home and got kids to bed.

Mom and Dad came to church with us, visited for awhile after church and then we had an early dinner together before they had to leave for the airport. We look forward to their next visit in June, when Neta gets baptized!