A Busy, Fun, Spiritual weekend

Friday night we loaded up the back of the van with our old Computer monitor, used batteries, used florescent lights, and old gallon containers of various latex paints and stain and tile adhesive. A odd thing to load in a car you may think...well, you're right but it will make sense in a minute.
Saturday morning we got up, ate, showered and dressed in church clothes. We left the house about 9:45 and headed to the computer recycling place near Sequoia floral. They paid $.05 per pound for old computer/TV components so we picked up a whopping $1.20 for the monitor. We then headed to the dump! We went to the household toxics area and delivered our other stuff which they took gladly. We wonder if they had ever seen people at the dump in Church clothes before? :o) From there we went to the Temple...what a contrast!!

It was a beautiful day and the session was great.
We enjoyed the peace and spirit of being there.
We were there early enough so we had a snack
in the cafeteria and then had time in the chapel
before the session to read and ponder the scriptures. It couldn't have been better. I took some pictures after the session specifically for this blog...enjoy!!


This is the view of Oakland, and the Bay Bridge with the fog rolling in through the Golden Gate Bridge... that's why you can't see it.


After the session we took off for our favorite "after the temple eating place"...the plaza shops and eateries in Emeryville. We normally eat at Fuddruckers but this time we chose a new place called the Buckhorn Grill. Wow!! What fantastic food. We had a Bacon cheddar Tri-tip sandwich on a fresh baked french roll. So good. Then we went to the movies and used our AMC movie gift card we got from Brook and David for Christmas. This is the only AMC theater in the bay area and it took us awhile to find it. We saw WALL*E. We loved it. It is a very unique movie with a darling love story done by Disney's PIXAR. If you haven't seen it we highly recommend it. It was a wonderful day.

Today we had a fantastic Single Adult fireside. My "boss", Dr. Blake Ambridge and his wife Amy spoke on "A Brightness of Hope". They are very good speakers and held the audience in the palm of their hands. We learned a lot and gained great insight as well as sharing in their personal experiences and stories. I'm so glad I was there.

Now we get to prepare for our trip to Utah on Thursday. Yippee!!!!!!!!