Two temples in ONE day

Did an Endowment session here on February 27th in the late afternoon. Beautiful infinity pools near the entrance.  I'd never seen anything like that before.  

Earlier in the morning on the 27th, I did some initiatory at the Las Vegas Temple.
It was a GREAT day in the temples, and so WARM outside !! 

 

It's further than it looks :)

I've decided there is not a "straight shot" from the LV Strip to the LV Temple.  Maybe that's a good thing :)  I wound my way through the streets of Vegas, via Tropicana, then the 95, then Flamingo, then Boulder Hwy, then Lamb, then FINALLY Bonanza.  As I headed east towards the temple, the words "The Mountain of the Lord" came to my mind.  A HUGE mountain rises from behind the temple, and the road climbs considerably as you drive towards it.  Once there I completed initiatory work for 11 women, all related.  They were grandmothers, mothers, daughters, and sisters from Montana.  I spent a considerable amount of time on Ancestry.com compiling their family information, and also received invaluable information from the Great Falls Genealogy Society.  It was a wonderful hour spent in the LV temple.

A Sealing and an Endowment

We traveled to Las Vegas, to support Tyler Herdt aka Elder Herdt, aka "Big Guy".  He served in Peru with Landon, and they are very good buddies.  Landon and Kacey witnessed the sealing, and I attended an endowment session.

I've been "carrying around" Elizabeth Davidson in my purse for 3-4 months now.  Finally got her work done, and then proceeded to leave the little pink slip at the temple.  Oh well, I guess they'll send it to me.

Finally - it was found :)

We traveled to Arizona to visit Amanda and Cam in Mesa, and mom and dad in Yuma. On the way down and back we stopped in Las Vegas, and I found out MUCH to my dismay, that I couldn't find the temple in the dark! I drove around for an hour, looking for Bonanza Drive, but no luck :( My Tom Tom was no help either, because I had the WRONG address plugged in.

On the way back from AZ, I was able to find the temple(after perusing an actual map). As it turns out, I was only TWO block from Bonanza, (going North on Nellis), when I gave up and turned around two nights previous.

Anyway, all's well that ends well, and I was able to attend an endowment session for my ancestor, Free Temger. I was alert and attentive, and so excited to get in the temple, that I completely forgot my clothing in the car, and had to rent :)

The Las Vegas temple is beautiful in the muted pinks and mauves (desert colors), but in the early morning (before sunrise), the blue was showing through the beautiful windows in the Celestial Room. I had never noticed that color before. It was a wonderful way to spend an early morning.