temple - Shelley Beatty

San Francisco, Oakland and Palo Alto

November 25, 2011 by shelley

We got to see our new little grandson and his parents, B.J. and Jenn. But while we were in the area we also were able to go to the Oakland Temple and visit Bob’s favorite restaurant Soma’s. Soma’s is been on Fisherman’s Wharf for decades. It is quite unique in that it has its own boats to catch the freshest fish possible to serve in their restaurant. We ordered one of the specials of the day, halibut, but they were already out of it. (And it was quite early in the evening.) We got the scallops instead and they were delicious and very tender.

The scallops at Soma's Restaurant Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.

The Oakland Temple was getting ready for Christmas with lots of lights being put up around the grounds. It was a real foggy view of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge from the temple on the Oakland side of the bay.

View of the Oakland Temple.

Another view of the temple.

Foggy San Francisco.

Chapel Hill First Ward’s Primary Activity

October 20, 2011 by shelley

Jen was in charge of her ward’s Quarterly Primary Activity, and it was a temple activity. The primary met at the door’s of the temple in Raleigh North Carolina where the temple President met and talked with the children for a few minutes. They then had a tour of the temple grounds. This was followed by an activity in the Stake Center adjacent to the temple. At the stake center, in the Primary room four different stations were set up for the children to rotate to each station in 10 minute intervals. The stations included:
1) Coloring pages to the song I Love to See The Temple (Link to the music of I Love to See the Temple); , Download the coloring pages for I Love To See The Temple
2) Coloring pages for the creation. Download the coloring pages for the creation.
3) Genealogy pages, including a coloring page, a family tree chart to fill out and some pages to start a journal. Download the genealogy pages.
4) Coloring pages for the five parts of a testimony. They also made a testimony glove. Download the coloring pages for testimony and the parts of a testimony to make a testimony glove.The testimony glove was made with white stretch gloves, ordered in bulk from the internet. The parts of the testimony were represented by 1 inch button pins that were pinned to each finger.