The Kunz Den: December 2011

This past weekend, we had a Kunz family christmas party with Steton's Dad and Carol and grandparents. It was great to be able to get together and enjoy one another's company. We had a nice lunch followed by presents and then went and took family pictures. Everyone went home that night while Stetson and I stayed til Tuesday.

On Sunday we went to temple square to enjoy the lights. We had a fun little experiance while we were there:

On December 11, 2011 Breanne & I decided to go to Salt Lake City to look at the lights in

Temple Square

. When we arrived, we parked at a chapel behind the Conference Center and proceeded to walk to the temple grounds. As we walked, I kept getting an uneasy feeling about where we had parked. When we got closer to the temple grounds, we noticed an empty parking lot that only cost $5 to use. So we returned to the car and moved it to the other parking lot.

As we approached the place where we were to pay for our parking, a woman asked if we had change for $10. Upon checking my wallet I only had 4 $1 bills. And Breanne only had 3 $1 bills. I told the woman we were sorry, but I felt we could do more to help them. I looked down at my 4 dollars, then looked at Breanne. Without saying a word, she gave me a nod of approval, and gave me the other dollar.

We gave the $5 to the woman, she thanked us and we went on our way to enjoy the lights. As the night went on we had a great time, and took lots of pictures. When I asked Breanne if she was ready to go, she said there was one last place we needed to go We then proceeded to the place where all the newly weds go to take a picture after their wedding to get a great view of the temple.

As we arrived a lady was standing on the platform getting her pictures taken. As she stepped down she immediately asked if we would like her to take our picture. Not realizing who she was, we handed her our camera and she said, “It’s the least we could do, for what you did for us.”

To our surprise, it was the couple that we had helped in the parking lot. As we stood on the platform she told us that she used to be a professional photographer. But she was now mostly blind, but reassured us that she still knew how to position people for a great picture. She then placed us in some positions and her husband took the pictures. This ended up being the highlight of our night.

This was a simple, yet great experience and example of the Christmas spirit. We went out of our way to help someone, never thinking that that favor would come right back to us. We now have some great memories of that night, and of how a little charity can go a long way. I feel we got the better end of the blessings. We now have great memories to share, and great pictures to go with it.

At the end of this year, may we stop and do something to help someone in need. You never know when that deed is going to come back and bless your life.

On Monday we had tickets along with my parents to the Forgotten Carols. We have been so excited as the date kept getting closer. We bought the book and cd a while ago and read it almost every night til we we went to the performance. We hope to make that a tradition in our family. Reading the book that is. But it was a great performance, a little different then what I am used to, but still way good. And it is always fun to be with family and enjoy that experience together.

On Tuesday we woke up around 5 to go do a session at the Salt Lake Temple. We tried making it to the 7:00 am session, but was a little late so we were able to sit in the waiting room for a while. This was my first time experiencing a live session. Since we were there so early we were asked to be the witness couple. Haha My mom joked about the possibility, but I didn't take her seriously thinking it would be a big session with lots of people. Well it was a great time to be able to do that and experience a live session for the first time. That temple is sure beautiful with the pictures and architecture.

After the temple we did some shopping, went to lunch with Brad and Carol, and then headed home. It sure is hard to get back to the swing of things (and I don't even have kids yet) when we have such a wonderful time like that. But we made some wonderful memories, and can't wait to make more. We have such wonderful families and during this time of year I can't help but be that much more grateful for each of them and what they all do for me and Stetson.

We want to thank you and let you all know of our love for each of you! May you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I apologize, the pictures are not in order and I am too lazy to put them in order. So enjoy :)