Attn: KARI LYNN

hey sis! I need you to send me a list of all your friends and their addresses..... I am planning a bridal shower and need to know some dates that you are available and what kind of activities you approve of for you shower oh and we need to have a fun photo shoot asap.... love you
~~lis

Here are some ideas for the center pieces... Kirk and I love the glasses with flowers in them with the floating candles. We definitely want something with red roses and candles and I want some strings of pearls in there too. We were thinking of having a big vase in the middle with the little vases around it- add some dimension!

As far as the cake goes, we are thinking a chocolate layered cake (3 layers) with white frosting and with some ribbon and real flowers on top and on the sides. Pretty huh! Kirk loves the square the best.

Colors and Flowers- hooray!!

I about drove Kirk crazy in the process, but FINALLY I have decided on my wedding colors!! I changed my mind probably 10 times (if you were to ask Kirk he would say it was more like 100 times thouogh:) ) My colors are going to be a dark scarlet red, light gold/ champange, and a dark plum purple, of course with white and black as well. They look really pretty together and are very elegant and fallish. Kirk's not a big fan of the purple, but that will mostly be just an accent color. For flowers I want red roses with white stephonotis (with pearls in the middle of them) so it's a combination of these 2 bridal boquets... The bridesmainds will probably have a dark purple lisianthus with something else... They pretty much look like roses, but are dark purple- very pretty.

FUN FACTS about the Los Angeles Temple

Los Angeles California Temple

10th operating temple

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Location: 10777 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Phone Number: 310-474-5569.
Site: 13 acres.
Exterior Finish: Covered with 146,000 square feet of Mo-Sai stone facing, a mixture of crushed quartz and white Portland cement quarried in Utah and Nevada. The wainscot around the exterior is Rockville granite from Minnesota.
Temple Design: Modern, single-tower design.
Number of Rooms: Four progressive-style ordinance rooms and ten sealing.
Total Floor Area: 190,614 square feet.

Announcement: 6 March 1937
Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 22 September 1951 by David O. McKay
Public Open House: 19 December 1955–18 February 1956
Dedication: 11–14 March 1956 by David O. McKay

Temple Locale

The 257-foot high Los Angeles California Temple looms over famous Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The spacious grounds are filled with a dazzling array of foliage including—to name a few—Canary Island Pine trees, several varieties of palm trees, Bird of Paradise trees, olive trees, and rare Chinese Ginkgo trees. Two fountains, a large reflection pool, and several family-themed statues further beautify the grounds. North of the temple, is a public visitors' center that showcases a representation of Thorvaldsen's Christus and also houses the popular Los Angeles Regional Family History Center. The temple grounds are all aglow at Christmastime when thousands of multi-colored lights decorate the numerous trees and features.

Temple Facts

The Los Angeles California Temple was the first temple built in California.

The Los Angeles California Temple was the first temple designed with a priesthood assembly room and angel Moroni statue since the Salt Lake Temple.

At the time of its construction, the Los Angeles California Temple was the largest temple of the Church. (The Salt Lake Temple later reclaimed the title with its additions and annexations.)

The Los Angeles California Temple was the last temple designed for live-acting presentation of the endowment.

The Los Angeles California Temple features hand-painted murals on the walls of its progressive-style ordinance rooms: Creation Room, Garden Room, World Room, Terrestrial Room (no murals), and Celestial Room (one of only two temples with Celestial Room murals—the other is the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple).

The land for the Los Angeles California Temple was purchased from Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company on March 23, 1937.

World War II delayed construction of the Los Angeles California Temple for many years. During that time, plans for the temple were revised to include a priesthood assembly room and to accommodate a unprecedented 300 patrons per session.

**The statue of the angel Moroni, which was installed on the Los Angeles California Temple to face southeast as the temple does, was later turned to face due east at the request of Church President David O. McKay.

The Los Angeles California Temple is one of five temples featuring an angel Moroni statue holding the gold plates. (The other four temples are the Washington D.C. Temple, Jordan River Utah Temple, Seattle Washington Temple, and México City México Temple.)

The Los Angeles California Temple closed for 10 weeks in its 25th anniversary year, 1981, for remodeling and refurbishment. The addition of two rooms and audio visual equipment allowed sessions to begin every half hour in a stationary motion-picture presentation of the endowment.

In 2003, the Los Angeles California Temple reverted back to a progressive-style presentation of the endowment (still using film). The Terrestrial Room was completely renovated.

In November 2005, the Los Angeles California Temple closed for a seismic overhaul and renovation of the baptistry, reopening July 11, 2006—the same year as the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the temple.

Angel Moroni Statue

The 15½-foot figure of the angel Moroni, sculpted by Millard F. Malin, was placed atop the temple in October 1954. During one of his frequent visits to the temple, President David O. McKay noticed that the angel faced southeast as did the temple. He informed architect Edward O. Anderson "that it was not correct in that position…that the angel must face east." The angel had generated much conversation among the neighbors, and one indicated, perhaps tongue in cheek, that she "certainly never would be interested [in learning more about the Church] until the angel faced her home." One morning she awoke to find the statue "was looking directly at her place." Brother Anderson had followed President McKay's instructions to turn the angel.¹

flowery ideas.... inspiration

TRADITION. tradition

The History of the Engagement Ring

A Long-Time Tradition

The tradition of sealing the bond of marriage with a ring has been practiced since Ancient Roman times, when a husband and wife would exchange simple iron hoops to represent the eternal bond of marriage. Shortly after, the iron hoop was replaced with a more expensive gold hoop.

Wearing a ring on the fourth finger of the left hand is a custom that dates back to Ancient Egyptian times. It was then believed that the vena amoris (or the vein of love) ran from that very finger and directly into the heart. By wearing a ring on this finger, a couple would be more emotionally connected through love.

Here they are:

Enrapture......Engaged........IN LOVE

Kari Lynn is getting married!!

Q.Who's the LUCKY guy??
A.Kirk Kinsey

He purposed Friday Aug 1st, 2008 and she said Yes, yes yes!!

I love this couple!

more to come.......