San Salvador Temple

No matter how many pictures you see of the temple, it is not the same as actually going inside to see it with your own eyes. I feel very blessed to have been able to be with one of the first groups to enter its doors. I was so excited that I hardly could sleep. My mom also came who I had not seen in months. It was also so neat to see friends I had not seen in decades. The trip was all worth it and time flew by so fast but I missed Daniel so much. Sometimes I wish I could be in two or three places at the same time. The open house is going on for almost a month and they expect to get about 100,000 people to come through. Liz and I hosted a few VIP's. It was a lot of hard work but very rewarding.

Hernan's and Rachael's wedding

The day was set for May 26, 2011. Herni and Rachael had decided to begin their life together. All the chidren were there except for Gabriel and Danae. Gabriel got the visa to come to his brother's wedding but not his wife; that was the only thing that we had wished it had turned out different because everything else turned out great. We invited Rachael and her parents to have dinner with Hernan and us at a Brazilian Restaurant in Trolley Square in order to finally meed the in-laws. The next day, we got to the temple early morning, on that Thursday, a very amazing sweet man sealed them and off we went to take pictures. When our turn came, the photographer said: now I only want the immediate family members, and we said, "we are the immediate family." Later we took off to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for lunch. Got a little break and again headed North to the reception in Kaysville. Even though it had been raining all week long, this day couldn't have been more beautiful. The happy couple went off to Park City and on a cruise. So far the Almeida family has had, five weddings within the last five years. Having seven out of ten of our children married. By 2012 we hope one of our girls would say YES to a wonderful young man to keep the tradition going.