Chicago Temple

Announcement: 1 April 1981

Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 13 August 1983 by Gordon B. Hinckley

Public Open House: 15 July–3 August 1985

Dedication: 9–13 August 1985 by Gordon B. Hinckley

Rededication: 8 October 1989 by Gordon B. Hinckley (addition only)

The Chicago Illinois Temple is the first of the operating temples built in the Midwest and the second latter-day temple built in Illinois, following the Nauvoo Temple (1846).
The Chicago Illinois Temple is a sister building to the Boise Idaho Temple and the Dallas Texas Temple.

The Chicago Illinois Temple closed in September 1988 for remodeling that more than doubled its size. The office area was expanded, a sealing room and cafeteria added, and the baptistry relocated and enlarged.

On Christmas Eve of 2008, a frozen ceiling sprinkler pipe burst inside the Chicago Illinois Temple, causing extensive water damage. An army of craftsmen from as far away as New Mexico replaced all of the carpet, replaced over 2,000 feet of wood trim, and replaced or reupholstered most of the furniture in just two months.

Pictures...

Bathroom is a pretty good size. You cant really tell here

Two closets! Which is nice but i hardly even brought any clothes so kinda pointless...

Kitchen is pretty small, kinda hard to take a picture of...

Jebb zoned into his game.. ha

Lovely empty living room

Just a few of our new place, we have not gone exploring in chicago yet cuz its been bad weather so maybe in the next few days ill have some more exciting pictures!!

Found out the Gender!!

We finally got all our stuff out of our place thanks the EVERYONE that helped! Thanks so much! And also in the middle of all our craziness today we got our ultrasound! Yay! It was so awesome to see the baby, it makes it way more real. He was so cute all curled up and sucking his thumb. Dont ask what we are going to name him. We hvae no idea, we have a hard time finding ones we both like. But i guess we have all summer to decide! And most of you were wrong for the sex prediction! Although i was hoping for a girl im really excited its a boy! Jebb couldnt be happier, thats what he was hoping for all along!

Pictures!!

Im 15 weeks now and brit is 28!

Just took some fun pictures before everyone leaves for the summer. Brits backyard during lexeys birthday party on sunday!

I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS HILARIOUS...

6 Months!!

Today is mine and jebbs 6 month anniversary! Yay! Crazy to think that in 6 months though we are going to have a baby!! I couldnt be more excited!! I kind of had a bad morning im guessing just a pregnant thing cuz i couldnt come up with one good reason i was in an angry and depressed mood. Jebb had to go to work so the only thing to cheer me up was shopping. So i did haha! Im at a hard stage though cuz i find the cutest things but then im like well am i even going to be able to wear this a month or two from now? Should i get a bigger size? uhggg... I can already tell this is going to be tough. :/

Lexey is so cute!

Just hanging out at britts. We learned how to make chili for the first time from mom! ha ha

11 Weeks 4 Days!

This morning i had my second doctors appointment. I made jebb go with me cuz i wanted him to hear the babies heartbeat for the first time with me. It was amazing... but for some reason i couldnt stop laughing and the nurse would lose the heartbeat everytime i laughed. So we didnt hear it for very long but it was a really cool experience. Jebb said that it sounded like a "boys heartbeat" haha he wants a boy so bad. And of course i want a girl more than anything but i guess we will have to wait and see who is right. We find out what we are having around the week before easter right before we leave for chicago. I will only be 16 weeks but mitch has a friend that will do it for free at 16 weeks. I cant wait.

Baby Pics

I love going through old pictures, i thought it was kind of ironic when i came across these two. Turns out we are much more alike than we thought. Even though i wasnt even alive yet when jebbs picture was taken but still haha...