On January 1, 2009 Ron & I flew from El Paso, Texas (after our Christmas celebration) to Oakland. We met Clare, Karen & Marilyn at the airport. We had such a fun vacation together eating good food and traveling together. We went to Kathryn Cornelison and Thomas's wedding in Oakland Temple on January 2. It was so foggy when we arrived at the temple, we couldn't even see it and didn't even know where to park. But it all cleared after the wedding and was a beautiful view of the city. We went to the visitor center to view an art display of the bronze statues by Angela Johnson. There were 13 exhibits of Christ and various teaching moments of Christ. I was able to take a picture of this one piece. I love her work and portrayal of Christ's face. This display will travel to different temples. The full size statue of Christ was in the clay stage at the Newport Beach Temple when we saw it at the open house. It is now finished and part of this exhibit.
We had a nice visit with Wendy and Brett and their family at the wedding. It was a nice vacation.