Labor Day weekend 2012. It was the weekend I didn't know we really needed, that is, until we were headed back home. ---In order to spare you too much reading, I will try to keep the details from our trip to a minimum.--- Where's the rest of the temple, you ask? This is it! Yep, the Stake Center is bigger :) We left Fairbanks for Anchorage on Thursday, August 30th, and drove my Aunt and Uncle's home just outside of Palmer (about a 5 hour drive). After a great night's sleep, Marshall and I drove to Anchorage Friday morning to go to the temple. It was a rainy and cloudy day, but the experience I had inside the temple was really special. When I was growing up, I thought a 1 hour drive to the Oakland Temple was a long trip. Then I moved to Missouri, where the closest temple was a 3 hour drive. And now it is 6. It is a sacrifice, but I am happy to make the weekend trip every 2 or 3 months whe...