7 April 2012:  Today we made our first visit to the Anchorage Temple.  It is only about 15 minutes from our apartment.  It reminded us a lot of the Newport Beach Temple in size and layout--a perfect little jewel with Alaskan touches.  Inside were beautiful murals of coastal inlets and mountains and even moose.  Patrons remove their coats (bulky) and shoes (gritty and slushy) right inside the front door.  Another first today was being a part of history here in Anchorage.  We had over three inches of snow which put us over the top in breaking the all-time snow record for the city; Anchorage has now had 134.5 inches this winter.  There are huge mountains (40 feet high) of cleared snow deposited around the city.  Some people predict they will not fully melt by next winter when snow starts falling again!  Yesterday we met with our mission president and his wife, President and Sister Beesley.  He was raised in Rexburg and she in St Anthony.  He was an Air Force pilot and test pilot.  We have many common Rexburg acquaintances; they hope to retire in Rexburg after their mission.