Temple in the BACKYARD

Family Shares Its Experience Watching The Saratoga Springs Temple Rise

Members of the Brothersen family were just settling into their new Saratoga Springs home in 2009 when they started hearing the predictions.

“When we were moving our stuff in, people were like, one day, there’s going to be a temple out there. You watch,” said Karen Brothersen as she indicated the hundreds of acres of agricultural fields located just north of her home.

Today, a portion of the land is no longer used to grow corn. Instead, the new Saratoga Springs Utah Temple stands in the midst of the fields, just as their neighbors anticipated.

It’s hard to imagine a better view of the new temple than from inside the Brothersens’ family room. The large windows there provide a breathtaking panorama of the temple, the Lake Mountains to the west, the northern end of Utah Lake and the Wasatch Mountains to the east.

Of course, this view gave the Brothersen family — Karen and her children Kaylee, Konnor, Kase and Kenzie — a frontrow seat for watching the temple’s construction.