Temple !hooray!

The start of a new week. Full of promises and hope. And I hope your weekend was worth remembering. Mine certainly was.

On Friday we took a 2hrs journey to visit our lovely friends whom I've mentioned here before. We love spending time together and wish we lived closer so we could hang out as we once did when Robdawg and I first lived in Colorado. Alas life happens and changes occur and so we must adapt.

The big highlights of the weekend was first seeing baby boy becoming more social with other kids. The three boys played so well together which made for a restful time away. It kinda made me think that maybe baby wouldn't mind a sibling. Hmmm...l've always liked the idea of two kids. Yet there was a crazy time in our engagement when I thought seven kids sounded good. Crazy. After giving birth I figured we could settle for four. Now I'm playing with the idea of just two. We'll see. Our friends are pregnant with number 3 and she makes pregnancy look like a breeze "Oh no big deal just busy growing a human here". She's looking gorgeous, no morning sickness, fantastic skin and wearing heels. Ok I admit I also had a breezy pregnancy but only after navigating a challenging first trimester.

All this pregnancy talk is making one broody!

Moving along.

The other big, actually massive, highlight was finally going to the temple. Finally! We had been wanting to attend the temple for the last 6 months. Plans fell through as obstacles kept on piling up. But by golly I was determined more than ever to be in that temple during the first month of this year. It was a come what may situation, with faith and lots of action the goal was finally achieved. And what a spirit filled experience it was. Especially because this was the temple where we had been sealed for time and eternity. My heart skipped as we walked past that very same sealing room. I cannot thank our friends enough for agreeing to babysit baby boy for us.

Needless to say that life once again has more perspective. Challenges which had seemed monumental before have taken a backseat. And gratitude is in the forefront. And I pray that this year we can make regular temple attendance a priority. One of my many resolutions. And this one can be achieved.

If you're busy reading this and thinking "temple? Huh???" Go to this link and you'll get a little more insight as to what I'm going on about.

http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/10/holy-temples-sacred-covenants?Lang=eng&query=temples

And if you're still feeling "huh?". Drop me an email and I'll answer your questions as best as I can.

Happy week ahead and hopefully we're all doing our best with those New Year resolutions. And at the same time being especially kind and forgiving to ourselves and others.

Peace ya'll (said in my best southern accent).