On Sacred Ground

Sean and I were lucky enough to get two of the only 3000 tickets for the Payson Temple groundbreaking.  At least we thought we were lucky....... We were so excited to go and even more excited that our boys made the choice to get up early that Saturday morning to attend the broadcast of the ground breaking at the Stake Center.  Once we got their, we realized they got the good end of the deal.  Not really, it was really neat to be able to be there for this historic event although it was cold and raining and did I mention COLD!  I couldn't feel my toes by the end of it.  We had our two huge soccer shade umbrellas and our Levi quilt in the car luckily, so that helped us survive.  It was worth it to be there to hear Brother Oaks speak and feel of the blessings that we will receive by having a temple here.  It was also fun to learn that he had spent some of his growing up years in Payson and went to the green church that we went to when we were first married.  We thought it would be good to head to McDonalds for some hot chocolate and breakfast when we were done, but apparently, the rest of the 3000 had the same idea and the line was super long, so we headed home and made hot chocolate there.

Temple with the Taylors

We had the neatest experience this weekend.  A couple that moved into our ward went through the temple this weekend and we were able to go with them.  Nick and Ashley were able to go through the temple for their endowments on Friday night and we got invited since Nick is a new Elder and Sean is Elder's Quorum president.  What a fun evening for them.  Then, Saturday we were able to go back to the Mt. Timpanogos temple to be with them for their sealing.  I've never been to a sealing where children were sealed to their parents and it was such a special experience.  I'm sure I won't forget it.  Thanks Taylors for inviting us to be with you on your special day (weekend).  Then we went to their celebration BBQ at their house Saturday evening.  What great people they are!

My parents took Trevin and Tyrel out to Tooele for the Richardson Reunion since we weren't able to make it. They got back home about the same time as we did.  The boys were exhausted from a day of watersliding in the big inflatable waterslide they rented for the reunion.  Thanks Heidi and Kelli for the great pictures of my boys.

Temple in Payson

Today I am grateful for the announcement by President Thomas S Monson that they are building a temple in Payson! I knew it would happen one day and now it will. Sean read the press release tonight for Family Night and then we drove down to see where it would be built. It will be so nice to have one so close to home. My boys are really excited too!