Sealings

Every 3rd Friday of the month, Nate and I go to the temple. It's our ward temple night, but if we can't make it in the evening, we make arrangments to go during the day. So, today we went and did sealings. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I always secretly want to have one of those experiences where the people you're being sealed to appear to you and you'll have a glorious vision................... and I'll probably never have one. Just like there hasn't been one defining moment of where I knew the gospel was true. I hear of these stories where people have this one moment that just blows their mind away and they have this revelation where they KNOW the church is true. I've never had that. I've just always known it's what I want to live and I simply know the gospel is true.... I haven't had that ONE moment. I've had spiritual experiences and such, but deep down, I have always known that Heavenly Father and Christ are real. I've never doubted that Joseph Smith saw them. I've always known my family is forever. I've never doubted......
So, bringing me back to today. Doing sealings was just like very other time I've done sealings. No one appeared to me and I didn't have any great "AHA!" moment. And towards the end of the session, I was a little sad. I'd prayed to have a great, spiritual experience, and while doing the session, I just felt normal. However, as I was walking back to the dressing room after we had finished, I just knew that I was in the right place. I knew that my Heavenly Father recognized the time I had taken out of my day to go to the temple. I felt His love and I knew that I was his daughter. While I was dressing, I reflected on the beauty and the power of the words that are said while couples are being sealed. I thought about the average, ordinary people who were in the session, but they were doing an extraordinary work. I am grateful that I can kneel across the altar with Nate and remember back to our wedding day to when we made those promises and covenants. I love going to the temple with him. Well, for one thing, he holds my hand more in an hour than he does all month. He also opens my door for me and puts his arm around me. (He is not an affectionate person. At all.) I love going and knowing that Nate and I are sealed together and that our little girls are ours forever. I just love doing sealings.

Despite Cold Weather

The past couple of weeks, we haven't been able to go outside because of this...

But when the weather is nice.... we try to go on an adventure.

We went to Wheeler Farm and fed the ducks...

And we planted Easter grass with Grammie....

And Grammie pushed Ava on the swing "Way Highwer!" (In Ava's words)

Ava loved it so much, she peed her pants!
And we have also gone to the "Dinosaur Museum"....

Benjamin was trying to play with Halle.

Ava especially loved the BIG dinosaurs! RRRrrr!!!

Who could forget little Halle? She had fun too. She talked the whole time.

And lately, Daddy has invented a new way to hold Halle.... she LOVES it! He swings her back and forth and she just giggles.
We went to Jenn's house and hung out with the cousins....


This was a picture we took of Halle and Livvy like 7 months ago....

.... and look at them today!
Fighting over the monkey. Livvy is VERY possesive. :)

Me and Jenn and our girls. I always have so much fun hanging out with Jenn and testing our creative limits! Thanks for a fun night out!

Ava had so much fun with Hanah and Collin!
We plan to do many things this summer.....

*Plant a garden*

*Go to the aquarium*

*Go to the zoo*

*Play in the fountains at Gateway*

*Go swimming*

*Hike Ensign Peak*

*Go camping*

*Go to the drive in*

*Go to Discovery Gateway*

*Go to Temple Square*

*Go to Idaho*

*Go fishing*

*Feed the ducks*

*Go to the cabin*

*Spend lots of time with family*