I love the Temple
Yesterday, Dad and I had an amazing experience at the Temple.  Our friend, Ruth, and her amazing new husband KJ were sealed in the Denver Temple.  We first met Ruth when we were called to facilitate in the Finance class of our Stake's Self-Reliance Program.  She is from England, and when she was 19 years-old her mother packed her bags and gave her a one-way ticket to Provo.  Without transportation or money, she managed to find the social security office so she could get a social security card and then found a job on campus at BYU.  At some point she got married, had two children, and then divorced.  She has been on her own ever since, and has managed to not only survive, but, thrive.  She is a great example to me of someone who has overcome challenges, and has moved forward with quiet faith.  She met KJ just a year ago, and they are so happy together.  A couple of weeks ago Ruth sent me an email and asked if we could come to their sealing.  Eilis came to house-sit for us (thank you Eilis!) so we could go.  When we got to the Temple we were waiting in the marriage waiting room and were surprised that as time when on, no one else came.  I thought there would be a lot of people from their Ward in attendance.  About 10 minutes before the sealing was scheduled to begin, the sealer (Pres Muirhead, our former Stake President), and the sealing coordinator came in and told us we were the only people on the list who would be attending and that we would be the witness couple.  The one thought that he shared was taken from a talk by Elder Bednar - 

As each of us work to have a deeper relationship with the Savior and to become more like Him, we become closer in our relationship with our spouse. 

He illustrated this with the marriage triangle. 

    So happy we could participate in their special day! 

  Remember last week, when I said Dad got a new suit for his birthday?  Well, here is the before and after 😁

Before

After

So handsome today as we went to Church!

Kim, Chris, and Blythe also went to the Temple this weekend - they took a 2 day trip to Oakland to attend the marriage of their special friend, Arden Dubiel. 

Such a special place to be ~

I was blessed this week to get Jake all day Thursday and Friday afternoon due to school testing.  What a super, fun, and busy 7 year-old!  Thursday morning, we had to take Sendai to the beauty shop at 7:30 - so of course we had to stop for a doughnuts 😋

Once he was nourished and felt strong enough we tackled the freezer we inherited from Cathy R.  It had been down in Chris' garage since before they moved in, and had food dated back to 2012.  Jake wanted to earn some money for a remote control car, so I told him if he would help me clean out the freezer we could negotiate his wages.  

I really had to laugh when he found a mask of Dad's on his work bench and wore it the whole time -

I took this photo when we were almost finished, but you couldn't imagine the food we had to throw away.  It was sad to think of hungry children in the World and how wasteful we can be.  Of course, Cathy thought the food would be fine, but I don't know anyone who wanted to take a chance on chicken dated 2013 - 10 years-old.

First Day of School for Sayre!

Happy School Days Sayre!

Got to have lunch with this cute girl on Wednesday!  She is busy working and just started classes at Pikes Peak State College.

You Go Emma!

And wanted to thank Eilis again for being here with Shannon while we went to the Temple.  These girls are always so willing to help out.  Eilis has been self-teaching herself how to play the piano, and guitar.  When we got home this is how I found the piano -

pink sticky notes on each key 😃. I love her perseverance and dedication.  She told me her favorite classes this term are AP Lang, and Physics - and of course, you know she is all over robotics.  When it's time for college, she said she would be interested in an Engineering Degree - JiChan is always holding out hope that one of his grandchildren will go to Utah State, and Utah State has a great Engineering Program - so maybe . . . . . .

GO AGGIES

Also, Eilis is selling these super cute, never-been-worn Doc's for $80 (negotiable) Size 9

If you want to know what my true feelings are when I watch the kids place soccer, click on the link below - this is what i really want to do

https://fb.watch/mHw068gade/?mibextid=XJr6Im

I love you all so much.  There have been a lot of ups and downs over the last couple of weeks, so I have a plan in place to stay busy with good things this week, to get done the things I really don't want to do, and to take some "me" time when needed.  Hope you all have good days ahead ~ 💖