This past month I got to go home to visit Utah for 2 weeks. It was so great seeing my family and friends. I hadn't been home for a visit in a year, and as my last two visits home were so full of drama, I was in real need of a good happy and successful vacation!
One of the best parts of this vacation was the fact that Utah has so many temples and this time I was able to go inside them! My goal is to visit all the temples in Utah this year and I also want to see as many other temples as I can. My goal for this trip was to make it to as many temples as I could and I certainly made it to a lot of them!
BOUNTIFUL: I got to visit the Bountiful Temple with my friend Kate. This is so wonderful because Kate wasn't able to come to Manhattan for my actual endowment so it was great to finally be there with her. We both got a little emotional as we waited for the session to start and that was very special...we could both feel the Spirit so strong. The really neat thing about this visit was that this ended up being the first time that I got through the session without help from the temple workers! That was such a neat thing for me!
ST. GEORGE: I attended the St. George Temple with Jim and Jeannie Fowler. Jeannie is my half brother James's mom and Jim is her husband. We've been close to them my whole life and it was very special to go to the temple with them. I was able to take one of Jim's family names through the temple that day and that made it extra special for all of us!
LAS VEGAS: I visited the Las Vegas Temple on my own and it was a very special day. I was able to do a session and do some sealings afterwards. Of all the temples I've seen I think Las Vegas's Celestial room is my very favorite...it is sooooo beautiful!
LOGAN TEMPLE: The Logan Temple wasn't on my list of planned temples to visit. I certainly wanted to but I hadn't planned to go to Logan at all. That morning the plan was to meet my friend Mindy in Ogden and she was driving down from Logan. I had planned to go to the Ogden Temple before she got to Ogden later in the day but when I got to Ogden I found that the Ogden Temple was closed for a few weeks. Determined not to miss my planned morning temple visit I made a last minute decision and drove the rest of the way up to Ogden (texting and calling Mindy frantically - since she wasn't ANSWERING! lol - to try and catch her before she drove down as I was instead coming up to her!) It all worked out and I was able to get into a session at the Logan Temple!
PROVO TEMPLE: Again, Provo wasn't officially on my planned list. I had originally planned to attend the Timpanogas Temple with my brother James and sister-in-law Martha. Unfortunately the babysitters came down with a yucky flu bug and weren't able to take my little nephew for the morning so Martha ended up staying back. James suggested that we go to the Provo Temple instead and I was perfectly happy to change the plans. It was so special being with my brother in the temple! Timpanogas is still on my need to visit list...Martha, next time I'm home its you and me!!!
While I was home I also got to visit the Salt Lake Temple with Aubrey, though timing didn't work out right for a session and we ended up doing Initiatories instead. I can't wait to go back with her and do a session as Salt Lake is one of my very favorite temples. Also, with my brother and his family I got to visit the Draper Temple open house which was also very special being able to be inside a temple with my little neice and nephews!
The rest of my trip was spent seeing as many friends and family as I could and it was so great seeing all of you!!!
Lots of love! XOXOXOX
