To the Temple We Go!

Jared and I have been big-time slackers in the temple attendance department lately. Granted, we do live 2 1/2 hours from the temple and we have young children. It's hard to leave them at home with a babysitter all day long. And it's hard to take them with you. Basically, it's just hard. But we finally realized that there is always going to be something to make it difficult to get there and we needed to get back into regularly attending the temple- it is so important. So, this morning we packed a lunch, packed up our little family, picked up Amanda, and headed to the Louisville temple! Jared went in to do initiatories first, while Amanda and I entertained the kids outside- it was a beautiful day!

Tori loved petting the donkey!

She even tried to feed him some leaves!

Garrett thought he would give petting the donkey a try, too!

And he couldn't leave the sheep out!

I love the look on Garrett's face- he saw Baby Jesus!!!

If you look closely, Garrett is eating a cookie. One of the Louisville Wards was having a Primary activity and they adopted Tori and Garrett. They shared cookies and water with us! Tori almost ended up in their group photo! It was so kind of them to include our kids in their fun treats and activity!

When Jared was done, we had a picnic lunch and then swapped- Jared took the kids, while Amanda and I went through an Endowment session. It was so wonderful being in the temple!!! Lately, I have been feeling a bit critical and rundown. But, by the end of the session, those feelings were all gone. I felt so much lighter and happier! I know those feelings came from worshiping in the temple and the incredible spirit that comes into our lives by serving there! By the time we got home, we had been away for over 9 hours- it was a long and absolutely awesome day!!!