More About the Weekend

Well my friends, it may take days to tell you everything that happened in the last few days. So let me fill you in about a few details about friday and I'll get to the rest in the next day or so.

(Me and Logan in front of the Ogden Temple...and my wonderful new blue coat...blue wool...so nice!)

We started bright and early on friday morning at 6:30am for a 7am session at the Ogden temple. A great way to start the day, in the hometown temple. The Ogden temple had been closed for cleaning for the last few weeks and it was the first time I had the chance to go back and I was so grateful for it.

(Kari and I in front of the Bountiful Temple...so cute!)

After our session there we headed to a 10am session in Bountiful. What a blessing it is to live in Utah and be able to drive 20 minutes and hit a temple. Every drive was 20 minutes to the next temple.

(Me in front of the Salt Lake Temple)

A 1pm session in Salt Lake City was next. A live session was very interesting to experience. A good way to break up the day for sure. It was cool to see and feel the history of that temple. It is definitely very different than other temples.

(Logan in front of the Jordan River Temple)

A 4:20 session at Jordan River was very cool. Funny to ride the escalators up and down in that temple, but surprisingly like the Ogden inside.

(Kari and Logan in front of the Mount Timpanogos)

And a 7:30 session was planned for the Mount Timpanogos Temple, but it was so full that they were unsure that we would even be able to make it into the 8pm session! So we took the chance to do initories instead. A great way to end a day! It was funny to see that this temple was almost exactly like the Bountiful temple.

A long day for sure. We were all totally exhausted and ready to sleep by the end but...it was the most amazing day as well.

I was so blessed to feel such peace and to know more deeply how loved I am. So many amazing experiences and quiet moments of reassurance made it such a special day. It truly was one of the best days of my life. I was so blessed to share it with two very good friends as well.

Kari, I got to know her from her our mid-singles committee but we quickly bonded. We have gotten to be friends and did our big super saturday craft day together. We are the same age and have similar difficulties and we love to craft! From quilts to scrapbooking...we enjoy each other. We became closer and felt less alone in our struggles at the end of the day.

(Kari and I in front of the Ogden Temple)
Logan, oh you guys know that story. He has been such a great friend to me over the last year. He truly is family to me. The chance to share such a big day with him felt right. I am so happy that he has found some happiness lately.


(Logan and I in the car between SLC and Jordan River)
We, Kari, Logan and I, made the goal to attend all the temples in Utah this spring and have already started planning the next trip. I am so blessed to have such good friends who can and want to share these amazing experiences with me.