Yay for Temples and Family!!!

So I had a big weekend this past Thanksgiving weekend. We celebrated our first anniversary! Yay!! And I got to go to the temple on the 27th and I received my Endowments and Paul and I got sealed! Wohoo!!! I'm so excited! It was such an amazing experience. Luckily we have a temple in Twin Falls so we're gonna try and go at least once a week. I'm 7 months pregnant so I want to use the little time I have before it gets too uncomfortable to go. And then having a new baby I won't really be able to go for a while either.

I'm so grateful for the temple and for the opportunity we had to go. I'm so grateful for the Atonement that the Savior provides and for the opportunities we have to change and become better. I'm so grateful for family and that we have temples where we can be sealed together forever. I'm so happy our little boy is going to be born sealed to us! I'm also thankful for family and friend who support me despite mistakes I make and who are there for me when I need them.

And I'm thankful for hand-me-downs. We don't have much money right now to buy all of the baby things. And since this is our first we have nothing. But I have great brothers and sisters who are willing to loan/give us almost everything we need. I just felt so happy and grateful for everything in my life I just had to say it out loud/write it down.

A Child's Angel

I saw this on a post today on a group I'm in on www.babycenter.com It was too good not to share:D Enjoy!

A Child's Angel

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.

One day the little child asked God:

"They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so

small and helpless?"

God answered him "Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you

and will take care of you."

"But tell me," asked the child, "here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile,

that's enough for me to be happy."

"Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your

angel's love and be happy." God reassured him.

"And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the

language that men talk?"

"Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much

patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you, Lord?"

"Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

"I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?"

"Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life."

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

"Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back

to me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be

heard, and the child in a hurry asked softly

"Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

"You will call your angel, Mother"

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