Forever Family

What an amazing whirl wind of a week. Tuesday November 24Th we took out our Endowments at the 6:00 pm session in the Idaho Falls Temple. It was wonderful, confusing, amazing, very spiritual and we were so blessed to have our wonderful friends and Family with us. Rory and Lorie were our escorts and they were so good to help us with everything.
Saturday November 28Th we took the girls to the Idaho Falls Temple to be sealed for all time and eternity. Once again we had so many loved ones with us and also many of our church friends that mean so very much to us.We felt the Spirit with us and felt many of our loved ones that have passed on. Autumn wore my Grandma Kimball's dress and I wore her sash, I know she was close to us that day as was Rich's dad. We did not know we were going to be "married" again. It was great to kneel across from my husband of 20 years and have the sealer pronounce us man and wife for all time and eternity and to kiss the Bride (giggle). Then they brought our sweet sweet girls in to us. Rich and I kneeled on each end of the Alter and each of the girls brought their hands on top of ours. I really don't think there was a dry eye anywhere and if there was I know they at least had tears in their eyes.
We got to go out and have our pictures taken in our Temple clothes and then we changed into street clothes. I will post some pictures another day.
On a funny side note Hope was so worried when she found out we were going to be sealed she thought they were going to put us in a box and never let us out. Well we of course explained to her no this wasn't what would happen, but the poor girl walked into the sealing room and what does she see but the alter that in her mind looks like a box. She could not hardly see over it when she had to kneel down and had to stretch way high to put her arm up on ours. It was over quickly and lots of people congratulated us and hugged us. She didn't say much the rest of the day and that night on the way home from Grandmas she was asking some questions about the alter, it really didn't occur to me what she was asking and she kept saying but what was in that thing, I told her nothing was in it, finally it occurred to me the poor girl walks into a sealing room with 50 or so people all around is asked to kneel down to this "box" after we assured her there would be no getting sealed in a box and what does her little 5 year old mind see a huge "box." Of course it would scare her. After the sealing I held her up to the mirrors I am sure she thought we would throw her in the box.
The girls are so sweet and were so excited. All the way down to the Temple Hope kept saying I just can't wait to see how beautiful the Temple is then she would start singing I am a Child of God. I love my family and husband so much.

Melchezdik

Rich got the Melchezdik Priesthood today. What an amazing Blessing this will be in our home. We are all very excited. Rory came down and ordained him. It was a wonderful feeling and prayer.
This will be a busy and fun week. Hard to believe 2 days and we will go thru the Temple. We are also so excited to see everyone at Thanksgiving.-

Clothes

I was able to get the rest of our Temple clothes today. Lorie and I went and got everything that we need. I am very greatful to her and Rory as they bought it as a gift for us. We are so excited. Sunday Rich gets the Melchezdik. Really looking forward to it. Next week will be here soon then we get to go to the Temple!!!

Patriarchal blessing

Rich and i had our Patriarchal Blessings done Sunday. They were amazing! I loved both of our blessings and the spirit of Brother Van Orden as he is giving the blessing. He has had the calling for 20 years. It is a life calling unless health gets in the way. I am very excited to get them and re read them again. We both have a lot of work to do and if we do as the Lord asks will have many blessing.
We also completed the lessons for the Melchizedek and our Temple recommend classes. Friday night we went to meet with the Bishop and we both got our Temple recommends. Whoo Hoo didn't see that one coming. So exciting. Tuesday night Autumn and Tymber meet with Bishop to get their live ordnance limited recommend and Thursday night Rich and I meet with the stake president to hopefully get him to sign our recommend and then we will also have the time he is to get the Melchizedek on the 22nd.
We also went and got some of our temple clothes. I already have my dress so we got his pants,slippers,belt and socks. They were all 50% off so that was a huge savings for us. When we get our recommends I can go get our garments and when Lorie gets back she is going to go help me to get the rest of the things we need.
I am ready for the end of November to get here.

Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun. We went to my parents house and had dinner then we took the kids trick or treating at Rick and Caralyns... Well really Rick and Darren took the kids. Rich and I went and visited with Caralyn and Brandi and then went over to Lorie and Rorys.

Autumn dressed up like a cat, she did her own make up and it looked cool. Hope was the pink care bear rainbow bear and Tymber was a mime, she loves to mime and is soooo good at it. We took Ryan and his brother Zach with us.

While we were at Rory and Lorie's she was showing me her temple clothes and she had a temple dress she bought and had never worn, it didn't fit her and she said she will never wear it so I tried it on and she gave it to me. it is so beautiful. I am so blessed and so happy. I will have my visiting teacher hem it for me as it is a little long but it is perfect.

It looks like I wont be getting Sundays off after all. Pretty disappointing but not much I can do about it.