we attended my nephew, taylor's, wedding ceremony in the mesa temple. the kids waited outside and enjoyed the beautiful temple grounds and warm weather, while dave and i were inside.
i love going to weddings in the temple and listening to the counsel the couples receive
partly because i hardly remember anything from my own...i was in la la land!!
the sealer talked so much about the importance of families, which makes sense with all the confusion about marriage and families as of lately. he talked about how satan tries to distract us and wants us to focus on things that are not eternal, things that can't last forever.
he also told them to kneel and pray every morning and night as a couple. pray for each other and the kids out loud, with each other. he told them this would help them remain close and it would help their children.
i know this is true.
i remember in residency when dave was so busy and tired.
it was hard.
we went in for tithing settlement and our bishop, out of the blue, for some reason talked to us about having prayer everyday together as a couple. we started doing that. it has made a difference. after the ceremony, dave showed me the screen on his phone and he had written some goals. one was to say prayers together morning AND night. we usually do it before he goes to work, but i'm grateful dave felt something and made a note of it.
sometimes our kids walk in while we are praying together. the other day, vivian squished herself right in the middle of us during the prayer and it made me so happy!!!
so...shout out to my nephew and his beautiful wife, lexi! i'm so happy we got to share their wedding with them and be in the temple with people we love.
what an awesome feeling!
AND
i'm also grateful no one fell in the thinking pool while we were inside!!!
pheuf!!!
