Random Pictures

Michael took us girls out on the town last night. It was really nice to get out. As you can see Morgan was thrilled!

These are pictures Mike took with his camera when we were visiting his family in Utah.

I just saw this one yesterday and thought it was adorable. Morgan with her Grandma Pressley.

Where Heaven Meets Earth

I have to admit that my temple experience since being an endowed member has been nice and I have enjoyed attending and feeling that peace. However, it got to be a little boring. I have found that I was just showing up and participating in the ordinances without ever "seeking" for new knowledge. Don't get me wrong I did enjoy it but it was not a feast like we are taught that it can be. Until about a month ago.

I had to teach a lesson on it in church and in my preparation for the lesson I started reading Truman Madsen's book entitled, "Where Heaven Meets Earth." This along with conference talks and attending the Reno temple weekly for the last three weeks has expanded my mind with new insights that I have been wanting for a long time. When pondering why had I not had this happen before the thought came, "Because you took no thought but to ask". That was it! I was going with the hopes that I would be taught some new thing with only a prayer before I went. I was not studying things out on my own before hand.



I love the principal of faith. Faith is the key to all that we want to know and become. With this great principal all things were and are done. It is the principal of power and ACTION. We can say we believe all day long but if we are not acting on that belief then its faith without works. I say this because in reading and studying about the temple it increased my faith, which in turn I wanted to increase my action, which in turn leads to greater manifestations of my faith. Its a wonderful program. I love the gospel with all my heart and am so happy that I can keep gaining new understanding and get stronger and stronger in my testimony.

To think that the temple is where we learn about all our eternal possibilities and how we can achieve that. There is no guessing on how to become good, happy, eternal beings we are taught all we need to do and become in the temple.

Madsen says in his book that members say a lot of the time they are going to go through the temple but that is really not the case, the temple goes through us! That line has touched me deeply. Along with the eternal truths that Heavenly Father and His Son love us so much that they go through all the trouble of trying to teach us how to become like they are. I used to look at the temple as like a side dish to the gospel ...not anymore. I see it as the main dish now and want to go all the time.

This Is What I Call Fun!

Michael gave me a wonderful treat a few weeks back. He had arranged for a spa night at the house for me and a few friends. He even ordered pizza for us! (I really married above myself with that man. ) We all got a 1/2 hour massage, foot soak, foot scrub, masks, wax on the feet and hands....it was really nice.

I think the best part of the night, besides the massage, was the laughter. It was so fun to just be goofy without kids. I said that night that it felt like we were in high school again. Why is it when we get older that we tend to let that stuff fall by the wayside? I don't know but I want to make a concerted effort to do something like this more often.

Adelia, Janie, and Jessica came over that evening and we got a little creative with the camera. If I did not look so horrid in those I would have posted those too.

I was only able to have a few friends that night and I enjoyed it. Maybe in the future we can make it a bigger group and get even goofier! (Is that a word?)