It was a wondrous thing...

...to attend the Rexburg Temple Open House. I was more than thrilled when I knew we were moving to Utah and that I might be able to attend the open house. More than for myself, I wanted to take Hannah inside a temple and show her what a special place it is.

I loved sharing with her our memory of our wedding day when we were in the sealing room. And Jimmy stood with Hannah in the celestial room and showed her the mirrors where you can see forever. I hope that she might carry that memory with her and always desire to be sealed in the temple and return often to feel the blessings of joy and peace. Hannah said the Celestial room was her favorite part of the temple tour.

I hope we can attend a temple open house with our entire family someday soon (when Abe isn't quite so wiggly and Max is old enough to appreciate it). It was a frigid 24 degrees (which probably was the high for the entire month of January in Rexburg!!!), but I'm still so glad we ventured north to see the beautiful temple on the hill.

(Photo by Rick Davis - Thanks for sharing it Andrea)

p.s. Even though my parents don't live there anymore, I still get teary-eyed driving 'home' to Sugar City. I think I was perched on the edge of my seat taking note of all the new homes and changes to our little town. We drove by all 3 of our homes and a flood of memories came back to me of snow adventures trekking across our drifted driveway to get to church, hours of conversations with friends after mutual, family work & activities, playing sports with siblings, etc. And best of all, every one who drove by waved to us... don't you love that about Sugar City... people wave just because everyone knows everyone. What a friendly place!