A Picture Perfect Weekend

On Friday Matthew and I met up with some of his old mission companions at Justin Jay Kofford's home. Justin, aside from being an old companion was also one of Matthew's roommates while we were dating and engaged. He and his wife Natalie got married 3 days after we did. Although my maiden name is shared with Justin we are uncertain as to what our relation is as of yet. Nevertheless we had a wonderful time catching up with him and a few other friends. We had a BBQ and spent time reminiscing about past experiences. Syd (a Sister missionary from Matthew's mission) and I also enjoyed holding Justin's new baby Bridger. He was as cute as a button and we all found it humorous that every time Bridger was brought close to someone's face he would open his mouth really wide, as if he were trying to take a big bite.

On Saturday Matthew and I spent most of our day completing errands, but that evening we were able to go to the temple. We planned on doing initiatories, but as we walked into

the temple one of the brethren at the front desk asked if we would be willing to participate in some sealings. We agreed that it would be a wonderful experience and we changed and headed towards the sealing office. Matthew and I had a great time and I could feel the spirit very

strongly. After completing the sealings we sat in the Celestial Room for a long time talking about the future and discussing changes that we felt we should make. Just as we were getting ready to leave, another brother came up to us and asked if we would be willing to stay for about 20 minutes to help complete some sealings, Matthew and I laughed and looked at each other like "Why Not?!", so we did a few more sealings and headed towards home. We were uplifted and excited for our next opportunity to attend the temple.

On Sunday we had Elisa and Alex over for a Lasagna Dinner. After a yummy dinner we went downtown to take some family pictures. Alex has taken photos before and was willing to take some photos of Matthew and I. While downtown we ran into this little girl who was v

ery interested in the pioneer statues! Can you tell what she is is doing in these pictures?!

After having some fun with the pictures and enjoying the wonderful weather we headed back to our apartment for dessert and

card games. Elisa and Alex brought strawberry short cake. Elisa was putting the whipped topping on mine and told me to tell her when to stop, well, I couldn't see how much she had put on and I may have waited a little longer than I should have, but man was it goooood!

We stayed up so late playing "Presidents" and none of us had school or work the next day so Elisa and Alex decided to just stay the night. The next morning they tried to sneak out without saying goodbye, but we caught them and told them we had planned on making them breakfast, so they decided to stick around. After breakfast they headed home and I worked on my Doctoral Project while Matthew did some chores. We were joined for lunch by Steve and Cynda and later on that evening we joined the Taylors for FHE. We planned on exploring the Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah, but when we got there we found out that they were closing early, so Matthew took the Taylors on a tour of one of the churches in our area. It was good to see so much family in one weekend.