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Temples are a very important and sacred part of our faith. We refer to temples as the "House of the Lord". In temples we learn about the purpose of life and make covenants to serve Jesus Christ. Recently a temple has been built in Eastern Arizona near Safford. When the temple is finished they have an open house where people of any age and faith may go inside and look at the temple. After the open house, the temple is dedicated and only faithful members of the church are allowed to enter. Today was the dedication of the temple. All church meetings were cancelled so that we could attend. We took Hanna and Kamary with us to the church where they broadcasted the dedication live. It was a great experience. Last week we had the opportunity to go to the open house. It's about 3 hours drive from here. Hanna actually went with a group of youth from the church and then we went together as a family. It was kind of funny because we didn't plan it, but we saw her all th...

I heard a song on Pandora the other day that really touched me and I thought it was a perfect song for Mothers Day. It's called "Who you are" by Hilary Weeks. I tried to do my own slideshow with the song attached, but I'm not that technologically savvy. So here are the words to the song, and I found a slideshow on youtube that had the song. I really have no idea who the people are, but I just added it so you could hear the song. So this is dedicated to Mothers everywhere!! Who You Are- by Hilary Weeks I know you wonder if you'll ever have a day When the kids stay calm, the laundry's done and the dishes are put away. And sometimes you feel like your days are spent and gone And the question running through your mind is "What I have gotten done?" And when you finally have a moment to slow down at the end of your day, I know Father would say, "Believe in what you're doing. Believe in who you are. And hold tight to the truth that you're a da...

Yesterday was my birthday. I have to say, I love facebook. In the past a lot of people forgot my birthday because it is on the first day of the month (at least that's what they tell me). But yesterday I logged into facebook and had tons of birthday wishes from my dear friends. I felt very loved. I had to do some training for my new job and was gone for most of the day. It was kind of a bummer that I didn't have the whole day to do birthday fun, but I still had a good day. In between training sessions I was able to catch a movie. Life is very ironic. As a teenager I thought that going to a movie or really anywhere else by yourself meant that you were a major looser. But I have to say, I had no qualms about going all by myself! In the evening we had a birthday dinner of chicken dippers, potato skins and spinach/artichoke dip. Then we had cake and ice cream. Jason forgot about candles and so we just used what we had. I don't mind being 21 again! It was a busy day,...