Temple Open House

The recent Temple open house was an experience that I will keep dear to my heart for a long time to come...

June 14, 2004 was the day that Riley was sealed to Chris and I, and that was a special day for me, not only because I was sealed to my baby for Eternity, but it was the last time I was in the House of the Lord....and I have been yearning to return to the Temple since that day.

The Temple was just how I remembered it...calm, peaceful, and a place where the Spirit engulfs you. I cannot wait to go back!

While in the Temple, we entered the sealing room, and a flood of memories came back to me and I could not stop crying...images of me holding my 9-month-old in the mirrors of the Provo Temple with my dear husband beside me, as we were sealed as a family forever, is something that will not soon leave my mind. What a loving Father in Heaven for allowing families to continue beyond these earthly bonds. So, as we were standing in that Temple open house....I could not help but hold my 5-year-old in my arms next to my loving husband in those mirrors of that sealing room, and see forever with them. We may be older...but those same commitments are the same.  

Riley enjoyed herself so much, she mostly loved the baptismal font....she found it very fascinating, and could not wait to come back and do baptisms for the dead (I don't think she quite understood that, but she was excited!) She simply told me..."I can't wait to get baptized!" I love her sweet little spirit...is she really 5?

I thank my Heavenly Father for the reminder of what I have been missing and yearning for in my life, that day in the Temple open house....