Temple Day

I'm having the hardest time moving around my pictures on my posts lately. Anyone else? Annoying! Anyways..... :)

As I'm sure you may have noticed from prior posts, I am no writer. In fact I usually spend far too much time writing and rewriting and rewriting posts like this one. The finished product is never quite perfect either. Most of the time I tell myself our blog is for our family anyways, so it doesn't matter. In all honesty though, I really do care. So, please excuse any of my writing idiosyncrasies. I'm just hoping practice will make perfect. :)
The reason for this post comes from a concern of mine as of late. Well, actually it's something I've been thinking about for quite a while. For quite a while now I've felt that I don't share my testimony as often as I should to my children or in life in general. I was thinking a blog could the perfect place to start . This is my attempt or my first baby step to do better. I'm proud of my beliefs so why not share them. I'm just hoping I make sense. :)
Our family had a great Saturday yesterday. We went to the temple. I have to say in all honesty Luke and I have been HORRIBLE about attending the temple since we've moved to Atlanta. Mind you, we moved here when Noah was 3 weeks old. With an infant and two others to find a sitter for, we kind of put temple attendance on the back burner for a while. Pretty sad I know. Saying that, I just had to post about how much we have missed out on. Attending the temple yesterday reminded me of why temple attendance is supposed to be a priority. What an incredible escape from the world. I can't say that every time I attend the Temple I have huge spiritual experiences (although I've had my share), but I do LOVE how I feel after attending the temple. It almost feels like a new awakening. I leave with a feeling on contentment and peace. It reminds me of our family's true priorities. I also feel more gratitude for all our blessings regardless of any hardships we may be going through at the time. I think it keeps me in check with what is really important in life. Now that I think about it I think the perfect term would be it gives me an "eternal perspective" on life and it's situations. Which for some of us (like myself) can be like a whole new view on life. To me that's pretty HUGE. I hate that our little human minds allow us to forget such crucial things like the importance of temple attendance. Luckily we have a very patient Heavenly Father who allows us multiple opportunities to relearn (and relearn :) ) some of these things.
I'm just very grateful for the Temple and all that it adds to my life.

This is a picture if Luke 5 moves and 3 kids ago (around 6 years ago) standing in front on the Atlanta Temple. Seems like forever ago. The little baby is Kar. I think Kar was maybe 6 months old. Luke's family was in from out of town and we stopped by to show them the Atlanta Temple.

Spence totally posed for this picture. He chose the location and everything. Silly guy.

Cute little Noah looking all big. I love this picture. Our baby is growing up. :(

To eliminate having to get a sitter, Luke and I usually take the kids with us and take turns doing a session. The kids love it. They get to see the temple and walk the grounds. When Luke watches them he usually takes them out for yummies. Yesterday it was ice cream. He's the fun one between us.

A women walking by took this picture for us. I was shocked! She only took one picture and some how got everyone to look at her. She's hired!

This was my attempt to get a natural picture of Luke and the kids walking the grounds. We have such posers.


I had to include this picture of Kar. It was such a beautiful day yesterday. The kids kept complaining of the sun being in their eyes. I personally loved it. Anyways, Kar found this one spot that was shaded. Can't you just see the relief in her eyes. :)

That was our day. It was so lovely. Can't wait to do it again! ( and yes we will be doing it again in the near future :) )