I love to see the Temple!

This weekend Kendall and I had the opportunity to attend the temple, I love every time we are able to go because it is such a strong reminder of how much I love this gospel and why we are here on this earth. The temple is such a place of comfort and a wonderful place to ponder and pray. This semester has had it's trials and after many crazy weeks of school for both Kendall and I, it was so nice to go to the temple and to feel the peace within the Lord's house. The temple is such a safe haven for me and I am beyond grateful that I live in a place where there is one only a few minutes from our apartment, we are truly blessed to go to BYU-Idaho and have a house of the Lord so close to us.

Before Kendall and I were sealed in the temple on August 24th, I had the opportunity to receive my endowments on July 20th. This was such a great day for me because I had my sister, her husband, my dad, Kendall and other family and friends by my side as I made this major leap into the next step of my life. Having my dad with me was such an amazing blessing and an answer to so many prayers, to have him there made the experience so much sweeter. This day was quite a whirl wind before I stepped into the temple but as we were finishing and I walked out of the temple, I felt so loved by my Heavenly Father and at that point I realized that he loves ME and watches out for ME and wants happiness for ME. He is there for each one of us and after I was able to be endowed I realized how important this gospel is in my life and the work of this church is so vital and important.

One of my best friends McKenzie, it was so great that she was able to be with me at the temple, we have come so far since we met so this day was really fun for us!

My amazing family!

My dad, my sister and I. What a sweet day this was for us to all be together in the House of the Lord.

I love my dad so much and was so grateful he came up to Idaho and was able to be apart of this great part of my life!

I cannot explain how grateful I am for my sister, she helped me through the whole process of going through the temple and has always been such an amazing example to me of how to live my life!

This day was so great for Kendall and I because it meant we were one step closer to being sealed for eternity! I loved being able to spend the day with him.

These are all of the people who took time out of their day to be apart of this great experience in my life. 

The next major point that happened for me in the temple was when I was able to be sealed (married) to Kendall for all time and eternity. I had waited two years for this day to finally come and o how sweet it was to make promises to Heavenly Father and Kendall to be the best wife I can be and to start my eternal family with my husband. Being able to be sealed to my husband for eternity is such a great feeling and walking out of the temple hand in hand to greet our families as husband and wife was just the start to our eternal journey together! It is also wonderful to go back and do work for others in the temple so they can receive the same blessings we were promised when we were sealed together.

A picture taken from right when we walked out of temple after being married!

I have such a strong testimony of the temple and as part of my gratefulness of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for the temple and the blessings we can all reach because of it. Here is a Mormon Message of the blessings of the temple and really how great it is that we are able to have access to have them all around us in all corners of the earth! Happy Sunday and Happy November!