Perfect Perfect...

Last night, Troy and I went on a PERFECT date! It was so great. I haven't had such a good time in a long time. Here's what happened....

First, THANK YOU to Troy's brother Tyler and his wonderful fiance Emily!! They came all the way down from Salt Lake to babysit for us. Troy took their engagement pictures so they thought they needed to pay us back... one of those ways was to babysit for us.

Troy and I took off up to Salt Lake to go witness such a wonderful event! We went to the Salt Lake temple to see the Lindsey Family get sealed! (They are a wonderful family in our ward. Amy Lindsey is my visiting teacher. Troy and I also teach their youngest, Lex, in our Sunbeam class.)

Jon was baptized a member of the church a little over a year ago. It was really cool. Their oldest daughter, Evey turned 8 and she was able to be baptized with her dad. Looking back now, I really regret missing that event. What was I thinking?!

This past Tuesday, Jon and Amy were able to receive their endownments in the Provo temple. Troy stayed home with the crazy little boys while I escaped out of the house.

That was a great experience to see them in the temple. I remember seeing Amy out in the hall before she came into the endownment room. She was so beautiful! She had her new white dress on and she looked so pure and clean, and innocent. Jon looked really happy to be there with Amy.

So, back to last night...

Troy and I got down to Salt Lake and were able to be on time to the temple. We sat in the marriage waiting room waiting for the sealing to start. As we did, we were able to talk about some experiences we both had in the temple.

There weren't alot of people at the sealing but we were able to get a front row seat. Jon and Amy then came in and were able to be sealed as a couple for time and all eternity. They looked so happy. They held hands over the alter and kissed like a new couple even though they've been married for several years.

Then... they invited the 3 kids into the room. Oh man... Troy and I lost it!! Evey and Paris looked so beautiful with their new white dresses and white bows in their hair. But holy cow, Lex... he is the one for me that got the tears going! I guess I singled him out because we teach him and we are use to little boys running around in our house. Lex is such a tiny, little 3 year old and he had little white pants on with a white shirt and white tie. He was so precious!! I just let the tears roll when they all kneeled across the alter together. Amy is pregnant with their 4th and I knew that their little baby was there too witnessing his or her family and couldn't wait to come down to earth to join them.

I was so happy that Troy and I were able to come to their sealing. Troy and I are happy that we were married in the temple but we both wished that we could have had that experience with Ryan and Ben. Can you just imagine Ryan and Ben coming into a sealing room with their little white pants, shirts, and ties? I would just cry so hard!!

Moving on...

After we left the temple, Troy and I stopped to grab a bite to eat. I was surprised that no one heard me in the quiet sealing room with my stomach growling!! We then decided to take advantage of our wonderful babysitters and buy some tickets to a movie. We went to see (500) days of Summer. Troy and I really liked it. The only thing that wasn't perfect was the fact that there was too much swearing. I would recommend that movie to anyone who doesn't mind a lot of swearing.

That really was a great evening with Troy. We were able to be together and enjoy time together without wresteling the boys.

Other great news!!...

We are going to buy a car!!! I've been driving around my Volkswagon Passet for 5 years now and we're getting tired of fixing it. It's been a great and reliable car but it has problems. Here is our new car we will be getting this week...


It's a 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe. This car is in GREAT condition. It has no scratches on the outside and perfect on the inside. I don't think any dirt lives on this car! And guess what? It has only 35,000 miles on it! Crazy huh?! The only thing that sold Troy on the car was the fact that it's black. He really likes black cars... look at his truck. I can't wait to start driving it around. More pictures to come!!