Thanksgiving Day 10

I am very grateful for Temples. Matt and I became an eternal family in this temple:

We got married in February and there was snow everywhere.
I love the temple. There is a peace found there that is no where else on earth. I have had amazing experiences while I was in the temple. Matt and I have made temple worship an important part of our lives. Like President Monson stated: we understand that the saving ordinances received in the temple that permit us to someday return to our Heavenly Father in an eternal family relationship and to be endowed with blessings and power from on high are worth every sacrifice and every effort. I am grateful to have so many temples so close to me and one is being built even closer:

The Payson Utah Temple. I was able to go to the Temple Groundbreaking. It was amazing how the feeling around us changed once the ground was dedicated. I love the temple. I love the blessings you get when you attend the temple and when you are worthy to hold a temple recommend.
I love doing family work in the temple. There have been several spiritual experiences Matt and I have had when we have taken the names of our ancestors to the temple to do their work.
I am grateful for all of my experiences in the temple but my highlights include: receiving my own endowment, marrying my best friend, taking the youth to do baptisms, sealing my ancestors for eternity, attending with my family, and going to the temple with Holly. My prayer is that everyone will someday be able to participate in the sweet simple joy of attending the temple and receiving the blessings that temple worship affords. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!