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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Quite Possibly One of the Greatest Days of Motherhood

Today we were able to go to the Bountiful Temple with TJ for him to received his endowment. The girls did baptisms, while we went through the session. It was one of the most rewarding moments as a mother. It has been a struggle to get to this point, but in that moment, everything was worth it, and family was the only thing that mattered. Suddenly I didn't care about his room that is never clean, or how mad I was when he had 3 cars at a time, or his obsession to own every shoe ever made. I was reminded of what is truly important. He has been a good kid, not without his mistakes, like most of us, but he has made himself worthy to enter the house of the Lord. I am so very proud of you TJ. It was evident to us too that our dear Chelsea was there with us. It makes the whole temple experience even greater when you have someone on the other side of the veil. I could feel how happy she was for TJ, and just as proud of him as the rest of us.
We were blessed enough to have Rich's whole family (minus one sister and brother in law), my mom, my Aunt & Uncle, and our good Bishop Hill and his wife share this day with us.
It is a day that I will never forget, and I hope that TJ felt all our love and support for him.


Ever since he was little, it has been hard for him to take a picture facing the sun! So cute :)
The suit he is wearing, is the same suit that Rich came home from his mission in!

7 comments:

Sarah said...

I love everything about this! So happy for all of you! I'm sure it was absolutely incredible! Congrats TJ. Big things are coming your way! And....how very cool is it that you're wearing your Dad's Mission suit? Pretty awesome! What an amazing day!

afacer said...

Word cannot express the joy I feel for all of you! You & Rich have raised a wonderful son and I can't wait to hear all about his mission. Loving this time in your lives!!

Julia said...

What a great day. Congratulations to T.J. on his mission call. We wish him the best.

Stonez said...

Can't believe you still have Rich's suit!! That's so awesome! Congrats to TJ and I'm super pumped for you Mami ;) YAY!!!

Kristi said...

What a great day! He looks so happy. :)

Tiffany said...

This post brought tears of sheer joy to my eyes!! I call times like this my "Celestial Moments"... So happy for you all!

Tiffany said...

This post brought tears of sheer joy to my eyes!! I call times like this my "Celestial Moments"... So happy for you all!