Temple

We had the wonderful opportunity to attend the temple Saturday.  Usually it consists of waking up early, packing the van with everything but the kitchen sink, driving 2.5 hours to Spokane, spending 5 hours there, trading kids, attending 2 separate sessions all alone and then driving the 2.5 hours home with kids who are pretty tired of being on the road.  But, yesterday some friends who moved up to Spokane last year watched them for us while we attended the SAME session!  It was heaven!  We were still gone a long time, but our children were pretty happy because they were able to play and play instead of sit and wait for mom or dad in the temple.  To anyone who lives closer to a temple, take advantage of it! 

While in the session there ended up more women than men.  To remedy the problem they pulled out some folding chairs.  When myself and another sister ended up with them we started opening them up to sit in and one of the brethren working in the temple quickly came over and said, "Let me do that."  Some women would be offended, I took it as a great compliment.  How often are doors opened for you anymore?  How often do men stand up when you enter a room?  I quite like being respected so much that a man doesn't want me to have to open my own folding chair!

Grace finally lost her second front tooth.  (the adult tooth already started growing in behind it)

For valentine's we received stickers from Grandma.  I put Madelyn's all over her face, she didn't even notice, or care.