a day at the temple

yep, i let my kid play in the water on temple grounds. he is the cutest thing and how could i resist him...it was a gorgeous day with mimzy!

I haven't really said

Although it was a horrible weekend. Conference was fabulous. Fabulous, fabulous fabulous! October 09 Conference didn't feel like very much pertained to me (maybe I wasn't really paying attention), but this one...even though I didn't watch all due to taking naps because I was exhausted from staying up all night with B, the sessions and speakers that I did hear...I felt the spirit speak so strongly to me and I can't wait for the ensign to come out and re-read all those talks.
Also I went to natalies blog...and watched this video. I'm going to go home and just hug and kiss and kiss little B some more. If you watch, be prepared with tissues, lots and lots of them. I'm grateful for Easter, for Jesus atonement, for what he has done for us. My cousin talked on it at her missionary farewell two weeks ago. Ill be honest, I haven't felt the spirit in awhile, but when my cousin taked on the Atonement, bam, there it was, there was the spirit that I feel like I have been missing lately. It reminded me how grateful I am in my own life for a kind of re-birth, a starting over, a cleansing. Without that I wouldn't have the wonderful husband I have now, the temple marriage, being sealed to family. So this easter was a good one for me in the spiritual aspect!
Reflecting on the video. Man oh man. I'm sad for what happened to Natalie and Richie, but grateful that it happened in Laie, HI. For those who have never lived there, they will never understand. You have a church college of 3,000 max students. A very small town, it really is one gigantic family. Plus with all the kids there so very far from their families, we all gang together to become one big family. PLUS there is something about the hawaiian/samoan/tongan culture which just brings something very special to add to that. I miss that. Daily, I miss that. So to have so many people that are sooo incredibly caring/so over the top loving/ so helpful, it's a great place to be when times are hard I think (personal opinion).
But Natalie, thanks for the video and the post, to help me reflect on this weekend and realize what was important about it, not the fact that we didn't get great pics, that B didn't do a easter egg hunt, etc. Thanks for helping me to remember what Jesus did for us, how important the savior is in my life, how great our Prophet and his apostles are and what great and amazing things they do for us. Thank you, thank you, thank you!