Temple

Saturday morning I planned to go to the temple. Conner woke me up at 5:15 because he needed to go potty then he climbed in bed with me (Neil sleeping downstairs because he was in the dog house, just kidding, that's never happened. He slept down there so he could cough in peace and not disturb me. So thoughtful.) I was never able to fall back asleep so at 6:15 I got up. The goal was to make it to the temple for the 7 am session so I would be home by 10am to help Neil with the kids since he was still sick. Our district is the Ogden temple and it only takes 20 minutes to get there. I had never been there before so it felt a little strange driving there and finding my way. It looks just like the Provo temple and inside was layed out just like the Provo. I felt right at home. I was nervous of that. I was so happy to be there. I was just smiling at everyone. It has been over a month and a half since I've been. Since we don't know anyone up here we're going to have to go by ourselves which is kind of sad but also good. Sometimes it's nice to go by myself as was this time but when I go with Neil I also feel closer to him. We need to make some friends with the YW. I ran to the temple from the car and was cutting it close and had only 5 minutes to change but I'm fast. I made it to the chapel to find it empty. They had just left. I was pretty miffed when I sat down by myself and got mad at myself for being mad in the temple so said a prayer to soften my heart. I had several things on my mind. I opened the Book of Mormon up randomly and it opened to Helaman 5. I've read it hundreds of times and was about to turn to something else since I knew what it was about but I didn't and started reading. Boy did it ever speak to my heart like nothing else. Every word. Crazy. Here I am bawling because I had been touched so much and the Lord was telling me what I needed to hear. What a testimony building experience. Just a little reminder that the Lord answers our prayers and brings peace unto our soul. It was great experience that I probably wouldn't have had if I'd been with Neil.

Afterwards I went to Costco someplace I hadn't been to in 1 1/2 months, there's not one in Layton just Sam's and I don't have a membership but will need to get one. I didn't bring a list which is a bad idea. I spent 1 1/2 hours there scouring shelves to see what they had. They always have some new book for the kids or clothes or house thing. Since I didn't have any kids I could take my time and wait for all the samples. I was surprised by two things. Two gallons of skim milk only $3.67. What a steal. So I bought 4 and splurged on a gallon of chocolate. I hope this lasts 2 weeks but probably won't. Neil told me when we run out just go back to the temple and drop by Costco. The other thing was I filled up the car and the gas was only $2.80. Wasn't it just $4.00 a couple months ago? I was so surprised. That will save us between $30-40 a month.

Neil has been sick since Wednesday. He took Thursday and Friday off of work so I've basically been a single mom and it is tiring. We all took a family nap Saturday afternoon and today and it felt so good. Grant and Stephanie came over Friday night to get some Halloween costumes. They decided to go as Snow White and Prince Charming. Too bad Grant's so much taller than Neil because his costume looked like a mini skirt on him but he's got the legs to pull it off. He was just going to wear some leggings. Neil rigged a swing in the back yard but it needed to be higher and Grant thought he could climb the tree. By wrapping a rope around the tree and hugging it he managed to inch himself up the tree but not close enough. It was making Steph and me nervous. Of course Neil couldn't be outdone by his younger, taller brother and had to give it a try but he did get scared and only had shorts on.