October 16, 2016

With a new LDS temple being built in Fort Collins, Elise and Mason had the chance to participate in a youth cultural celebration. For months before the temple dedication they practiced with other youth in the stake, and the day before the dedication a miracle happened and everything actually came together. It was a bit stressful for my perfectionist daughter towards the end...no one else has trained like she has for perfect dancing. It was a good experience for her!

Can you see Elise? She's in yellow...

The following day Stephen sang in one of the temple dedicatory sessions--and the older 3 kids and I were invited to attend in the temple! We were seated in one of the sealing rooms with our friend Pam (whose husband was also singing in the choir), when about 5 minutes before the session was to begin the kids and I were invited to move to the Celestial room.

Our seats were in row 2, smack in front of the podium. A minute or so after we were seated, President Uchtdorf came into the room and walked straight to us to shake hands. There were a couple other kids in the room and he shook their hands, too. Elise said when he spoke he sometimes looked directly at her--something she will never forget. It was amazing to be in the Celestial room of a temple with an Apostle of the Lord. My kids are looking forward to being in the temple again--can't wait until we all "get there together"!