Temple Marathon

So back in July I posted about how Brian and I have been doing a "Fantasy Date" once a month.  Well this month's fantasy date (October) was a lot of fun and a really neat, spiritual experience for both of us.

A couple months ago I started looking into some family history stuff and I wanted to find a family name for Brian and I that we could take through the temple.  It took a lot of looking, but I finally found 2 names for both of us.  The 2 females and 1 of the males were from my side and the other male was from Brian's side.

So, now that I had found us some names, I wanted to plan a time for us to take these names through the temple.  Thus, our October Fantasy Date was a temple marathon!  We wanted to hit several of the northern Utah temples that we had never been to before.  So...

We did baptisms and confirmations at the Salt Lake Temple.

We did initiatory in the Ogden Temple.

After completing Initiatory, we drove to Logan and spent the evening with our friends Curtis and Tiffany Larson.  We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse (delicious!), played games, visited, and we stayed the night at their apartment.  It was a ton of fun to see them again and we had a lot of fun together that evening.

This picture pretty much sums up their personalities!  :)  They are both really fun and funny!















The following morning we got up and our marathon continued...

We did an Endowment session in the Logan Temple.

And finally, we did sealings in the Brigham City Temple.

Completed Names!!

 (1 male and 1 female still need their endowments completed.  We only had time for one Endowment session this weekend.  And, we need more information on the parents of these 4 people before we can seal them to their parents.)


It was such a neat experience.  It put a whole new emphasis on all the ordinances as we did them for someone in our family.  We both felt the spirit so strongly throughout all the ordinances.  This trip strengthened my testimony--both in the importance of attending the temple, and the importance of family history work.

We have heard so much about the importance of temple attendance lately from the general authorities.  This topic was talked about thoroughly during the Ogden Temple Dedication, it was the main theme in the General Women's Broadcast, and it was mentioned several times during General Conference this month.  If we want to remain strong through these latter days, we need to be in the temple.  The temple will help guard us from temptations, it will strengthen our family relationships, and it will give us the strength we need to make it through the trials we are facing.  (That last part is definitely true.  Attending the temple has helped Brian and I so much throughout this past year.)

So in conclusion....attend the temple! Go often! And if possible, take family names to complete.  It truly adds a whole new perspective to the work we are doing for those on the other side.