~ Grateful Things ~

We had a wonderful day today. Yesterday the boys slept over with their Uncle Tong and just had a blast. They stayed at Hollywood Connection until 11 at night. They rode all the rides and played games. Everyone came over today for our annual BYU/UTAH partay game! We had the Vaisa Clan, Alatini Bunch, Tafisi Tribe, Kinikini Society (meaning all of them) and one from the Tua'one Crew my sweet Baby girly! The food was really good! We had the usual pizza, bread sticks, chicken salad sandwhiches, chips and salsa, hot wings and rice with lots of desserts. It was a nail bitter all the way to the end, but glad that BYU won... Now everyone has gone and left overs put away, all the excitement has faded and just listening to my boys laugh in the other room just made me think of my day today...

We woke up to the alarm at 530 this morning. I turned it off and just layed there. I got up and woke up Ono for us to get ready to go to the temple. We got ready and headed out to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. We arrived there around 630 and did the 700 session. Before we went in we ran into one of my Dads dearest friend, Pres. David Christensen. We hugged and talked for a while and hugged some more. He just is the neatest man. He made us laugh so hard. He just made our day. He looked at me and goes...now remember your next son has to be named after me David...lol...He asked if I seen anyone lately from the other side (Dad), and he goes if you see him tell him I'm really upset at him...lol...he can't be that busy to not visit me...and he talked to Ono for a bit and gave us one last hug and said I'll see you again. I asked Ono what did he say and Ono says...he said I'm going to Heaven and I said I am and he pointed at you and says because of her...lol...It was so nice to see him. The temple has to be the best place to just get away. I know its a place of rest from the weight of the world. I love going there. We go once a week. If we both can't make it one of us will go for that week. I know that's the reason Ono and I are the way we are because of the spirit of protection that you get from attending the temple for you and your spouse. I know there is a protection over your family when you attend the temple. Don't get me wrong we still have trials but things seem easier to bare when we have to face them and we see our needs more clearly than our wants. The session was wonderful! We sat in the Celestrial room for a while and it was just beautiful. The spirit was beautiful. We walked out to the amazing view of the Wasatch Mountains. You can see the love that Heavenly Father has for us in all the beauty of the earth. I am so grateful for His tender mercies that He gives us each day to feel his love and to feel love of those who have gone before us. Afterward we went and took my mom out to breakfast. We had a great time. We went and walked around the mall and then to Costco and headed back home to get ready for the game...