Ordinations and Temple Trips

On January 2nd Jonah was ordained to the office of priest and Wyatt was ordained to the office of a  deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood.  We were grateful that Bishop Blevins was on top of it and getting all of the boys ordained as quickly as he could because we had some temple trips planned.

Grandma and grandpa came down to participate.  We love having them with us at these special events. We all met in the Bishops office and he asked us all to share some advice or things we loved about Wyatt and Jonah before they were ordained.  I love that he does this, it is always really special.  When we came home we did the same thing for Caitlyn and Hallee.  It's good for the kids to hear the good things other people see in them. 

Jonah was ordained first so he could stand in the circle while Wyatt was ordained, that was pretty cool.

It was a great way to kick off the new year. 

Wyatt was excited to pass the sacrament the next week.  They learned how at their young men's activity and he felt ready and excited.

We are still dealing with Covid and masks. Wyatt has done a great job passing the sacrament each week and you can tell that he takes it very seriously and wants to do it just right. 

It is tough to get an appointment at the temple for baptisms for the dead.  They open up on the first day of the month for the next month and are usually gone really quickly.  I grabbed what I could get in January because I knew Wyatt was anxious to go. I got one for when the kids were off of school in the middle of January, but I knew Keith wouldn't be able to go because he would be getting ready for convention at work, so I booked one during school so Keith and I could both be there with Wyatt for his first time. 

Cait and Jonah weren't able to miss school so it was just Wyatt.  I'm still having a hard time believing that Wyatt is so grown up.  Wyatt said he loved the temple.  All of the workers were so nice and kept fawning over him.  Keith was able to baptize him and I was able to be a witness.  It was so fun to have that experience with him.

Yesterday the kids didn't have school and I was able to get an appointment at the temple.  Wyatt was excited to go back and he was glad he knew what to expect this time.  It was so fun to take all three of the kids, Hallee was sad that she couldn't go.  Jonah was able to baptize Caitlyn and Wyatt and one other girl.  It was so cool to watch him do that.  I'm so impressed with my kids that they just jump in and do things even when they are a little scary or intimidating. It's so fun to watch our kids progress spiritually . They are all very different and go about things and learn very differently.  Some of them have an easier time believing and having Faith and some of them have lots of questions. I used to think that I needed to be able to answer all of their questions or they might struggle with their Faith, but I'm getting more and more comfortable with saying, "I don't know."  I'm learning to strengthen my own Faith and know God will help them on their Faith journeys and that they have a Savior who understands them perfectly and all I need to do is teach them and love them.  Sometimes I forget that they have a Savior and I think it's all up to me and that brings a lot of stress and fear, but when I put my Faith in our Savior, I know that they are going to be okay.