Eternity

This Saturday, I had the opportunity to go to the Payson Utah Temple open house with my favourite people in the world- my family!

So, it was me, my little sister, my little brother, Dad, Mom, GrandmaH, GrandpaH, AuntJo, UncleRo, Rip, Zap, and Taw. Kad and Cad would have been there, but one of Kad's best friends was getting married... So they opted out.

But ANYHOW. The Payson temple is absolutely gorgeous- I mean, they all are, but Zap and I walked into the first ordinance room, and our jaws just dropped. It was LOVELY. We basically were just slack-jawed through the whole thing.

And the funny thing is, we've gone to temple open houses before- with Dad's side of the family, we've been to the Oquirrh Mountain, Brigham City, Ogden, Draper... And a few more. So we've seen temples before.

But we're always blown away by how lovely they are.

And not only that, but there is this incredible feeling of peace and love- the strongest presence of the Spirit, and in a temple that isn't even dedicated yet! It's wonderful.

And I love temple open houses- because it's such a brilliant promise for the future, for the eternity that can come.

Walking through the Payson temple Saturday night, all I could think was, "This is where eternity starts."

And it's true.

I can't wait for my turn to go through the temple, and someday to be sealed there, to start my own eternity with my husband.

And of course, when eternity finally gets here, I know that I want my whole family there with me- because I can't picture myself without them.

The temple is seriously the greatest thing ever.

Families are forever!