on my mind

We got to go celebrate a pretty fantasmagorical day with the Beckerts last week. Ms. Tori Elizabeth Beckert got married!!! Now she is Mrs. Tori Elizabeth Reeves! It was such a great day and I loved every minute of it, but I completely loved the temple. There is nothing quite so satisfying as seeing another family member you love make it to the temple. There was an incredible peaceful feeling there all day!



Every time I think of the temple lately, I think of my Anderson family motto: No Empty Chairs. My grandma and grandpa Anderson took advantage of every opportunity to share their testimonies of the gospel of Jesus Christ with us. Family was what mattered most to them and they always said how they want each of us to pattern our lives after the Savior so that when we make it home to Heaven, we get to see each member of our family present. Nobody is left behind, left out, or forgotten.

I love that promise of eternal family. I love that I have been able to start my own family and I love seeing my family grow and grow.

The temple truly is Heaven on Earth and I loved getting to watch my cute sister-in-law and now brother-in-law make promises to each other that will bless them forever.

On a different note.....

It's Spring Break! I'm pumped. I've got senioritis bad. I thought it was bad in high school, but this graduation craving is worse than my chocolate craving, which is surely saying something.

I'm excited that It's finally spring and next week Karl and I are heading down to the land of Bountiful, a cornucopia, a lot of to visit these two stinkers....

We are pretty excited. I never really thought about what it would be like to have all of my siblings grown up, married and scattered all over the place, but sometimes it's hard. I love their spouses super much and love that I get to be an aunt now (that totally rocks), but I do miss getting to hang out with my family on a Sunday, go on weekly walks with my mom, nurf gun wars and water fights, family dinner talks ( oh so many good ones), and lots of other things. Basically family I love your guts and we need to get together again reeeeaaaaallllyyyyy soon because Christmas feels like it was FOREVER ago and I haven't seen any of your faces since then and that frankly bites monkeys!!!

I'm sorry that whenever I blog I seem to rant about nothingness, but here be the thoughts running through my brain and sometimes, it's nice to just get write them out of there.

I'ma gonna keep enjoying this lovely spring day:)

P.S. to self. Sorry to anybody who may be mortified/offended/upset at this link, but I've been laughing out loud at work for the past half hour because of it and I had to share. I love Harry Potter, but this was a pretty funny interpretation:)