I Love The Temple

I made a goal a few years ago to go to the temple 8 times in one month.  I have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to complete this goal.  When I made it, I was homeschooling all 5 of my kids and would attend once a month but 8 times seemed too tough to complete.  This January I felt like I could finally do it.  A big part of completing goals is setting them, then setting your mind and heart on finishing them.  I had some neat experiences with the spirit and loved going so often.  I seemed to be able to get everything else that I needed to get done during the week.
One day I went to the temple and sat in the parking lot.  I felt like I should wait and not go in.  I sat and thought for a minute, then the phone rang.  It was Adam.  He was sick and needed me to come get him. It was nice to listen to that prompting and know the Holy Ghost has my back.
I love the peace and love that come from the temple. It is a blessing in my life.

It is Done

What is it? My BYU Law School application.  I had so many really cool experiences with the spirit during this process.  The last one being today.
I have been waiting for one transcript in order to apply.  I ordered them all in November, two came in but one did not.  I reordered in December.  I have been anxiously waiting to be able to send in my application and get it off my to do list.  I have been praying for it to come through and wondering if I needed to reorder it.  A few times I have felt that I wanted to put somewhere on my application that I intend to obtain little to no debt in law school through self funding, scholarships, and paid externships.  But I couldn't think of a good place to put it so I just left it out.
When I was leaving the temple today I felt an impression that if I would go home and add that to my personal statement that the transcript would be processed and I could submit today.
I decided that I would do it as soon as I got home.  I added the information and opened up my LSAC account and sure enough, my transcript was there!
I submitted my application for BYU Law School today.  According to the LSAC calculator, I have a 30% chance of admission.  I am unsure what will happen, the odds are not great. But it is exciting just to have completed the requirements and applied to BYU.

Fo Sho

I loved these pics.  They make me laugh so much. 

Alexa

Disney and a Cruise for Christmas

Last Year, Grandpa and Grandma Hope took us all to Disney Land and a cruise to Mexico.  It was an amazing trip and we had a ton of fun.  Grandpa Clark came too!

That is me in the green shirt. Skyler looks like he is trying to take off his seat belt.

There are a few heads hiding in there!

on the cruise ship!

Arches

Shay and Skyler had to work and the kids wanted to go camping.  So we loaded up and took off to Arches.  It was absolutely amazing, hot, but amazing.  

Lagoon

When we moved to Utah, we moved across the street from Lagoon.  It is an amusement park. When we sold our house, we bought season passes.  It was so much fun.  Looking back over the past two years, we have been so blessed.