Goal 24: Go To Temple Once a Month

I really enjoyed passing off this goal. When I started back in April I went with my sister to the Salt Lake Temple, my favorite temple. I love the architecture and the history. They spent a lot of time on the detail work and it's every where from the moldings to the windows. Each room is perfectly decorated and the murals are spectacular. I think the live sessions just add to the ambiance of the whole experience.

A couple months back, I think about three or four, my brother Brook and his new wife Andy started coming with us. Andy tries to go once a month and she started inviting us along with them to help Brook feel more comfortable. He went through the temple for the first time in May when they got married. The temple can be a bit overwhelming and I feel so grateful that he wanted to share his experience with us.

After Brook and Andy started going with us we started inviting my other brother Lowell and his wife Rae. Rae just blessed me with a new niece in May so she's been a bit tied down with all of that. Yesterday was her first time coming with us and it really added to the whole evening. I love getting to know my sister-in-laws better and what a better way to get to know them.

I have really enjoyed making the temple a monthly goal. I hope that now that I'm done with that goal I continue to make my temple attendance a priority. I've found that I'm a lot better person when I go once a month rather than the once a year that I was doing. I think it's just way too easy to let life get in the way so I had to stop and ask myself what I was really doing here; trying to get ahead in the world or trying to get ahead spiritually? Sometimes it's nice to be reminded what's important.