WooHoo Jared's about through!

This morning I got up and went to the Temple with Lisea and Cindy.  We do sealings and today one of the Sealers, Bro Van Orton shared some thoughts that he had earlier in the morning.  Bro. Van Orton was at the alter in an earlier session and had the thoughts of how much Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us.  He has provided a way for each of us to return to him through the blessings of the Temple.  Even those who have passed on are given the time without being rushed for their sealing.  Each couple is promised wonderful blessings and are sealed together in a beautiful environment that each of us get to help pay for.  While he was sharing his thoughts the spirit overwhelmed me.  Our ancestors marked the path for us and we in return get to help them by going to the Temple and doing their work and paying our tithing so we can have such elegant Temples all around the world.  It was an awesome thought that touched my spirit and I'm thankful that he shared with us.

A few of the women's names were rather interesting today.  Three that I remember are Morning, Delight, and Content.  I leaned over to Lisea when Delight was mentioned and said that it would be hard to get too mad at someone you had named Delight. ☺  Today when I woke up the word Delight/Delightful was the word on my mind.  I had to smile.  ☺  It was a wonderful morning!

The rest of the day I helped Jared with his Eagle Scout Project which was a Blood Drive.  He had friends over last night that helped him call everyone that had signed up and those who have donated before.  It was enjoyable having teenagers in our home for a few hours.  Jared has worked hard for his Eagle and so has Larry.  Larry has been more involved with Jared with his scouting than the other kids and I guess that is because we are older and take more time.  (it might also be because I told him he needed to take a turn since I was the one so involved with the other kids)

We had a few of our kids come and support Jared by giving blood.  I love that our family is so supportive.  I have to say that Braxton wanted to fill his bag faster than I filled mine which was under 5 minutes.  Braxton won but winning had a price.....he almost passed out. ☺ I won't lie....I got light headed when I was through but no one could tell.  We all knew Braxton wasn't well by the color of his face.  (I thought he looked green and others said he was grey) So for the books....competing isn't always a good thing.

Jared had a goal of getting 60 pints of blood.  He was a little shy of that but he did better than the last blood drive.  The gym the blood drive was held at was busy the whole time and so I consider that a success.

Now Jared just needs to schedule a Board of Review and submit everything and have his Court of Honor!  Woo Hoo!