On Sunday morning we arose bright and early. Thrilled to have both of our girls with us, as well as, Trent to attend the first session of the dedication of the Boise Idaho Temple.
We dropped Eleanor off at Great Grandma and Grandpa Petridge's house and went over to the Temple about 7:15 in the morning. The dedication started at 9:00 a.m. There was already a line.
What a beautiful thing it is to sit inside the Temple with my family. On this day to have Trent with us was a special blessing. We sat in the first endowment room. To have my 12 year old little man sitting between Kurke and I, what a thrill - kids do not ever go to an endowment room. As we waited we got a super special treat. It was nearing the time for the dedication to start and Elder Walker stepped into the room with us and said, "I will be escorting President Monson down this hallway and if you look out the door in a few minutes you will be able to see him."
Well, not only did we see him, but as he came into view he came right into the doorway of our endowment room and filled the whole doorframe with his arms up on either side. He gave us a huge smile and said, "Good morning and isn't it a great day to rededicate the Temple". Then he started talking to a boy sitting right next to him at the door and he said, "Have you ever seen me wiggle my ears?". Then he DID it - We got our own, up close and personal, ear wiggle from President Monson. He laughed and said, "That's a unique talent you know". Then he smiled and told us to enjoy and continued down the hall. Once in a lifetime!
The dedication session was beautiful. It will be so nice to have our Temple operating so close to us again.
As we came out we saw Taylor. He is on the Stake Youth Committee this year and had been invited to do shoe covers and attend the 12:00/2nd dedication session. So We saw him sitting outside ready to put shoe covers on. We missed him with us but glad he was also able to attend a session inside the Temple and also do some service.
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