Quick trip

Just got back last night from a youth temple trip. Found out that only 15% of the church lives more than 200 miles from a temple. We are in that percentage and probably always will be. Eight of our youth made the sacrifice and traveled more than 700 miles to attend the Seattle temple. Here's how it went:

Thursday: arrive late at night, check into hotel

Friday: Early morning fireside and testimonies

3+ hours at the temple doing baptisms for the dead

Dinner at a buffet

Bowling (yeah, we don't even have bowling here!)

Some of us went to Dairy Queen

Saturday: Some of us adults went to temple at 6am

Check out right after breakfast

3+ hours service project

A few hours at the mall

Go to airport for flight home

I am so grateful for the opportunity to attend the temple. I remember going there as a youth so it was really neat to go back as a leader.

My parents drove across the state (in snowy weather) to come because I needed someone to babysit Addison. Can you believe that?! My mom just thought she had to come and see us since we were so close (4 hours away)! I arrived a day earlier than the youth because it was slightly cheaper and I had to see a dentist. It was fun to have some extra time with my parents. Addie adjusted pretty well, and got pretty attached to my dad.

The temple was really great, but it was so fun just playing around with the kids too. I taught them Spazz Uno, the "hair-fighting" game (hee hee), and made extra tall icecream cones at the buffet. Good times to remember (but no pictures because I'm not so good at remembering to take pictures).