One of the activities we like to do as a family during the holiday season is attend the temple. We have planned a family temple trip for several years now during the month of December where we go to the temple baptistery and provide the needed ordinance work for our family members who have died without the opportunity to complete these ordinances on their own. We believe that in completing these ordinances for them, our ancestors will have the opportunity to accept our work on their behalf and live with their Heavenly Father and those they love forever. I like to view it as my personal invitation to my ancestors to join me for a big family reunion in the next life. It is also my way to thank them for the rich heritage they have left me and my children, just a little something I can do for them in return.
This year, 2013, was a special year; all my children are old enough to participate in this temple ordinance and we were set to go as a family. Something we have all been looking forward to for a very long time. Unfortunately, McKenna was too sick to go and Carson could not find his temple recommend so he ended up staying home to nurse his sister back to health. Maybe next time we will all be there together.
It was a nice trip. Going to the temple always helps put life in the proper perspective, especially when you are there with the ones you love. It is as close to heaven as you can come on earth.
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