Weekend

Friday I got a lot of the items done on my to do list during my teacher work day.  It was not such an unreasonable list after all!  That made me really happy, but I was also exhausted.

I came home and lay down on the couch for a while before rallying and packing my bag. Adam and I headed to Cedar City.

Earlier in the day he had gone to the Provo City Center temple with 22 young women and 5 young men for baptisms.  That was the only temple the young men went to, but the young women (and their leaders and Adam) continued to the Payson temple for more baptisms.

Later Friday, they went to the Cedar City temple, but Adam didn't join them there, because he was scraping me off the couch (and I had to work so we couldn't leave that early).

I was tired enough that I slept better than I usually do in a hotel.

Saturday morning we drove to St. George and joined everyone at the Red Cliffs temple.

  

It was beautiful, as temples are.  

The girls were very happy to see Adam and asked, "Are you baptizing us?"  They preferred him to a random stranger!

I sat with the leaders and loved being there together.  The temple is always a good idea.  

Our next stop was the St. George temple.  

Another gorgeous place.  An adult son of one of the YW leaders and brother of a YW, joined us so he did half of the baptizing.  The font there is the original one Brigham Young designed and I wondered how many baptisms have been performed there!

The entire activity was wonderful.  The girls were baptized and confirmed for over 550 people, who now have the choice to accept those ordinances and continue their progression.  That's pretty amazing.

(I told Adam that for him to be able to perform that many baptisms without getting super tired is a spiritual gift.)

We sat in the very pleasant St. George sunshine outside the temple and the YW president asked Adam to give some remarks.  He kept it very brief, because that kid knows how to read the room.  I think everyone was tired.  The YW president hugged me and thanked me for coming, and I thanked her for having us.  It was a blessing for me to be involved.

Adam and I left the group and went to visit his cousin Pam.  How we love her!  She lost her husband a few years ago and moved to St. George to be closer to her grandchildren (1000% understandable).  It was our first time visiting her in her new home.  Ever since I've known Pam, I've been struck by her goodness and kind heart.  She is a great example to me of grace in adversity.

I've been reading about Adam and Pam's great grandparents leaving Denmark to join the Saints in Utah.  I think they are so proud of Pam!

After a busy weekend and a busy Sunday, we only had our girl for Sunday dinner.

She looks sweet but she annihilated us at Parcheesi.