The Perfect Day

It has been a long time since I updated our family blog. Life has been a little crazy lately, but I assure you that we are all alive and well. I had to post about our weekend though.


A year ago last October our friends, Jason and Jennifer Mouso and their two boys, were baptized. You can read about what I wrote about their conversion last year here! Their goal from the beginning was to make it to the temple. They wanted to know what was required to get there and did everything they needed to do to get there.

On Friday, Ivan and I were able to escort Jason and Jenn through the Mesa temple where they were able to to receive sacred ordinances and make covenants with God. It was such an amazing experience for us. When they were investigating the church, we shared with them how much we loved the temple and tried to describe the feeling of peace that is felt inside the temple. But describing the peace is as hard as describing what salt taste like. You know how it taste, but it's hard to put it into words. It was so amazing to have them there with us in the temple and able to feel and experience it for themselves! They are already so anxious to go again.

The neatest part for me was seeing so many of our friends from church there in the celestial room to greet Jenn and Jason at the end. The support, love, and joy that all of us felt for them was evident.

Saturday had to be the Perfect Day. We started the day bright and early at the Triathlon and Biathlon in Casa Grande. We had at least 15 people that we knew participating in the festivities! It was Ivan's first Biathlon. He ran a mile and 1/2, biked 10 miles, and ran another 3 miles. He was hoping to do it in an hour and 15 minutes, but he was able to finish in an hour and 10 minutes! He rode his $100 mountain bike that we bought at Shopko while we were at BYU. He had people whizzing by him left and right who were on really nice road bikes, so he had to make up the difference in the running. He placed 9th overall. I think he would have come in 1st in the mountain bike division! :-) Maybe when we pay off the house, we can get him a real bike.

We had a great time cheering on all our friends at the finish line. Eventually I'll email everyone the pictures I took of them crossing the finish line. From the race, we hurried back to the hotel to get ready to head back up to the temple.

It was so neat to be with Jenn in the Bridal Room as she prepared to be married again to Jason. Then, I walked into the chapel and saw the missionaries that taught them the gospel. I can only imagine the joy they felt! The sealing room was completely full when they brought in Jenn and Jason. They were given counsel and were then married for time and all eternity. Then, they brought in Zach and Alex all dressed in white. They were then sealed as a family for time and all eternity. This was a dream come true for us and an experience we would love for all of our friends and family to have! The feeling in the room was indescribable!

After the temple, we relieved my wonderful niece who watched our kids, got a bite to eat with the Mousos and more friends at Sweet Tomatoes, and all hurried back in time to attend Lexi Hartless' baptism. The Spirit was so strong at the baptism. I felt like I was seeing the blessings of gospel ordinances from the beginning to the pinnacle all in one day. It was truly the perfect day!