Want To Hear Some Great News?

Do ya, do ya, do ya?

I thought you did, so here it is!

WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO BEING SEALED IN THE TEMPLE!

Now with me moving states on Thursday (ACT to QLD) things are a little choppy, but essentially we are meeting with our Bishop on Tuesday, C will receive his Melchizedek Priesthood soon and when we are both up north we will have our Temple Preparation Classes then we can go receive our Endowments and be married! YAY!

I know for anyone not LDS, or newly LDS there may have been a few words above that make no sense to you, and I'm sorry, but contacting your local missionaries can help you understand them. :)

I am so excited! It's one thing to be married here on Earth "till death do you part" but what about after death? I would really love to be with both my family (brothers, sisters, mums, dad etc) as well as my Husband! I mean, if you are going to make the commitment to someone, to give yourself completely to them in the bonds of marriage why wouldn't you wish to continue that relationship with them? Why does death need to be a barrier or a stop sign? It doesn't, and personally I would think that striving to maintain an Eternal Marriage is the ultimate show of Love to your partner - proving that you are in it for the extremely, forever-long haul.

As well as being with Chris for all time (sucks to be him, haha), I really love that our children will be exposed to an Eternal Marriage from day one. My parents were sealed in the temple before I was born so it was all I knew until I reached school and discovered that not everyone is a Mormon! (No seriously, I had no idea about Catholics and was confused why Christians didn't call themselves Mormons too)
To me it makes sense that our Children would be given the best opportunities to learn and grow in the church. Something that I had to clarify with Chris when we were dating was the topic of kids, and how/what way they would be raised/taught in regards to religion (he was inactive, STRONGLY inactive at the time), and thankfully he replied with "no, I want our kids to be raised Mormon. It teaches them good values and made me a good person." I will never forget that conversation. Ever. I remember the feeling of dread and fear being lifted from my shoulders. I am scared to think what could have been if he had said he didn't want his kids involved in the Church... let's not even go down that path.

Back to what I was originally saying in that last paragraph, I have seen kids that have been born into the covenant and I have seen kids that haven't been... and I'm not judging, I'm not criticizing anyone or their situations, I'm just merely stating my hopes and dreams for my kids, but the differences are striking. I 100% want my kids born into the covenant.
I know it is one reason I have turned into the person that I am.

So, that's our happy news... We are walking down the path towards the Temple and I am just an uber-keen-bean for it!

:D Awesome blessing to have come this far in the time we have :D