Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to My Mike and I! August 15, 1997 we were married in the Chicago, Ill. Temple.
You can not laugh, I know we look like babies! Especially Mike. It has been a great 12 years. I have been truly blessed with a husband who loves me and our children. He is a wonderful father and a great friend. I made a joke today, 12 down and eternity to go! But I am looking forward to eternity with Michael. Thank you for 12 wonderful years!

Also, Madison gave a talk in Primary today so I thought I would add that to this post.

My family can be together forever through the

Ordinances of the temple

12 years ago yesterday, my parents were sealed together for time and all eternity in the Chicago, Illinois Temple. Because they choose to follow the commandments of God and marry in the temple, our family can be together forever. There are some things we must do to have happy, successful families:

1. Have family prayer every night and morning

2. Have Family Home Evening every week.

3. Do things together as a family, such as work projects, outings, and decision making.

4. Parents should kneel together as husband and wife each night in prayer.

5. Learn to be kind, patient, long-suffering, and charitable

6. Attend church meetings regularly.

7. Follow the counsel of the Lord in Doctrine & Covenants 88:119: “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.”

8. Keep a family history and gather family genealogy.

The family is the most important unit in the Lord’s church. And if we remember the 13^th Article of Faith: “We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.”, it will help us prepare to go to the temple.

If we obey the commandments of the Lord, our families will be together forever.