Friday Night Lights

If you haven't watched it...you should! It is the new favorite at our house : )

The day finally came.....

I know that it has been a while since I have blogged. The past few months have been nothing short of crazy! With internship issues and a wedding to plan life has been super busy. Last week though the day finally came...Lauren and Kirk were married for time and all eternity in the Provo Temple on Saturday, August 4, 2012.

Just as with anything good there has to be opposition and although this love story was perfect in so many ways there were also a few struggles along the way. One consisted of the scheduling of the cleaning of the outside of the Timpanogos Temple, which was their first temple choice.

I had been told that there was scaffolding surrounding the temple but didn't see it for myself until the Thursday before the wedding date. We decided to go look at it with one of our photograghers to see exactly what picture taking was going to be like. Driving up the road to the temple that day was something I will never forget. Lauren took one look at it and started to cry. There was scaffolding clear up to the Moroni at the top of the temple. We drove further up and had to take several detours just to get to the temple. Lauren called Kirk asking for numbers to other temples in the area. We called several but the timing or room size just wouldn't be right. Last of all we called the Provo Temple. They had a time just a couple hours earlier. Lauren made the decision to make the change two days before the wedding.

In the midst of all the stress of trying to notify people about the change Lauren went to the temple for the first time that night. What an amazing calming experience for us all.

The next morning we went to take some pictures of Kirk and Lauren at the Provo Temple. Driving home that morning I had this peaceful feeling come over me and suddenly I knew that it was all worth it. That any stress that we may have felt in the past few days or months would be forgotten and all we would remember were the happy parts....how beautiful everything was, how happy they were, the celebration of their love and the choices they made their whole lives that brought them to this point and the part that each of us played in helping them get to this special day!

The Provo Temple is an amazing place to be married. Not only is it beautiful and so close to the mountains you can practically touch them but everyone made Lauren feel so special, which is how a bride should feel on her wedding day : ) I heard her say several times..."It was meant to be, we were supposed to be married in the Provo Temple!" To a mother who had done everything in her power to get her daughter here no words could have been sweeter.

We were so blessed to have so much help and support as we prepared for this wedding and Lauren and Kirk have had so much love and support as they start their lives together. It just reminds me what a blessing life is and how much our Heavenly Father loves us : )