Well...it looks like mom beat me at posting pictures. I am glad she did because it has taken me a couple of days to get a chance to get on. I was sick this weekend with a stomach virus that is going around and once this week started I got caught up in work and school.
Going to the temple was overall wonderful, spiritual, and exciting, but we did have some worries beforehand. I will share my side of the story with you and then maybe mom can share hers.
Okay... here it goes. (I like to talk so I hope that it is not too long )
Brad and I were supposed to be at the temple at 9am and our sealing session started at 10am. We were planning on meeting my parents at the temple around 8:30 since they had ordered a temple dress for me. We were supposed to meet them at Beehive Clothing so that I could try on the dress before our sealing. Brad and I were running a few minutes late. It was about 8:15am when I called my mom to tell her that we were on our way. She said okay and that they were already there so they would see us when we got there. Brad and I had stayed at his parents house the night before to house sit while they were away for the weekend so we were taking a new way to the temple. We had gotten the directions from Audrea and she had given a different road name. We missed the road we were supposed to turn on and ended up going in the wrong direction for about 10 minutes. We finally figured out what road we missed and we turned around. I tried to call my mom to tell her that we missed the road so we would be a few minutes later than what we already were. She did not answer her cell phone so we just figured that they left them in the car. When we finally got to the temple it was about 8:45. We parked right next to their car by Beehive clothing. We ran into Beehive clothing but I did not see them. I told Brad that because we were supposed to be at the temple at 9 and it was so late they might have just gone over to the temple to wait for us there. As we walked to the temple Brad said that they might be behind the counter trying stuff on and I asked him why they would be trying clothes on when they already had them. We went inside the temple and starting looking around the waiting area for them. We didn't see them and the temple workers at the recommend desk asked if they could help us since we looked very lost and confused. I told them that we were supposed to be meeting my parents here to try on my dress but that I could not find them. I told them their car was outside but I didn't see them at Beehive clothing and was wondering if they had already come over. The workers asked to see our recommends before they answered us. We gave them our recommends and they "Oh, your here for your sealing. Wait just a minute and a worker would be right there to take us back to records. I tried to tell them again that we needed to find my parents first and I was just wondering if they had been here. The worker came to the desk and took us back to records. She kept saying let's just go get the records done and it would be okay because my parents would be there. I finally said okay and we went back. Inside we saw a lady who used to be in our ward with my parents (her name is Sis. Priesser) and she told me that she had not seen them come in. She told me that she would watch for them and tell them where we were. After we finished going over our records, we saw Sis. Priesser again and she said that she had not seen my parents yet. The temple coordinator said that we coudl wait a few minutes for them, but they its was okay and that they would be here. By this time I am starting to get worked up and worried since I can not figure out why the car was outside but no body had seen them. Meanwhile, Brad keeps telling me to calm down that they were probably trying stuff on or something. Around 9:15, Brad's mom' best friend (Sis. Douberley) shows up. I quickly asked her to do me a huge favor and walk over to the clothing store to see if my parents are there. When she gets back she tells me that they told her that they were there but that they left about 15 minutes ago. Sis. Douberley also told me that their car was still parked next to ours. Just as she got back, the temple coordinator came back and said that we needed to go get dressed. I kept trying to tell them I needed to find my parents but they kept telling me it would be okay that they would be there.
Well....Brad got changed and went to wait for me in the Celestal room. Meanwhile, I am up in the Bride's room now. The lady up there asked me if I had a dress and I told her again that my mom had it and that is why I needed to find her first. She said okay and brought me a dress anyways. She told me that not many people like this dress but she did and told me to just put it on. She said that was all they had and to just wear it. Now I am dressed and I am sitting in the Brides room and I have no idea where my parents could be. There were two other women in there and they just told me it would be okay. I kept telling them I didn't know where my mom was. Well Sis. Douberley ended up coming to the Brides room to be with me until we figured out where my mom was. She told me that she didn't want me waiting by myself. After what seemed like an eternity, the temple worker came back and said guess who I found. I said "MY MOM!" I was almost in tears to finally see my mom. I immediately started askign where she was and telling her that I was trying to find her but the temple workers kept pushing us through saying that she would eventually be there. She told me that they had been in Beehive clothing behind the counter so that my dad could try on his ordiance worker clothes. She said they had waited until ten minutes after 9 and that is when they started worrying. They thought I would have called when we got to the temple. We we didn't show up they thought we had been in a accident or something. They looked all over the parking lot but didn't see our car. They were looking for Brad's truck instead of my car because we are usually in his truck. They ended up driving all the way back towards the house to see if we were mangled in the road somewhere. Brad and I must have had 20 missed messages from them trying to call us. And of course we weren't answering because our phones were in the car. They had called my sister, my aunt and Brad's parents looking for us. The two ladies in the brides room kept looking back and forth between my mom and I as we went on and on about where each other had been. I am sure they thought we were extremely weird. It must have seemed like we hadn't seen each other in forever.
Now that my mom was finally there it was time for us to get going to the sealing room. My mom went up to the room and I went to the Celestial room for Brad. He had been waiting in there for me the whole time. When I got in there I started crying. I told him that they had thought we were in an accident and they drove all the way home and I kept trying to tell everyone I needed to find my mom. He just gave me hug and said calm down, that things were fine now and it was time for us to go get sealed.
After everything that went on and my parents and us trying to "find" each other, we were not even late for our session!
For those of you that are still reading....I hope my longwindedness was not too much to endure.
From all of this, like my mom said, the temple workers were right when they kept telling me that everything would be alright and that my parents would be there. Also, I must admit I should have listened to my husband when he told me the first time that maybe I should ask to see if they are behind the counter. Had I listened to his promptings none of this would have happened.
Regardless, it was a wonderful, memorable day in more than one way that I will never forget.
