Taylor's First Temple Trip

We went to the temple for the first time with Taylor last week. It was a really neat experience for us. Travis was able to do the baptisms and my Dad and Trevor were the witnesses (I was the towel lady :). We did family names which was really special. My mom put together a lot of our ancestors names just for that special night. I helped the girls get their special white clothes on and get ready. Taylor and Natalie looked so pure and sweet in all white. As we were waiting for Taylor and Natalie to come into the font, a woman needed to be baptized for one name, her sister who had passed away a year before. She was going through and doing all the work for her sister that night. She asked Travis to do her baptism first. I was already in an emotional state but when she stepped into the water and Travis raised his arm to the square I felt such a confirmation of what this temple ordinance means. That we can in some way bring the light of Christ to our ancestors who have passed on and didn't have the chance to be baptized in their lifetime is such a blessing. When it was Taylor's turn the water works immediatly turned on full force all over my face. With my Dad and Trevor looking on, Trav doing the baptisms and me standing by it felt really special. She really enjoyed the experience and we hit another rmilestone in our lives as parents. I know it will feel like minutess and not years when we take her to the temple again, this time to be sealed to her future husband (hopefully not for at least 10 years!). I will do my best to make every moment between now and then count and appreciate the great gift we have been given in having Taylor as a daughter.