We have been friends with the Alldredge Family for many years and have done many things together. Last month Micheline called us and told us the Kris, Mikel, Hunter, Easton, Brayden and Beau have been cleared to be sealed together as a family with the Church. Would we like to attend? YES!!! We received our invitation and started to make arrangements to go.
So on the 6th, I started packing suitcases and getting things ready to go. Gary needed to go to Provo to take care of somethings and would be back around dinner time. I walk out to this surprise on the kitchen counter!
If you know Gary - since my 40th birthday he gives me something for the number of years! This year he worked with his niece Whitney who works at Lehi Bakery and got me 69 different pastries and doughnuts. What a sweet surprise. I put the pastries into freezer bags and put them in the freezer since we are leaving in the morning. We left Thursday morning on the 7th and decided to drive down Highway 89 to Interstate 70 to Green River and head south to Natural Bridges National Monument.
After we got through at Natural Bridges, we decided to stay in the area - so Gary located a motel to at and then we went looking for a place for dinner. We drove past this place and remembered that we had been there before. A little more decorated this time to the oriental theme and less cowboy. Meal was great!
In the morning we drove all the way down to Miami/Globe Arizona - where we could go to the Tonto National Monument out by Roosevelt Reservoir and then into Mesa to the Alldredge's.
As we getting our stamp for the Passport Book, we realized we had been here before but didn't mark our book accordingly. As we were leaving, there was a couple standing in the roadway and their truck was down the road a way. They had stopped to let a tarantula cross the road without getting run over. Well guess who gets out and has the spider crawl onto his hand! GARY!
for the sealing of Kris, Mikel, Hunter, Easton, Brayden and Beau.
What a special day for that family - 15 years after Kris and Mikel married! Then a lovely dinner at their ward building afterwards.
Sunday we enjoyed the time with their family, watched a little football, played games and dinner.
We headed back home on Monday morning. We drove up I 17 to Hwy 89 through Flagstaff then over to Jacob's Lake -Fredonia and into St George. We stopped in to see Dave and Judy Parrish in Washington. We made arrangements to attend the Red Cliff Temple in the morning before going home.
As we were waiting in the sealing office - Elder and Sister Bouwhuis walked by - they didn't see us. After our sealing session of 18 daughters to their parents - we headed to the dressing rooms. As I walked in I saw Sister Knighton and Sister Savage headed out to do a session. I waited for Gary in the hallway and he mentioned he also Elder Knighton and Elder Savage. What a wonderful day to see friends we knew on our mission and they were at the same temple by chance. Just a small glimpse of what it will be like on the other side of the veil!
We came home to cold and snow but wonderful to be home again!
We brought home a new bear for the cabin!
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