A Very Special Day for Our Family

December 23, 2011 was a very special day for our family. We went to the temple to be sealed to Madison and Zoe. The whole day was just perfect. We had fun taking pictures outside of the temple. Some are fun and some are serious. It was a very bright, sunny day. We learned quickly where to take pictures and where not to take them. It was hard to get everyone's eyes all open in the same picture as you can see. We had no one to take a picture of the whole family, so we asked a man driving out of the parking lot. What was so neat about it was that he had been adopted and sealed to his family years before. He was thankful for the opportunity to take the pictures for us, as it brought back special memories for him. It was wonderful to be at the temple so close to Christmas too. The man who sealed us all together had been in our ward when I was a child. He recognized my maiden name. His daughter and Vanessa had been friends way back when. It was a beautiful day!