Merritt Memories

I went to the temple this afternoon. It has been a while. Since moving out of the Salt Lake Valley, we no longer have a 10 min drive to the temple. I can't believe how adding 20 minutes to that drive has changed everything!! I know people who have to drive hours and I'm worried about 20 minutes!! It's kind of crazy! I chose to do initiatory work. I walked into the dressing room and entered the Initiatory room and was shocked! They have redone the whole thing! It was beautiful! The waiting room was very calming and comfortable. Much different than the previous one. I sat across from a large picture of Mary and Joseph on their way to Bethlehem. I had never seen that picture before and wondered why they had chosen that picture to put in the waiting room. Were we to think of Mary? Did this event somehow tie into the initiatory? I plan on studying it in detail and see what I can learn. I only did the work for four names. One was crossed out. I found that interesting...

Building a house was fun and exciting. Yes, there were stressful times. but seeing everything come together was wonderful to watch. Well, we finally added anew addition to the house: We got grass!!  I never realized what a blessing grass was until it was gone. No more fine dirt on everything. No more dirty shoe prints and paw prints. Nope! None of that. Just lush green grass to roll around in and get hives because we are all allergic!!