Journal Gems: Best Birthday Ever

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January 2016

MY BIRTHDAY: For my birthday this year, I wanted to go to the temple and do some sealings. Dad, Mom, Tim, Brooke, and my boys, and Justin came along. Justin babysat the Tasker boys so that Brooke and Tim could join us for sealing’s. Ashley was newly pregnant and sick and so Ashley and Hayden weren’t able to make it.  I love going to the temple and especially doing family names. The names that we did on that day were the ones that I have been wanting to do as a family for many months and they had been set aside for that purpose. 

For my birthday dinner, I chose Wingers (of course). I was a little bummed that they put us in the corner table (but we were hangry and we dealt with it). We all squished into that corner table. We had a great dinner and when it came time to pay the check, we found out that it had already been taken care of. We don’t know who because we saw quite a few people we knew that night there but we sure are grateful and feel very blessed.

It was the best birthday to be in my favorite place, the temple. Again we focused on the who of my birthday, not the gifts. Going to the temple is my favorite part, by far. They say that your birthday is the best day of the year but it literally was the best day of the year for me. I had so much fun and learned so much gratitude. I was able to spend time with family, got lots of food, we spent the day down at Fiesta Fun with Brook and the boys. We also went up the mountain in St George for fun. It was literally, literally, LITERALLY, the best day of my entire life.