Blessings

This past ten days has been full of blessings--some were tangible, some were spiritually felt, some were seen, and all were awesome.  On Thursday, May 20, we were blessed to have Kathy Woolley arrive from Moscow, for our joint trip to Utah.  We picked up Grandma Anderson (my mother) Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. and began the drive to Utah.  We met Ron & Noreen Hawley at the Larry Miller Ford dealership at about 2:00 p.m.  Mom then went with them to their home in Park City for the week-end. 

Kathy, Leonard and I then continued on to the Pavillion Inn in Murray, Utah where we planned to meet our children and grandchildren who were coming for Ashlynn's sealing and blessing to be held the next two days.  At the motel we met Melissa and her two children and Lora Strawn.  We watched the children play in the motel swimming pool where Boston found great fun playing catch with "friends".  He was laughing so loud we could here him above all the other children in the pool.  Lora and Melissa played with him and gave Ashlynne her first swimming experience.

After Melissa left with her children to finish up the list of errands she had for the next day, we met Shane Robbins, his girlfriend, Ruth Nielsen and children Tanisha and Keano as they were coming out of their room at the same motel.   They were heading out to get swimming suits for the children. 

We took Kathy and Lora to dinner and then went back to the motel to meet Karla Bitter and Tom & Julie Kearney.  We all ended up in our suite where we enjoyed a long visit with Shane.  He told us about his life in Roosevelt, Utah and working on the oil rigs there.  We laughed, talked, and enjoyed the evening together.

The next morning we arrived at the Draper Temple to find Melissa and Jeremy had already taken the children upstairs to prepare for the sealing.  We met Ashlynne's birth mother and her family.  We spent a few minutes visiting with them and the Despains, as well as Noreen Hawley, my mother and the other members of our family as they arrived.  Soon we were witnessing the wonderful sealing of Ashlynne to her eternal family.  The joy was tangible, the tears were real, the spirit was beautiful.