Amen Sister!

Yesterday I took Emma and Jared to the temple to do baptisms for some of my Mom's side of the family and we also took names for some friends.  One of the coolest things about living in a small town for so long is that you start knowing a lot of people.  One of the perks of knowing a lot of people is that I can pretty much guarantee running into someone I know every time I'm at the temple. One of the friends that I ran into when I went to get the family names printed off knows that I work 2-3 times a month and I go with my group 2 times a month.  I had seen her at the temple last Thursday when I worked and then I ran into her yesterday.  She said "do you live at the temple?"  This coming from a girl who tries to go once a week.  If only I could live at the temple!

The next person we ran into was a really cute guy from the other ward in our building who's getting ready to go on his mission.  He was performing the confirmations.  I talked to him briefly when we were done and found out that he was leaving in 12 days and where he was going.

After we finished up Emma and Jared went out to the car while I waited for the little blue and pink cards to be recorded and then met them outside.  When I got outside I found Emma taking a picture of the temple.  I asked if she wanted to be in it and I got the "are you kidding me, have you seen the way I look" look.  I told her she was beautiful and no one could tell if she were wearing make-up or not in a picture.  She still wouldn't let me......that deserves it's own post, but I won't be writing about it here because she would interpret that as embarrassing.  I have my own issues that I try to get over by purposefully taking (what I consider) ugly photos of myself!  I'm not strong enough to do that all the time, but I don't want to look back on my life and not be able to find myself in any pictures.  I was here!  No matter what I thought I looked like.  Besides, after a couple of years you look back at those bad pictures and realize you didn't look as bad as you thought you did.....especially because you usually think you look even worse now.  Seriously messed up in the brain!  I digress.

After she finished taking her picture she said.  "There is nothing more attractive than a cute guy.  In the temple.  Getting ready to leave on his mission."  Amen sister.  I actually either said "you know that's right" or "true story bro."  I'm not sure which one I said, but I loved hearing what she thinks makes someone attractive.  If I had to find a husband, I wouldn't look anywhere other than the temple.  If he's not going to the temple, I don't care how cute or successful he is....we don't have enough in common!

Here's what else I love about this.  This attractive boy is a popular boy.  When he decided to go on a mission he started posting lots of stuff to his fb account.  My daughter took notice.  She admired him for it.  When I issued a challenge to my students to participate in "flooding the earth" from the devotional Elder Bednar gave, she was really nervous.  She didn't want to look like all of a sudden that's who she was and just gonna start posting a ton of stuff.  She gained confidence knowing that someone else was doing it and still alive and that she could start small.  She posted a quote.  What did she do with this picture?  By the time we had gotten home I had a notification that I was tagged in a photo that she posted of where she had just been.  Way to go sister!  She is making herself more and more attractive in the same way she notices the attractiveness in someone else.