Temple Trips

We try really hard to attend the temple every month. It's not so easy. It's a long day when we do. It was a youth temple trip yesterday, which means that Chet is taken for 2 hours at a specific time. Usually I would just keep the kids and then go in when Chet was done. My friend Erin found a drop in daycare there in Billings, so we decided to wait for our husbands to finish with the youth and then go together, all 4 of us. We did some family names for a ward member and had a great time being in the temple together and with friends. I felt so much peace. Then, we decided to go to a corn maze. We were a little unsure about going because we knew it would cost us more than $50. We decided to all go (they are a family of 7 as well) IT WAS AWESOME!!! They had so many fun things to do! The kids were all just running around having a blast. The babies and big boys. We stayed for 3.5 hours, and really only left because it was cold and getting dark out. We then went to IHOP to eat, all 14 of us. We get the funniest looks. We love to go out with the Lee's, and seem to do it about every other month. We just ventured to Pizza Hut for the first several times, and now we are venturing out a little more (mexican and stuff like that). As we were leaving I apologized to the table next to us for being so loud. It was an older couple and they had been staring at us the entire time. They smiled and said that they had been talking about how well behaved they all were, and how fun it was to see. I love that. I'm very careful not to take them somewhere where they shouldn't be, but it is nice to get compliments about how well behaved 10 kids (ages 10 down to 2) can be. The boys (Cart and Cars) both told me that they were excited to go to the temple when they turn 12. I love the way I feel (according to Caden I am REALLY weird after I go, I say I love you way too much and be all nice and fun), I love being there with Chet, and I love that we are setting an example to the boys of the importance of temple attendance. It's fun to make it a memorable day too; friends make anything more fun at every age!!!