Our Arizona Trip

This weekend we drove down to Arizona to visit Bobbie's family. Ash was in town from Maryland, Uncle Kevin and his family were in town from San Francisco and it was Liam's first birthday. So EVERYONE was there. This is a very rare occurrence to have the whole family together.

We did some family stuff and did some things on our own too. Jeff insisted we take his favorite dog ever (Sissy) for a walk every day. This was really fun because we got to wonder around the neighborhood and everyone there was super friendly! We found a church there to go to on Sunday and everyone was just as sweet in the ward.

We have really been trying to make it a part of our trips to visit the temples near our destination. We had a special experience this time when we went to the Mesa AZ Temple. It was such a beautiful place and was just as busy, if not more, than our temples home in Utah. It really just hit home with us that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the same EVERYWHERE in the world. This would only make sense because the Spirit is the same everywhere and can be felt by everyone, but it really just shows how much God loves his children. Everyone can take part in the happiness of this wonderful Gospel, the Lord finds a way for all of us to have the opportunity to hear his message. We love the missionaries and appreciate their hard work and dedication in helping with this great work. Through these great Saints peoples lives are changed forever. I know mine was. This is just one of the many ways He finds a way to offer happiness to EVERYONE, He is waiting for us with his arms wide open.