We finally made it to the Los Angeles Temple on Saturday! Tom had been once before with a new member who went to do baptisms, but this was the first endowment session for both Tom and Amy in the L.A. Temple. What a beautiful temple, and what a great Spirit we felt there! So, who was watching the kids? We teamed up with our friends, the Murrays, to try out a new strategy they proposed. We all met up at the temple in the morning (with their three kids, we were a total of nine people at the temple). We took care of their kids while they did a session, and then they did the same for us. This way both couples got to do a session on a single Saturday, rather than taking two Saturdays to go and then to babysit. It makes for a long day at the temple, but it was fun and refreshing. In the meantime, the kids get to play with each other, have fun on the temple grounds, and visit the visitor's center. By the way, the Murray's two oldest are 4-year-old twins, and Jacob loves to play with them. The age difference is obvious; however, they love to teach Jacob, and Jacob loves to be challenged.
