Update

Has it really been 2 months since I last updated? Wow. Time has flown by. I've been meaning to update the blog since coming home from Utah, but we have stayed super busy and I just haven't had a chance. I've talked to a few of you since our Utah trip, but not many, so here's the info on what happened out there:

We drove about 12 hours on Sunday morning (left the house at 3:30am!), and made it to Utah around 5pm. We were staying with Kim, and it was so good to see the Youngberg family after about a year since last seeing them. That night we went to mom and dad's and saw most of the family. It was so good to finally catch up with everybody and get to relax after the long trip. I spent the last little bit over there talking to dad for awhile about the church and a lot of things, and that started my interest in finding out more info on the church, and history of the church from better sources than I had been.

The next day I hung out with Kim for a bit, and we ended up talking in her backyard for a long time (I remember how hot it was out there!) about a lot of different things; what I was feeling about the church, my history in the church and our semi-activity for the past couple of years, and a lot of her experiences in the past few years. By the end of that conversation, I knew that I wanted to come back. While I didn't have a firm testimony of the church, I had the start of one, and a desire for more. Since that afternoon, everything has been different. We have been semi-active at best for the past 2 years, and I know that played a huge role in my disbelief for those few months. As I strive to read my scriptures, pray, and keep the spirit with me throughout the day, Heavenly Father blesses me beyond what I ever imagined. I am the happiest that I can ever remember, I feel like a completely different person. So, we are back in the church, moreso than we ever were before; and even though it's only been a couple of months since coming back, we can already see a huge difference in each other. Life is very good.

As for the rest of the trip, we spent a lot of time with family. Played games, went to the cabin, made skirts and watches (too bad my watch broke!), spent a day at the lake, shopped with the girls, visited the Salt Lake Temple, went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house, had bbq's, and just hung out. It was a very laid back trip.

We only planned to stay for 1 week, but while we were there, Adam's grandma passed away, and we ended up staying for 2 weeks. It is sad that she is no longer with us, but I am so happy to know she is reunited with her husband and her family. I am so grateful for the knowledge of eternal families.

With our extra week, we had many more game/movie nights, and really just hung out with a bunch of different people every day. We had such a good time seeing everyone and can't wait to go back in April for General Conference!


Now for some pictures...











I almost forgot to add, the Coles are now dog owners! Kim had bred her dogs a couple of months before we came out to Utah, and once we saw them and spent 2 weeks with them, there was no way we could leave without one! Sasha is a Yorkshire Terrior, and is now almost 15 weeks old!