A Special Night. . .

I love my grandparents. Very much. I don't get to see them very often though because, well we don't live in sandy or cottonwood heights close to either set. Every time I see them though, It makes my day because of how fun they are.

Brian and I decided last week to see Nan and Pop. These are my moms parents and for any of you that know them, know that there aren't many people more delightful then Nan and Pop.

This is Nan and Pop and My mom and my parent's house.

She is the kind of Grandma that is always looking out for you, and wants the world to know just how wonderful you are! I think the last time her and I went out to lunch she told the waiter my entire life story while I was in the bathroom :) lol, She is too great! And every time my Pops leaves a message on my phone he tells me, "Linny, this is your poppy! Your favorite poppy!"

After getting dinner at the Golden Corral, (that is where Nan and Pop wanted to go), we headed up to go tour the Draper Temple. Nan kept insisting that she couldn't go because she has a really bad hip and doesn't walk well, or very often. I insisted that I would take good care of her and that she would be fine.

We pulled up to the temple in the dark, and admired how white and beautiful it was with it's lights and snow covered lawn.

I ran up to the entrance and got a wheelchair for Nan and brian and I put her in! You could tell that she was really happy, but kept apologizing to me that I had to push her. It was really cute!

The whole time we were in the temple I looked back to my sweet grandparents. They reminded me of children. Pointing to each other, smiling, and whispering about the different things that they loved inside.

And even though I was pushing Nan throughout the temple, pop always walked beside her and held her hand. Even if there wasn't enough room for him. She looked up at him with such an adoration it made me teary a couple of times.

Brian noticed too, because every time they would do something cute he smiled at me or would point to them so that I wouldn't miss it.

My grandparents love each other very much and have made it through a long life together. I am sure it wasn't always easy, but to see them now, still so much in love after sharing a life, was so special and really touched me.

I love spending time with them because they have such incredible personalities, but I realized too, because they teach me so much about what it means to love someone.

Nan told me a couple days later that if it weren't for us taking them they wouldn't have gone. Driving in the dark scares them, and the road to the temple seemed too far. That made me even more happy that we had chosen to go that night.

I feel blessed to have a temple so close and I am thankful I was able to share this special night with my eternal family in the place that puts it all into perspective. It is one I don't think I will ever forget.

Linds