A Walk To The Temple

Our ward has been preparing our walk to the temple since the beginning of the year.  

Tonight...we took the 3 mile trek.
We had......

• great weather, 
• good walking shoes, 
• cool clothing, 
• water at every mile and.... 
• the knowledge that our car was at the Temple so that we could drive home.  

                           The pioneers had none of that.

 I was able to talk to my boys (all but Porter who ran the whole way) about what the pioneers had to endure.  There is absolutely no way that we can understand what they went through but tonight...we got a tiny taste (probably just a granule).

 

We walked 3 miles, they walked 15 a day.  

We had comfortable shoes, they had old boots that were worn through and soaked. 

We had appropriate clothing, they had heavy skirts and coats that would hold in the wet and cold.

We had water at every mile (along with our bellies being full of dinner before we left), they had a small amount of flour and water for the whole day.  

We also had the knowledge that we would be able to go home and sleep in our nice warm beds with pillows and plenty of blankets.  

We didn't have to bury anyone on the way. 

When we reached our destination, there was civilization, trees and lush grass.

I am so grateful for this experience we had to walk to the Temple to feel close to the pioneers.  Another important lesson we learned from this was what we need to do to prepare ourselves for our Temple.  We were united as a ward in reaching this goal physically, now we will help each other reach it spiritually.
I love going to the temple and am so excited for ours to be done!!!  I hope my kids were able to get something good out of the activity tonight other than 'It was soooooo long!!!'

Thank you pioneers.

January at the Clawsons

For Christmas the kids got these awesome window markers....they leave notes for each other all over the counters.  I should be upset that the kids are writing all over my counters and windows?  Nah....I write my fair share.  It's so easy when I'm in a hurry to get to work...instead of walking all the way across the room to get some paper.  Grab a marker and write in the counter!

Eli made his own shirt!  He was pretty stinkin proud....as he should be!

Basketball, Basketball and more Basketball

Eli, 'relaxing like a woman'.....I don't know what woman he has seen relax, it's definitely not his mother!

Jack and Porter went outside one Saturday and this is what they created.  It started out as a Jazz chair for their bedroom but ended up a toilet for mine.  So sweet!

I found this note in my planner.  

Jack said he predicts that I will marry a man who has this look on his face permanently.  Could be worse I suppose!

Remembering 2010