The Day We Were Sealed!

Today is the Anderson family's 7 year anniversary of being sealed together as an eternal family. What a sacred experience! I think when have your children sealed to you for eternity and one is physically present, it made the sealing promises more real to me. While Rawlin and I were being sealed, they had 6 month old Kaden waiting in the Celestial Room. We were sealed in the Needle Point room in the Manti Temple. For those of you who don't know, the sealing room is just off the side of the Celestial Room. I was worried that Kaden was going to cry because he was going through the "stranger stage", but the exact opposite happened. From inside the sealing room, you could hear him talking and giggling. No doubt joking around with his brothers and (hopefully) sisters who weren't able to be physically present. When he was allowed to come into the sealing room, they sat him on the altar and put his right hand on ours. Kaden kept his hand on top of ours without anyone having to hold it there. I will never forget the way he was looking at daddy with his funny new "hat"!! It was fascinating watching Kaden looking up and all around the room. There was definitely a lot of very special people there physically and spiritually. Looking back, I wouldn't change a thing! I love you my boys!