Mangums Forever: Temple Square on Easter Sunday

We feel so very blessed to have two temples (almost!) just 3-5 minutes from our home. We try to go as often as possible as we feel that the peace there blesses our busy lives tremendously!

We also enjoy spending time together as a family. Since Doug was called as the bishop of our ward in March of 2007, we have made a greater effort to eat dinner together every evening possible. We have a new family tradition called "Highs and Lows" where we each take a turn and share our "highs and lows" for the day- the good and the bad! This has made for some great conversations!

We have also increased the quality of our Family Home Evenings which we hold EVERY Monday night. I emphasize "every" because our children really look forward to Mondays and have a lot of fun. They would be very disappointed if we were to even think about not having that time together. (I think it's just the treats afterward that they like the most!)

We know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Jesus Christ's church that has been restored to the earth in these latter days. This gospel is real! It is true! Through the teachings, we are able to know how to return and live with our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again one day. We hope for that day and that we will be together forever as a family through following these teachings! We feel that our greatest blessing on this earth is our family and we know that it is possible to be together for eternity if we follow our Savior, Jesus Christ.
The temple also helps to make that eternal blessing possible. We love our Heavenly Father's temples! We know that He has a plan for each of us and we learn about that plan in His temples. If we strive everyday to know what that plan is, and try to do what He would have us do, we are blessed with peace and comfort. We are thankful for Jesus Christ, who, whithout him, we could not have the amazing blessings of repentance and forgivess. We know that his atonement is real. We know that he loves each of us individually and we love him in return. We hope to show him that by doing his work on this earth. We are eternally indebted to him and our Heavenly Father!

Thanks for sharing our blog with us. We hope that if you have any questions about our beliefs, that you'll just ask us! We'd love to have a great conversation about something that is strong in our hearts! Or you can check out one of the websites that we've listed here. Have a great day!

It truly was an honor to be with this great family on their special day! To see the joy exhibited in their faces made the whole trip completely worth it! I know that through the special ordinances of the temple, there is real sealing power and that because of these things, we all have the opportunity to be sealed together with our families for eternity.
While there in the Lubbock Temple, I was just wishing that everyone I knew would take advantage of this great blessing! It is more precious that ANY earthly or material thing. The feelings felt there were more special than any I've felt and I know that through the ordinances, covenants we make with God, and the power of the priesthood, we can all be together forever with our families! I know that these things are true. I hope that we all might choose to live worthy of these blessings everyday (including myself) and feel the peace and comfort that comes from doing so.