So tonight I was over at Leisl's and we were eating chips and salsa goofing around when I remembered... we were supposed to clean the temple tonight. It was 8:50 PM and we signed up to clean it at 9:30 PM. I reminded Leisl and we both raced to her room, changed into skirts (neither of our shirts matched the skirts we put on), and raced down to the temple. Well, we got there with time to spare somehow, so of course, I made her take pictures with me since it was a beautiful day and the sun was still high in the sky. A little too sunny I think...
Anyway, Leisl and I were both assigned different duties but had overlapping rooms, so we ended up cleaning the bridal and sealing rooms at the same time. I held it together in the bridal room, but in the sealing room we both put our cleaning supplies down for a minute and just took it all in. One week from tomorrow Leisl and Andy will be sealed (married) in that room. It was breath-taking. I really couldn't contain the emotions I was feeling, so I picked up the vacuum and tried to just work the tears away. It was so peaceful in the temple tonight. Leisl and I cleaned the sealing room from top to bottom, and over again - we couldn't get enough of it. At one point she was even down on her hands and knees cleaning every leg of every chair in the room! It was an amazing experience that I will never forget. And to think that I almost forgot.
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