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Life 2014 | First Temple Trip

In my church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), we have sacred ordinances that we do in temples. When a young man or woman reaches the age of 12, they have the opportunity (if they live worthily), to attend the temple and do an ordinance that we call, Baptisms for the Dead. This ordinance gives people who have died the opportunity to be baptized and receive the gospel on the other side. This is the only ordinance in the temple that the youth can participate in. Once they are older (usually after the age of 18), they are able to go through the temple for other ordinances.

My son turned 12 in January and received the Aaronic Priesthood in February.  This gave him the opportunity to go on his first temple trip with the Young Men in March. With JJ being on the Autism Spectrum, we are always concerned with his ability to understand and to mentally be prepared for things. I am probably too protective of him, but I was really nervous about him receiving the priesthood. So far though, it has been a good experience for him. He is passing the sacrament at church and the other boys are helping him (especially a young man named Aaron Mellor – who we are so grateful for). JJ is high function, but communication is an issue a lot and sometimes, I just wish I could see inside his head so I could understand where he is coming from.  We didn’t talk much about the temple trip, but from what he said, I felt like it was a good experience for him and that he felt the spirit. It can be overwhelming, I remember it was for me, my first time. But I hope he will remember it and treasure these experiences.
Here’s my Layout:

jjtemple_webI used my Scripture HeroeZ and a template from Simple Scrapper

Filed Under: I'm LDS, Layouts, Life 2014, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2014, baptisms for the dead, j.j., lds, personal, priesthood, temple

Life 2013 | JJ’s 11th Birthday

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My JJ turned 11 on January 26, 2013. I don’t know what happened to my little boy, but he is now just a young man. JJ is all about Phineas and Ferb, specifically Perry the Platypus, Angry Birds, and Star Wars, so that’s what his birthday was all about.

We had originally planned on visiting Grandpa and Grandma Smith for his birthday, but a nice big storm made its way through Utah and so we opted to stay home.  We spent a casual day at home. We were awakened by a very excited JJ. All he could think about was opening his presents, so we decided to just let him do it, even though it was early.

He received: A Perry Pillow Pet, a Phineas and Ferb Game, an Angry Birds game, the complete Star Wars Movies on Blu-Ray, and 2 Star Wars Books. He was THRILLED and he pretty much hasn’t put down his Perry Pillow Pet since then. It has become his constant pal – I think if we could get a real platypus for a pet – he would be over the moon!

He played all day and then we had his favorite pizza for dinner and brownies with ice cream and hot fudge! We ended the day playing the wacky Phineas and Ferb game that is quickly becoming one of our favorites.  Everyone really had fun using the Perry Blindfold from the game. We even got Uncle Aaron to join us!

Happy Birthday, Agent J! 

I’m so blessed to have you as my boy!

Here’s my layout:
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I used a template and  Just the Way You Are by SuzyQ Scraps plus a few elements of my own!

 

Filed Under: Layouts, Life 2013, Personal, Project Life Tagged With: 2013, agent p, angry birds, birthday, j.j., perry, perry the platypus, phineas and ferb, presents, star wars

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