We have been trying for almost six months to take a trip to the temple.  Our awesome friends, John and Victoria, offered to come with us and watch our kids, but it was pretty hard to work out our schedules.  Finally, we found the perfect day to do it - and even though we had to leave by 4:30 am to get there in time, and amidst gas shortages in Atlanta, we did it – and it was a fantastic day.

The Good List:

*Getting to be with Kevin in the temple :).

*Going to the Atlanta Temple for the first time.  (Wouldn't it be cool to visit all the temples?   There are so many now, I don't think it is possible.)

*Going to a church bookstore and a distribution center - a very rare experience in the South.

*Having the kids be awesome all day.  In fact, when I woke them up at 4:15 am, both of them thanked me, and then stayed up happily chatting the entire 4 hour drive.  (I did have to keep reminding them not to wake up John and Victoria, but luckily they didn't succeed in their attempts.)

*Watching the kids run and play on the big hill outside the temple while John and Victoria did their session.  Being in super flat Savannah, the kids never see hills, and had a blast.  (It would be a prefect ice-blocking hill, although the temple grounds really wouldn't be an appropriate place for it.)

*Getting cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory– yum!  I had the Lemon Raspberry Cream Cheesecake – heavenly!!  Derek ate most of Kevin's Peanut-butter Cup Fudge Ripple, and then finished off John's Carmel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake – he he!  Pretty funny.

*Going to Costco – which just happened to be a few blocks from the temple.  Ahh, Costco.

*Getting my burrito at Chipotle.  (It has been 3 years, but I still miss you Chipotle.) 

*Driving home talking to Victoria, while John and Kevin played Guitar Hero in the back of the van.

What a wonderful day!!