Hong Kong Temple trip

So this past Saturday we imposed on our friend John to come into Hong Kong with us and watch our kids while we went to the temple and did an endowment session.  We had to take the kids into Hong Kong because of our visa, so we all went and Mark and I were able to go to the temple for the first time in a while.  It was wonderful.  In this foreign land with foreign language and habits and food and noises the temple felt like home in a way no other place ever has.  It's a good reminder to myself.  I've felt homesick in my childhood home while growing up and in my home in Utah with my family all around me, and as much as I sometimes miss the US, the place that banishes all my homesickness is the House of the Lord.  My soul recognizes my real home when I'm there.  It was beautiful.

While we were in the temple and afterwards while we spent a little time at the distribution center it was POURING outside.  Of course, our kids thought it was the greatest thing ever and got themselves SOAKED.  Soaked with rainwater is fun and pleasant when you're outside in 80 or 90 degree weather, but once you get in the AIR CONDITIONED SUBWAY it's really cold.  We decided to drop by Hong Kong's IKEA on the way home and get some lunch and the towels and sheets I've been meaning to get for a while anyway.  We also grabbed some mugs, a bread knife, and a couple of throw blankets.  The kids were mostly dry by the time we checked out, but Juliet was glad to have a towel to sit on and wrap around herself in her stroller on the rest of the journey home.  She was also glad of the sunshade that's built into her stroller to shield her from the people staring at her on the train (because she's so cute).  She apparently doesn't like the attention.  I knew she'd get it and I wasn't sure how she'd react.  Apparently she things strangers that stare at her are impertinent.  ha ha ha  She still loves attention from people she likes, but she gets made at strangers who look at her too much or touch her.  I like that she's feisty.  <3

More soon.