Hyrum's great big Mother's Day

 Boys don't usually get to celebrate Mother's Day, but Hyrum certainly had a big role to play in ours. My parents flew out here so that we could ordain Hyrum as an elder on Mother's Day. 

Joy got a lightup mosaic lamp

Preparing caramel apples for Grandma

A few days later (May 13) , Hyrum went to the temple to receive his very own endowments, and my parents were able to come with. I was his escort. Lavinia and JT stayed at home when the rest of us drove up. After the endowment session, we also did a sealing session so he could see what that was like. Then we had Chinese to also celebrate Joy passing her counseling test.

Joy: "He and I were excited to start going to the temple together because I work at the temple on Fridays. We were hoping that he would be able to be a temple worker also, but there wasn't enough time for the eight required shifts before he left on his mission. But he did go with me every week. It was really awesome to go to the temple together."

It was the following Monday, after she got home, when my mother had her heart attack. We were so very thankful that we had been blessed to have such a special time together, particularly when we didn't know if it would be the Last time. So grateful it isn't!

Some other related pics:

Celebrating Hyrum's birthday on Zoom

Practicing his deadliest ping-pong serve yet