Pretty Little Priest: Endowed :)

Saturday was my BIG day, that I was honored and grateful to receive my endowments and go through the temple. I felt like it was my wedding day, a day that I had planned for quite some time and then finally it was here. I picked up Cait on Friday night from LAX and we stopped by a party and then headed home for our exciting Saturday. We decided we were going to have an awesome breakfast so we walked to this amazing little spot called Square One.

Yummy french toast! Second to Sara Beth's in New York. The interesting part of breakfast was that the patio stares right at the Scientology building. We were able to have some fun people watching time and get to know, what we felt, a great deal about their wardrobe and religion. Not going to lie, it was quite odd. We walked back to the house, went thrift store shopping, bought some cute dresses, headed back home and got ready for the temple. Halfway through getting ready I looked at Cait and asked her what time it was, she responded, "Time to go." I grabbed my makeup bag, shoes, and purse and we left only to arrive at the temple at exactly 12:00. I realized I didn't have my camera so Cait, the doll that she is, went home and grabbed it for me while I headed inside to meet Sister Beckstead, my favorite and honored escort. I don't think I ever stopped smiling from entering the temple to leaving that night. It was a very emotional (happy emotional) day for me. Brother Castleton said to me at the end, "There is nothing greater than how big your smile is right now." I am not going to talk about what happened in the temple because it is sacred and personal but I can tell you that the feelings I felt within those walls were so peaceful. I could feel the immense love of my Heavenly Father and although it will take a lifetime to understand, things began to click. I couldn't have been more blessed with the people that were there to support me.

From my childhood (grew up on the same street as me) Brother and Sister Castleton.
From Junior High (but I don't remember him then) Jason Ohlwiler
From 2008 when I first joined the church in Mission Viejo, my first bishop and his amazing wife who was my escort; the Beckstead's
From Washington, my best friend Cait Hennessey
From my days in Anaheim, my roommate Shawn Gleason and her boyfriend!
From my current ward; Bishop Tomas
... and my new found good girlfriends in the ward, Karen Sorenson and Caitlin Fitzgibbons.

Although this was my first time, I do know from what others said, my session was very packed! Brother Castleton said, "When it comes to Nicole, she always does it up big!" I did not know the majority of people in that amazing building, but the ones that were there for me, I will cherish and always remember. Now, you can pretend you were there through my pictures!

Everyone