Uncle Kene and Auntie Lei: For time and all eternity

Uncle Kene and Auntie Lei. It's like peanut butter and jelly. Or macaroni and cheese. For my whole life, I've said their names together like it's one name. Uncle is my dad's older brother and the Patriarch of our Kamae Family. He once challenged me, at eight years old, to learn all the states in alphabetical order and their capitols. I still know them. Uncle has jokes for days and he has the best laugh. Auntie has always been the quieter of the two. Her hair has always been long and she would wear it in a long, low ponytail/braid or she'd twist and twist and twist it into a beautiful low bun and hold it there with a comb. When I was a really little girl, she used to make me jelly toast. I always wanted my nails to grow long like Auntie's. It wasn't until I was almost an adult that I even realized Auntie's real name was Julia, but she'll always be Auntie Lei to me.

Uncle Kene and Auntie Lei called us up to tell us that they would be going to the temple to be sealed together for time and all eternity. Our faith teaches that families do not end here on earth and that through being sealed, your family will continue to be together in the life hereafter.  That we are woven together perfectly and by making and keeping sacred covenants with God and each other, we can be together forever. If you really want to know more about it, there's more information here.

Uncle and Auntie have been married longer than I've even been a thought but getting to be there and be a part of their going through the temple for the first time, seeing they way that they looked at each other, at the people surrounding them, it was all just so overwhelming and wonderful. 

We are so thankful to be a part of this eternal family.