Temple Square

One of the main things we wanted to do on our trip was visit Temple Square in Salt Lake City. And I am so very glad that we did.

We got to tour the new conference center. And what is so cool about that is now, when my children watch conference, they can say, "hey! I've been there. It is such a wonderful and beautiful place." It will hopefully make conference a little more dear to their hearts and maybe help encourage them to pay attention more. Maybe not, but I'm hoping.

Down one of the halls at the conference center are amazing pictures. I had my children pick out their favorite one and stand in front of it for me to get a picture. Spencer liked the picture of Abinadi.

Danielle like the picture of Alma baptizing at the waters of Mormon.

Taneal like this one, Nephi on the boat sailing towards the promised land with his family.

Camie liked the picture of Samuel the Laminite on the wall preaching repentance to the people.

This is a picture that I see in many church buildings. I was amazed at the size of it and wanted a picture with someone in it so you could really see it's size.

And Spencer was so excited to see the bust of a prophet who has the same name as him, Spencer W. Kimball. I didn't think about taking his picture in front of it, he did.

Aren't all children drawn to water and more specifically water fountains?  I really liked how they all looked bending over and touching the water. I imagine they weren't supposed to be doing it, but there weren't any signs posted. And I figured someone would let us know if we weren't supposed to. Nobody said anything and I made sure my kids didn't get out of hand. No splashing and nothing more than hands could get wet.

Camie. I sure love that girl.

Danielle and Spencer wanted their picture in front of this statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.

My girls at the conference center.

And check out this picture. Isn't it awesome? It melts my heart and make me tear up.

And here is my lovely family with the conference center in the background.

And here they are with the Salt Lake Temple in the background. We had a sister missionary take a picture of all of us, but she cropped Gavin in the stroller out of it.

We also got to watch the film about Joseph Smith. I am so grateful to the man who restored the true gospel  of Jesus Christ to this earth. Who restored the keys of the priesthood in this latter-day.