We left Provo around 11 am and didn't return until after 9:00 p.m. The kids were so good for the long day. We hit a little traffic on the way up to Salt Lake but I didn't mind, I loved talking with Rachelle.
We did a ton of walking around, we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. We did some more walking around and looking around, we got shakes from Godiva. We did some more walking around, we bought a little souvenir for the kids from Papyrus Papers. I got the kids scented pens, Rachelle got Daniel the biggest turtle eraser you'll ever find.
Daniel had swimming lessons but Rachelle decided we were having too much fun so we kept on going instead of going home. We went to Temple Square. I haven't walked around Temple Square in a long time. I mean we go at Christmas but then we're just looking at lights we don't go into the Visitors Center and stuff. We decided to do it all. We went to the Christus. It was so peaceful. Kira observed as we were walking up to the Christus that the rail was like the Iron Rod leading us to Heaven. We enjoyed a presentation on families. I felt the Spirit so strongly. It made me miss Louis a lot. It solidified many feelings lately I have been having about the importance of marriage, eternal marriage. Our kids were so attentive during the presentation. The presentation was a video about a family. You walked into different rooms for different parts of the video, following the timeline of the family's life. It was good. Kira said that she wants a copy of the Proclamation in her room.
After Temple Square we went over to the Conference Center. I had never taken an official tour of the Conference Center, it was nice. We started on the roof. The kids loved looking at the city. My kids of course were very excited to point out the ESA. We were able to go to the auditorium where General Conference takes place. Earlier we were at the Tabernacle, it seemed so small, its hard to imagine that is where General Conference was held for so many years, and immediately seeing the Conference Center you can see how visionary the Church is. The kids liked the auditorium though disappointed we weren't able to go to the podium. We saw paintings of the Book of Mormon, we went through the Hall of the Presidents. I looked looking at the paintings with the kids in the Conference Center and the Visitors Center. I loved hearing which one were the kids favorites. Josh loved the painting of Christ on the cross. Josh told me how much he loved Jesus and the atonement. Kira loved the painting of Christ visiting the Nephites, she says its her favorite scripture story. My favorite was Christ coming into Jerusalem on the donkey and the one of the baptisms at the Waters of Mormon.
There were a few other people on our tour one of them was a RM who served in France, Kira and Josh spoke some French with him, it was cute. The tour guide loved Kira, he told her she was smart enough to give the tours. She responded with an exited "really!" "can I mom, please!" It was cute.
We then walked back to City Creek. We had dinner at the Blue Lemon. Oh earlier in the day I accidentally put down my bag with my leftovers and the kids pens. I noticed when we were at the Visitors Center. We didn't make it back to City Creek till hours later. I found it! Josh told me earlier when we first realized I didn't have it to say a prayer. I did. It was nice to find it and see Josh got excited about a prayer being answered :)
We walked around some more, the kids enjoyed the fountains, we enjoyed the fountain shows. We finally decided to leave around 8:00 pm.
It was such a fun fun day. I loved talking to Rachelle, seeing the kids having fun and enjoying time with the kids. It was fun to be a visitor in my hometown.
1 comment:
That picture of your kids in front of the Christus is so perfect.
Glad you had an awesome day and had the freedom to make it last as long as you wanted!
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