Salt Lake

So after spending almost every free minute working on the house this summer we decided we owed it to the boys to take some time for a quick family vacay. Friday we spent wondering around Temple Square since Chase and Trey were so young the last time we were there. Our first stop was the Church Office Building where we went up top and looked out over the entire valley. The trees on top of the Conference Center were simply gorgeous so I had to take a picture.

Matt tried to get a hold of his mission president, Elder Steven E. Snow, so that we might get a tour of the Church Administration offices (where the Prophet and Apostles are), but he was out of town. So we went over to the Beehive House and toured that. It was fun to see where and how Brigham Young's family lived. After the tour we met our friends Randy and Stacey and their family at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and watched the new Jospeh Smith movie. It was such a good movie. It definitely made me appreciate more the trials that Joseph faced. The older boys really enjoyed the movie as well. We wandered around Temple Square taking in more of the sites...the Christus, Tabernacle, etc.

Trey was so excited to be able to go on top of the Conference Center, but unfortuately the entire Conference Center was closed for some event. Matt was looking forward to going to the new Family History Library, but we got there too late and it was closed. We then parted ways with our friends...it was so fun to spend the afternoon with them! We went to the Church History Museum and then finished off with pics in front of the temple.

We finished off the night with dinner at Chuckarama (best place to feed hungry BOYS!) and swimming in the hotel pool. It was a great day!

Stay tuned for our Lagoon pics!