Monday, September 21, 2009

Seeing the site in Salt Lake City

So, a friend from Jasper was driving through and stayed at my mothers house. So the next day we took her up to Salt Lake City to show her around. We first went to the Conference Center and had a tour...then we went over to the Visitor Center. There we went up to see the statue of Jesus. There we tried to get pictures...but of course Kiera only wanted to point and say "Jesus" or "Star" so I couldn't get her to look at the camera very well.


We also got pictures on the outside of the temple. It is a beautiful temple that is for sure. Some time when I get moved in and get settled I really want to go to a session there...It would be sooooo cool! We also saw them putting lights on some of the trees getting ready for Christmas, already. They said that they start the first week of August, isn't that crazy! I'm so looking forward to being able to see Temple Square during Christmas this year, I've never been able to do it before and I hear it is beautiful. Anyway, we then got some lunch and went to see the Prophet Joseph Smith movie. My mom took Rylan, since she has seen it many times and I haven't. Though I still had Kiera and by the end I was about to go crazy. I understood that she wasn't going to sit still, but could she have at least stayed quiet? No. It was still an amazing movie though. It is always heart-wrenching when you see and think about what the early pioneers went through... What Joseph Smith went through. The physical pain, the time away from his wife, the kids he had that died...being an outcast among so many people, and he stayed true to what he knew was true, to what he knew Heavenly Father wanted from him. It truly is amazing and makes me feel stupid for complaining about the things going on in my life. Its like my problems don't even compare.

Well, it was a great day and we had fun. The last place we went was This is The Place Monument. Kiera enjoyed getting to run around for awhile. Though she was also starting to cranky given the fact she hadn't had a nap all day...finally got a good picture of her though....

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I can't believe how much Kiera has changed in just 3 months. She looks so different.

Sommer said...

Wow I cannot believe how big she is getting!!!! How fun to get to live near the SL temple! You better take lots of pictures and post them when you go around Christmas!

Anonymous said...

Wow, Keira's growing up so quickly! And she's so pretty too, but that's no surprise when you look at her mommy :-) Love ya'!