On Friday C wanted to go up to see the capital building. We went inside and ended up going on a tour. The building has been closed for the last 4-5 years for a 250 million renovation. It is a gorgeous building! We went to the visitor centers on Temple Square and were the only ones in them - due to the funeral earlier in the day. The kids had a blast watching all of the commercials and then going into the North visitors center and seeing the Savior. What a wonderful spiritual feeling!
We were also able to go into the Church's History Museum where the kids played upstairs for over an hour, went up onto the roof of the conference center and also went into the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. On Saturday we were able to meet up with one of the missionaries that served up here in our area almost 11 years ago. We had a nice visit.
On Sunday we all attended The Spoken Word in the confernce center. It was a wonderful show. That night we were able to take a horse drawn carriage ride around Temple Square and look at all the lights. All the kids loved the ride, especially E. Last year we were going to go on a ride
but she got sick.
Finally the day we left it started to snow so we took the kids up to This Is The Place monument and let them play in the snow for a few minutes. It wasn't a long time but they had fun.
We all look forward to going again next year
Sounds like you had a good time. The carriage ride and the lights are so beautiful. I love going to the Temple and seeing the lights at Christmas down there. One day we will go back.
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