In true tourist fashion, we took lots of pictures of our trip this past weekend. We got a new camera that has an awesome zoom on it so it was fun to play. This is the hotel where we stayed. It was right on the U of U campus which made it convient for John's test Saturday morning. We were riding with Melinda, and were laughing that her Garmin GPS unit could not find it. After a call home for the address and phone number (after a "Sharp Left!" and still not being able to find it--we ended up by a field) we called the Guest House and they told us that Garmin have trouble finding their hotel. We really laughed when after finding it, Melinda programmed the coordinates into it and labeled it "U Guest" and after going somewhere Saturday night it took us back to the Education building where they took their test, and not the Guest House. LOL I wonder what Garmin has against it?
Our lovely Hotel room with a cute guy in it. :)
Saturday after John and Melinda took their test, we decided to go to Temple Square and wander around. It's been several years since any of us had been there, so it was a lot of fun.
We were laughing that Angel Moroni had a friend visiting. (Doesn't our new camera have a great zoom on it??--I am so excited about that!)
It was All State Choir/Orchestra day. We got to listen to the Orchestra practice in the Tabranacle. That was pretty cool. I think the baby likes music. She started moving like crazy when the orchestra was playing! :)
It wouldn't be a trip to temple square without going in the visitor's center and seeing the Christus Statue. When we showed this picture to Micah he said, "There's Jesus on the moon!" Silly kid.
We also decided to go take a tour of the Conference Center. John and I have never been inside, and it was awesome! :) We had a great little tour lady who gave us lots of information.
It's hard to believe that they can fit 21,000 people in here for General Conference and other activities. It's pretty amazing. We got to go to all the levels and look down on the stage. There is not a bad seat in the place, other than being so far away.
John and I were amazed at all the original artwork that is hanging in the Conference Center. All the original paintings of the pictures in the Book of Mormon were hanging there. It was pretty cool to see all the brush strokes and notice things that get missed when looking at the prints. They don't always translate across the same.
I've seen this picture many times before, but had no idea the magnitude of it. It is 34 feet wide and I think she said 9 feet tall. Pretty amazing to look at!
We were glad that Melinda was a good sport taking our picture for us in various places all day long. LOL
Us on the trax train. John had never ridden it before, and it's been almost 10 years since I have. It is definantly the way to get around--especially if you are a student. We didn't have to worry about parking spots or driving downtown in all the construction. We were glad we chose to travel this way Saturday afternoon.
This is the Legacy Bridge on the U of U campus. (We had to walk across it to get from the hotel to the trax station.) We got back as the sun was setting, and John was taking some pretty cool pictures.
Sunday morning before we came home, we stopped at Rice Eccles Stadium to take some pictures of the Olympic stuff that is there.
It was a great weekend! We had a lot of fun, and laughed so much our stomachs hurt! I'm glad we were able to escape for a day or two and spend some time together. The kids even survived at home. Our friend Cindy said that Eli was really starting to miss us by Sunday morning. He noticed our bathroom light was on (Morgan was doing her hair for church) and he ran in there and said, "Ma ma!" When he saw it was Morgan, he ran back out, put his head on our bed and just started sobbing. :( Sad little guy. When we got home (just after church was over) he wouldn't let me go. It was cute. We missed you guys too and are glad to be home! :)
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