Winter Memories In Utah

Day #1 of Our Utah Trip 12/19/2014

We planned this little trip about 2 weeks ago with the intent to visit temple square and to visit a few temples. Never did I expect to walk away with so much more.

We were able to make it to the St. George temple, Provo temple, Draper temple and Salt Lake City temple on day one.  Seeing all the nativity sets in front of the temples was great and SLC had no comparison.  AMAZING!  We walked through down town SLC and through temple square.  Stopped and watched sister missionaries singing along the way.  A pretty great Christmas experience.


The boys found a tie store and were in heaven.  We walked out with 6 ties.  Russ saw a little girl in the food court who appeared lost.  After she passed us twice I stopped her and confirmed she had lost her parents.  We found a security guard and finally found her parents.  Poor girl.  Damian got his first cinnabon ever.  Yummy!

I found on this day that I would love to retire in Draper, UT.  What a dream!

Day #2 of Our Utah Trip 12/20/2014

We started our morning by attending a temple session at the Salt Lake temple.  That was a who additional experience I will share in a future post

We made it to South Jordan temple, Oquirrh Mountain temple, Brigham City temple, Ogden temple and Bountiful temple. They all were so beautiful.  Who knew that upper Utah was pretty much farm land.

We then made our way up to Park City to go to Gorgoza.  What a fun time.  Nice to be in the snow (or at least for me and Damian), and enjoy the winter weather.  Flurries falling on our faces made it all the more special.  It was a little nerving to drive in that weather so I pulled over and made Russ do it.  Also helped to say an extra prayer for safety. 

We stopped and had dinner, went to find a 'top' for the kid he was looking for, saw some reindeer and made our way back to the hotel.  We were completely exhausted by then end of the day.

                                 

Day #3 of Our Utah Trip 12/21/2014

Making our way home we stopped at the Mt. Timpanogis temple and Payson temple.  Explained to Damian that we plan to attend the open house of the Payson temple in 2015.  It will be such a good experience for him as well as us.  It was raining pretty good.  Taking in the beauty of the landscape and clouds as we drove was priceless.  Sang to some tunes and just enjoyed the time with the family.

This was a trip to remember.  Not the most adventurous but a lifelong memory of the time we spent together.