SLC Sunday

Two Sundays ago (August 10th) Chad and I decided to go up to Temple Square for the day for some sightseeing/spiritually uplifting tourism. The original intent was to go up in the morning to see the Mormon Tabernacle choir perform in "Music and the Spoken Word" (we've heard that it is absolutely amazing) and then tour around temple square before going to pick up my cousin at SLC airport. When we got to the tabernacle at 9:00 a.m., we were dismayed to discover that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's was not there! A speaker got up and explained that Motab is unable to attend their weekly performance about once a year and this week was that week! Needless to say, we were kind of bummed. However, they did play a recording back of a previous week, and it was still amazing to listen to them sing while in the tabernacle. I think we will have to go back some other Sunday this year to hear them perform in person!

Posing in front of the temple... we actually have a picture just like this from when we were dating. So fun!

Temple Square pic.

Inside the tabernacle... side story: we just happened to run into one of Chad's old companions (his "son") and his fiancee right before it started. Small world?

In the afternoon, we decided to go on a guided tour of the conference center which included a sweet tour on the roof. It is absolutely amazing up top... there is a full garden with a fountain in the middle!

So on the roof of the conference center, there is a huge mural with all these pictures of different people. My favorite face on the whole wall was this little kid with the crazy smile.

Conference Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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