Temple Square and Hogle Zoo

A couple of weeks ago we were going to Utah for the blessing of Henry, our new nephew, Trent and Alisa's little guy.  We decided to make it into a two for one trip.  Salt Lake has always been on our list to take the kids but it has never worked out before.  So, this time we decided to play hooky and took the kids out of school Friday to see a couple of sights.

We stayed in Salt Lake so we could be near Temple Square.  It was nice to be so close.  Temple square was fun.  It wasn't easy.  Brayden was a huge pain but everyone else had fun walking around seeing everything.  We were able to go through the North and South Visitor Center and also take the Conference Center tour.  We also had fun walking around outside and seeing all the gorgeous exteriors. 

We decided Brayden couldn't take anymore of "trying to be reverent" so we went to Hogle Zoo.  It was exciting.  I loved seeing all of the huge animals.  These aren't animals we see often.  The kids loved the elephants, rhinos, and giraffes too.  I think they liked getting their pictures with the different statues the most.  :) 

Temple square pics:
This is a neat model of the inside of the Temple

 I love this is a picture from the Conference Center.  Did you know all of the painting there are originals?  I can't imagine how long it took to paint this... 

 The roof of the conference center

Hogle Zoo Pics
This is in the entrance of Hogle Zoo

 

I hope we made some fun memories for the kids.

 

I think Hailey will remember it.  She wrote in her journal about the trip. "On Friday we went to a cool hotel.  It was big and fun.  Then we went to the Temple Square.  It has the prettiest stuff reminding me that when I grow up to go to the Temple Square in Utah.  My kids will love it."  Awww cute.  I love that she likes writing in her journal.