Temple Square

This past weekend we traveled to Salt Lake City to celebrate the life of my good friend.  While we were there we decided to take Ava to Temple Square.  This was her first time seeing the Salt Lake Temple or according to Ava "the big temple".  It was the first time for all of us to see the Conference Center.  It was being built when Rich and I were at BYU.  We all enjoyed the afternoon and seeing the sights on temple square.

Ava was so excited to see the "Big Temple" and "Big Angel Moroni".  She loves visiting temples.

Ava and Mommy

Daddy and Ava in front of the reflection pool.

Ava playing in the reflection pool.

Ava drew a picture with the water and announced it was a picture of President Monson (our prophet).

Us in front of the conference center.

On the roof of the conference center.

I didn't realize the original of this painting was so large.  It was amazing.

Inside the South Visitor Center we bumped into President Monson.  Not really, but Ava wanted to meet him so bad that this picture was perfect.  She was a little disappointed and hopes to meet him someday.

Inside the South Visitor Center we found this cool Angel Moroni.  I didn't take a picture of it, but there was also a neat model of the inside of the Salt Lake Temple.

We stopped by this picture inside the North Visitor Center, so Ava could show us 8 fingers.  Ava is always telling us she is going to get baptized when she is "8 fingers old".

Ava with "Big Jesus" in the North Visitor Center.

Ava taking pictures of the flowers.

Ava also took a picture of herself.

The flowers at the temple are always so beautiful.  I love tulips, so it was a treat to see all the varieties.

I added this picture not because it is cute, but because Ava is such a little flasher lately.  She flashed several groups of people while walking around and I'm constantly reminding her to put her shirt/dress down.