We had the wonderful opportunity to go down to the LDS Conference Center for our Regional State Conference (it was broadcast to 65 stakes, ours just happened to be one that got to come to the conference center). It was one of the rare times that children (under 8) are allowed in during a performance. It sure was a lot noisier in there with so many kids, but it was still great!
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf spoke to us as well as Elder Holland of the 12 Apostles, Elder Bowen of the Seventy, and Sister Burton of the General Relief Society. They had some inspiring words and messages for us! The kids did great at being fairly quiet though they were getting antsy by the time President Uchtdorf spoke. However, we felt that it was still a really good experience for them, especially Avery who understood more.
Afterward, we went and ate lunch at a park with people from our ward and then we walked around Temple Square. We also were able to go on top of the Conference Center and see the gardens, which was really neat. We walked over to the Temple of the visitor centers there as well. Avery was so excited to see the temple- or "Jesus's Temple" as he called it. He was really bummed that he couldn't go inside it and see Jesus. However, we went over to the Christus at the North Visitor Center and he really liked that. He was so reverent and we all really felt the spirit. It was such a neat experience to be there as a family. We also went to the south visitor center that has a model of the temple and we learned a lot from that! Then we finished off with some time by the reflection pool. The kids loved it all and were so tucked out that Lily fell asleep before we got out of the parking garage and Avery before we got on the interstate. We love Temple Square!
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