A tired group

Another great pose

Before leaving the mall, the kids insisted we the Disney store.  I was halfway disinterested at the prospects of  even entering, but soon discovered that this store was adorned with creative displays, designed to delight everyone, and again Rachel stole the show.  Which one is cuter, Rachel or Minni?  

Soon we crossed the street and entered Temple Square, and Brendan wanted to have his picture taken in front of the church office building.  This pic turned out to be one of the better ones of the day.

As you may know, many weddings are performed in the temple, and couples can be seen posing for photographers, at various locations around the square.  Matty thought it would be cool if he got his pic taken with one of them.  You can tell that Matty has been hanging out with Dayle, Jr. for several days.  Notice the forced smile and raised eyebrows on Matt's face.  Ha ha.

As we passed the temple, I was able to point out some of the symbolism, to one of the kids, that adorns the building.  Notice the representation of both sun and moon.  The stars are not in the pic, but are represented on the temple, below the moon.  The religious explination of these symbols are found in Doctrine & Covenants, section 76.  Any LDS missionary will be glad to share this with you.  

We ended up in the North Visitors Center, and were delighted to find the little room, betwixt all the wonderful displays in the bottom level.  One of the displays is of Isaiah.  Jenna was especially interested in this one, so I willingly got her pic.  

 

We then moved upstairs to visit the statue of the Savior.  I like to think He loves all of us, and wants us all to be with him in the world to come.  It makes sense to me that families can be together, forever.

Being a little slower than my offspring, when I arrived at the lounge downstairs, I found a tired group, for sure! 

 

But soon we were on our way back City Creek Center parking.  On the way we posed at the Seagull monument.

This is a favorite place for visitors to make a wish.  What you do is sit on the concrete edge with a coin in hand, close your eyes and picture the thing you desire.  Then you toss the coin over your shoulder into the waiting water.  The fountain bottom is loaded with coins, and it appears that some of the kids are trying to retrieve them.  Ha ha.  

Next posting will be of the family gathering up Provo Canyon.