SALT LAKE TEMPLE VISIT

Chelsea and I had fun on our date night this past weekend.  We went to Prince of Persia and then headed up to temple square.  We went into the visitor center and walked around.  They have been updating everything and it's really nice.  Here we are at the Cristus:

Here is the photo we took of the Cristus.  It's a nice place to think about the savior and picture what it would be like to be in his presence.  I enjoyed sitting there for a moment with the temple in view behind us.  We watched as several people who came to visit were taught about families and the plan of God.  It reminded me of the blessing of the gospel restored for us to return to Him. 

"The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them.  Thus they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.  So He, to be above men, puteth himself below them.  Thus though his place be above men, they do not feel his weight; though His place be before them, they do not count it injury." - Chinese Sage

 

A photo of the temple doors, "Holiness To The Lord".

We got a photo of the Celestial room!

it was the second day the new model temple was open to the public and we were excited to go see it.  It was incredibly detailed as you can see in the above picture of the Celestial Room.  It was fun to see the layout of the temple in 3D.  It would be fun to be able to see the entire temple inside.  This was mainly built to avoid the negative curiosity of the public and I'm glad they had it made.  It's my favorite!

You can see the cut out view of the temple and we would recommend everyone check it out when they are at temple square.  We had a lot of fun going through the visitor centers.

It's cool because, now we can look at the temple and know which windows are to the celestial room and see parts of the temple you have never seen before.  

After we visited Temple Square we ate some Chinese food at Five Star Restaurant.  It was pretty good.  I got Tangerine Chicken and Chelsea got Sesame Chicken.  

They also serve Thai and Filipino food.  We got a Filipino dessert called Halo-Halo.   It was very weird.  It was a little bit of everything: Shaved ice, purple ice-cream, some type of jelly, giant tapioca balls, jello, jelly candy, plantain, milk.. I don't really know what it all was and it tasted weird too.  But it was fun to try!  The owners were nice and we had a good time!