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!

Minute to Win It!

YES! Victory! I win! 

Mountain Road Trip Story

Our life is so exciting!  I just wanted to post a small tidbit of our fun adventure.  We decided to take a drive down south for the day:) 

This is a picture of an actual dwarf monk house.  It's a place of solitude.  As you can see in this picture it's nice and dry.  It was a nice day... so nice, it was suspicious.  We felt like we were being watched. 

 

As we drove through one of the canyons there was plenty of untouched white snow!  This is a picture of a rare evergreen grove that only grows in parallel  lines along fault lines along the Wasatch Front.  The seismic activity allows them to grow where other trees cannot.  We were lucky to see these.  It took us several hours to get to the peak here.

 

We noticed some foot prints and didn't think much of it.  There was a leaf next to one of them and so I got a picture because I thought it looked cool. Just picture it:  A leaf hangs on through the winter and is the last remaining on the tree through the blizzards and snow.  It finally falls on a hot spring day soaking in the sun and melting the snow slowly.  As the snow continues to melt it will gently be laid on the ground as the snow melts beneath it and it will become one with the Earth, like a Ninja.

 

As I was pondering my photo, Chelsea said, "look a cool little shack!"  I looked down the ravine and snapped a picture.  It said no trespassing, but we didn't care because we wanted to get some pictures! So we went slowly down the ravine to get a closer look at this mysterious little shack.  Right then, two police officers jumped out and started chasing us, yelling "No Trespassing. No Trespassing!"  It was a set up.  They knew we were coming!

 

Chelsea ducked behind a tree.  Isaiah wasn't so lucky.  Confused, he was stuck in the snow and couldn't get away.  I knew I had to help him get out before they could catch him.

 

Luckily, I had recently learned the art of walking on frozen water from the ancient ungie warrior master,  Chuan Yeung.  You can see the state of concentration I am in by may facial expression.  Also note the pure balance over six feet of snow.  These police officers didn't know what they were up against. I saved Isaiah, but where was Chelsea? - I thought to myself.

 

As I got away with my ninja moves, I saw they had got Chelsea and put her in the police car hidden around the bend.  I couldn't let that happen, so I went to save her too...

 

...But I was too late.  They took her to jail.  It was okay though, she only had to be there for like five minutes.  I broke open the bars with my Ninja Warrior strength and we rode off on my trusty stead. Which is a Percheron Goliath by the way, which is really cool.

 

This story is obviously true and is really good.  No animals were hurt during our adventure.  One got close but I saved it with my ninja moves because I'm smooth like that.  I love Chelsea and even though she is an escaped convict she is a good person.  I'll always protect her with my incredible ninja muscle strength no matter what.  I hope you had fun reading this post:) - Aaron