First Stop in Our Trip to Idaho: Salt Lake City - Temple Square

My mom and I recently took the kids up to Idaho to visit Joel's parents. Yes, the same parents that live 4 houses down from us in the fall. :) Grandma and Grandpa bought a condo in Idaho Falls (where Grandma is from) and plan to spend the summers there. Joel and I took Carter a couple of summers ago and had a great time, so we were really looking forward to our trip.

We decided to break the trip to Idaho up a little as it's quite a bit to do in one day. With two kids. No naps. A GranJan. A pack-mule...er... mom. Two flights... And a three hour drive to finish. But don't worry... we had THREE dvd players.

That being said. We flew from here to Phoenix and Phoenix to Salt Lake. This trip was actually MUCH better than the last time we flew. The kids were great. A little wiggly, but... geez... they're 18 months and almost 3. Way better than expected.

ANYWAY... we spent the night in Salt Lake after we finally found our condo (no thanks to the Garmin that never picked up a signal until we were in the parking lot of the condo). Everyone eventually went to sleep (Laney - who wanted to stay up and chat and play until 11), and we had some time the next day to venture around town the next morning before finishing up our trip into Idaho Falls.

We walked over to Temple Square as it was literally about 50 yards from the condo. Beautiful, beautiful grounds. There were brides having pictures done left and right. I've never seen so many girls in gowns! Wow...

Anyway, here are a few shots from the morning:

Seriously, the flowers and landscaping were gorgeous. So different than here. Things actually GROW in the summer!

I thought this office building was interesting. It was super tall.

The reflecting pond (I guess that's what it was) next to the temple was so pretty. I was just able to get the whole reflection in the water. Unfortunately, I was also able to get the little construction truck that had been cleaning the windows as well. Ugh... oh well)

I had to include this picture. I'd like to think this phase is now over (as I type), but for a while there, Carter never left the house without his entourage. Usually, this included BB, Penguin, ambulance, piggy key chain, a plethora of cars and/or dinosaurs, and whatever the item-of-the-day happened to be. We could only take so many things on the plane, so this picture just includes him with the 'traveling squad.' His collection did grow, however, after we got to Idaho Falls and he saw all the toys in the basement.