Okay, so we are kinda a religious family:-). Not that this is a surprise to anyone. We are Mormons (officially members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--long name, I know!!), and the center/headquarters for the Mormon church is in Salt Lake City, UT. Utah is also where a lot of our family lives and where Kevin and I attended college (BYU) and met/married.
Long story short, Utah has a lot of meaning for us!
That said, we started a tradition when Porter turned 12 that each of the kids would get to go on a special trip (the boys with K and Mae with me) to Utah for that special birthday (in our church 12 is when they transition from "Primary"--kids group--to "Young Men"/"Young Women"--youth group). The plan would be to visit Temple Square, attend at least one session of General Conference (where we hear from our church leaders), maybe visit BYU campus, and of course hang out with family!!
So here is Porter & K's trip from the first weekend in October 2013.
Entrance to Temple Square
SLC Temple
Christus in the Visitors Center
Bronze statue of Joseph Smith (& I believe Hyrum Smith)
Another Statue of Joseph Smith
Model of the SLC temple
Hmm. Not entirely sure, but I'm guessing Joseph Smith again;)
Bowling at BYU
Apparently Kevin got a good score
Porter stuffing himself at Tucanos Brazilian Grill
Attending general conference
Night view of Temple Square
Awesome tradition!
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