Salt Lake City into New Mexico. Day 51

Bobo saw these temples and said, "Does a princess live here?"

We wanted to just see a bit of Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

The temple.  In the visitor center, there is an exact model

replica of the temple (pictured below).  You must be invited into the temple.

We just cannot accept that Joseph Smith was the first person

to receive the authority of God since Jesus...this visit

provoked some great questions from Deveraux and a good

conversation for us.

We toured both visitor centers.  There has been much time,

care, and money put into the Temple Square and deep

conviction with no inhibition of belief.  I talked to one

 missionary young woman giving her 18 months of her

life to the Mormon Church.  Several of the missionaries

were assigned to the visitor center to give tours and

answer questions.

Leaving Salt Lake City and headed to Albuquerque, NM

Bobo wanted me to include this picture.

Ahhhh snow, glorious snow!

This is at one of our gas stops on the way to New Mexico, this is

where we were going to meet my sister and her family the following

day and then we would all head to El Paso, Texas.  Well we hit major snow!

It was really treacherous driving.  We canceled our Hotel

reservations in Albuquerque because we didn't think we would

make it.  We even followed a snow plow.  There were points

where Andrew could barely see on a two lane highway in the

middle of "no-where" Utah.  Well, the weather cleared as soon

as we hit Cortez, CO and we called and re-booked our Albuquerque

reservations and pulled in a bit weary but relieved at 2 am.

Park City. Day 50

Just getting back to posting....Just back from Colorado where I did not have Internet access for 9 days and prior to that we were in Mexico...so here is to catching up!

We decided to venture out and check out the

Olympic Park down the road in Park City.

Grrrr bears!

This floor of the building is dedicated mostly to showcasing Utah's

great skiing and show the history of skiing.  We also saw a display on the

 women who will represent the US in 2014 in the first time ever event of

Women's ski jumping...all the women are from Utah.

My husband and daughter like to lovingly tease me that my

hair is now red...mmmmm

GO!

The kiddos tries out a virtual ski ride.

The next day when we left Park City, I told the kids that someday

they would try skiing...Bobo said, "At least we got to see pictures

of people skiing."

The upstairs was a museum dedicated to telling

the Olmpic story when it was held in Utah.

Shout out to Carter and Anders!  (Our cousins who love hockey)

Medals!

Pretty cool that day we were able to see a Gold Cup Bob Sledding event.

They go sooooo fast!  It was really fun to see an Olympic-type event in person.

The Olympic park is used for events, practice for

Olympians, education, and lessons.

When we were all back in the car, Bobo asked,

How did we all like that adventure?"

We liked it Bobo!

Then we had some dates...this time Dev and I and

Drew and Bobo.  But once again, we met up in the same

spot for warm drinks!  It was really snowing and providing

coziness and a good way to see our last day in Park City!

Deveraux and I had fun asking each other questions like,

"If you could open any business what would it be..." or

"Describe your perfect day" and "Name your favorite activities..."

 

We also celebrated Day 50 of our trip  I asked our family what was

a favorite so far....Deveraux said, "feeding seals in Victoria, Canada."

Bobo said, "being on the road seeing things and the seals". And

Andrew said, "riding the sand dunes."  I think of many mine would

be seeing Bobo dive in the pool and watching Deveraux's delight

when we had our time at the Empress for tea in Victoria.

 

Deveraux wearing my shoes out for the first time, of course

still big...but wearable.

Then I got to hit town a bit while Drew took the kids swimming, it

was wonderfully cold and beautiful walking the town.

We cooked dinner every night while in Park City, a nice

break from restaurants!

This is how we ended the night.  Sometimes Bobo will need a nighttime

snack if he didn't eat enough earlier.  Here is "taking care" of

two yogurts,,,one of his favorite foods!

Drew's Pajamas...

We had started the process of packing early in the night,

we still had some work to accomplish.  We defiantly

spread out our week here!

Tomorrow Salt Lake City and then on to New Mexico and Mexico!

I think it will be fantastic.  I have a bit of the butterfly's thinking

of seeing family and our mission trip, exciting stuff!!

In Philippians we read, "Life with Christ means

He provides encouragement, comfort, fellowship, tenderness,

and compassion so we can face what lies ahead."

Good promises that can actually be true!