Temple Square

Two great things about Temple Square:
1. It's free
2. There is A/C in the buildings (ours is out at home and we've been dying)

We usually visit Temple Square in December to look at the Christmas lights and rarely spend our time in the Visitor's Centers. We started our visit in the North Visitor's Center.
The kids loved taking the escalators down to the basement. There are great models, displays and videos that explain about the scriptures. It included prophets from the old testament, new testament, Book of Mormon and latter-day prophets. There is also an amazing display about the Church humanitarian efforts around the world. My kids loved pushing the buttons to watch the videos and looking at the manequins that were all dressed up.

On the main floor is a very neat model of Jerusalem. When you push buttons, it highlights places on the model and shows you where things are such as the Garden of Gethsemane and the Hill of Calvary. There are also beautiful paintings of the Savior's life.

The upstairs was definitely a favorite. It's where the Christus statue is. It doesn't matter how old I get, I still marvel at this beautiful statue with the stars and planets around it.

We went inside the Tabernacle. The kids were amazed at the architecture and the sister missionaries were very informative about the building.
We also loved the exhibit about the building of the Salt Lake Temple in the South Visitor's Center. They have tools and blueprints, yolk and wagons, and hand-carved furniture from the temple.

We enjoyed the reflecting pool in front of the temple and the beautiful flowers by the Church Office Building. There is a lot of construction going on this summer- both inside and outside of temple square. They are busy working on the City Creek project across the road and inside, they have torn up a lot of sidewalks. But it didn't take away from the incredible beauty and awesome peace that is always found at Temple Square!