Utah trip - Part Two!

Saturday

We all had to get up pretty early to go meet Kyle near Salt Lake. We drove into town and found parking pretty easy! We had to be at the conference center at least an hour before and in our seats half an hour before. We were in the nosebleeds seats. But it's also called celestial seats since we were in the balcony! Once it started, it was really cool to see how everything goes behind the camera. 

We heard some really good talks. Like really good. Good to the point where you want to change so many parts of your life! It's extremely special when it feels like the speaker is actually talking to you! And that was so great to experience. 

After the first session, we went to Kyle's car and all went to Cafe Rio. While there, we also met up with Keaton's twin brother Austen and his girlfriend Caitlin. This was our first time meeting her! And we all got a good picture together! 

We went back to temple square for the second session of conference. We didn't have tickets for that session, so we went into the tabernacle where conference used to be held. It was kind of warm in there, but it was still good to be in the building and be part of that. 

We went into the north visitors Center again for all of us to see the Jesus Christ statue. 
We also went in front of the temple and sat down and chatted for a bit. 

The boys has tickets for priesthood session in the conference center, so when they left for that, Megan and I went to City Creek mall to meet with Emily and Katherine Burchett. They are originally from Utah and their family lived in PEI for a long time until they moved back. We had Chick-Fil-A with them and talked about a lot! 
Megan and I went back into the Deseret bookstore and shopped a bit more while we waited for the boys to eat after priesthood. (They also went to Chick-Fil-A!)

(Megan, Emily, myself, and Katherine!)

We all started to head back to Bountiful after that. Megan, Jeff, and Kyle all went together to get a few things at Target for our Sunday picnic. Keaton and I went to Coldstone Creamery for an ice cream date and drove up to see the Bountiful Temple. The gates were locked so we couldn't walk around, so we parked close by and had a good talk. 

We went back to Joy's house to meet up with everyone else and chatted for a while. Then went to bed!

Sunday

We had to get up even earlier. But it was so worth it so we could go to the conference center for a program called Music and the Spoken Word, where Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings specially selected songs that correlate to a speaking section.

Once conference started that morning, we were so blessed to be able to hear from President Thomas S. Monson, our amazing and beloved prophet. Megan cried through the whole thing. Can anyone blame her?! He's a prophet of God! And spoke amazing words!

After that session, we sat outside on the square for our picnic lunch. And it was Kyle's birthday. We brought him a Cheesecake and lit some candles on it and sang happy birthday. A lot of others on the square sang along! Then it started to rain a bit. We hid under a tree for a few minutes then went into the visitors center. 

Once the rain cleared, we sat outside in the sun and talked a bit. We didn't have tickets for the Sunday afternoon session, so we sat outside and listened since they play it on loud speakers throughout the square. It was rather hard to listen to, but we did what we could. At least we had a good view of the temple!

After the session was done, Keaton and I walked around the temple a little more. There were people singing hymns on the streets which were amazing. I called it "Conference Carolling". 

Keaton then had to leave since they had a 17 hour drive back to Edmonton. 
It was hard to say goodbye, as it always is. I did my best to stay calm until we got back to Joy's house, where I was a little emotional. But I got back up and had dinner with Joy's kids and their friends. Megan and I then relaxed for a while. Joy's parents came over and we had brownies and ice cream and played Five Crowns with them.

Megan and I then went to bed because we were just SO tired!

Continue on to Part Three to read about the adventures Megan and I had in Provo and at the zoo!