Traveling Through the Snow

Since Nate was going to lose all his vacation time if he didn't use it before this week, he took a day off Friday and we went to Salt Lake City. First we decided to visit the Aviary. Unfortunately for us, it decided to snow a lot that day. It started to snow on us soon after we got to the Aviary. We were very cold, and most of the birds seemed cold too. Many of the birds took shelter inside, but we still enjoyed the ones that were out. The snow also made travel slow and a bit dangerous in our car that is not built to travel well in such conditions, but we were still blessed with a safe trip.

Golden Eagles

Bald Eagle

Seeing the flamingos in the snow made us laugh a bit...

After going to the Aviary, we spent a little time in one of the visitor centers on Temple Square. Then we changed clothes and attended a session in the Salt Lake City Temple. That was a wonderful experience. The only other time I had been in the Salt Lake City temple was several years ago doing baptisms while a couple friends of mine got married there. After finishing the session and changing our clothes again we walked around Temple Square enjoying the lights and taking pictures. Then we listened to a high school choir perform Christmas music in the Assembly Hall before returning home. It was a fantastic day.

Saturday we drove to Logan through more snow to visit Nate's sister Melissa and her family. We gave them their Christmas presents, visited with them, and helped Melissa paint ornaments to give to the mothers of preemies in the hospital. We also played with our nephews and watched them open our gifts. Above is a picture of our nephew Micah and below is Nate receiving a huge hug from our nephews Simon, Max, and Scotty.