Monday, August 30, 2010

Friday, December 18, 2009

On Sunday, December 13, 2009, my brother-in-law, Jeremy, came back into town for a few days from Texas. He had to finish up a few things with his Unit with the Air National Guard here in Salt Lake before he could officially transfer down to Texas, so he came and stayed with us for a few days while he did so.

Friday, December 18, 2009 - While he was here, we decided to take a trip downtown to see Temple Square all lit up for the Holidays. It's always so beautiful! It was really cold, but enjoyable to see the beauty of Temple Square! Jeremy, Matt, and I, and a couple that are friends with Jeremy all went down that night. Here are some pictures......

This is a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. (It's always very busy downtown at this time of year as well.....so you can see some of the people that were also there that night in the picture.)

This is the Nativity Scene.






















Here are some random pictures of some of the lights. There are thousands on all of the trees! (Matt is proud to point out that his work, Sprinkler World, helps to supply a lot of these lights.)
































This is the old Assembly Hall all lit up.

Here's a picture of Matt and I.

This is another Nativity Scene that is displayed in the huge fountain. It's gorgeous the way it reflects off the water!









The Salt Lake Temple, along with the Nativity Scene in the fountain.











There is water that runs down in another gorgeous fountain along the length of the Church Office Building and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. It runs right between the 2 buildings. Here are a couple pictures of that.









They had some Nativity Scenes from a few other countries displayed around Temple Square as well.








Here are some lanterns that are lit up all along the fountains, etc. They represent all of the different countries and languages all over the world.






Another beautiful shot of the Salt Lake Temple with the lights.









There are horse carriages that are run all over downtown....all throughout the year. Here are a couple of them.....lit up with lights as well.







Thanks for coming to visit us Jeremy!! We sure do miss you and your family!!