Temples, Cemeteries, and the D.I.

Mom, Mindy, Katie and I took a girls trip to Utah last weekend to go to the Hulse reunion! I took a lot of picture so prepare yourself. Although none of the pictures are from the ACTUAL reunion, we had a lot of fun (well I did at least!)

Our first stop was in Logan. I haven't been to see Grandma Swany in a very long time, in fact, I had almost forgotten what her house looked like!

 We visited Grandpa :)

 These lovely pieces of art belong to my father. You better cross your fingers they are passed to you someday!!

 The toy room!

 Cortez!! (Also a belonging of my father!)

Mindy and I had a fierce game of Phase Ten in the car. Don't believe her when she says she won!

 

While driving I mentioned to mom that someday I would like to own "The Work and The Glory" series. Mindy suggest that we could probably find them at the D.I.'s in Utah. So we started our trek, first in Logan..

 

We then moved on to Brigham City, first to see the new temple. Don't worry, we stopped at the D.I. there too.

 

 

From there we spent the day at the Salt Lake City Cemetery, I've always wanted to go and find all of the Prophets that are buried there. And we did!!! The sprinklers made it a hard hard task! So here they are! (I put them in order for the sake of my OCD)

 

Joseph Smith Jr.- Not located in SLC. Burried in Nauvoo, Illinois

 

Brigham Young: In a private cemetery in Downtown SLC

 

 

 John Taylor (came third we know!)

 

then Wilford Woodruff

 

Lorenzo Snow (Located in Brigham City, we actually had to stop there on the way home because we didn't seem to think of it when we were there!)

 

Joseph F. Smith (remember the F!)

 

Heber J. Grant

 

 

and George Albert Smith

 

 

 David O. McKay

 

was followed by Joseph Fielding Smith

 

Then Harold B. Lee

 

Spencer W. Kimball

 

Ezra Taft Benson (Buried in Whitney, Idaho!)

 

Howard W. Hunter

 

Gordon B. Hinckley

 

 

Here are some other notables we found in the cemetery!

 

A monument to Hyrum Smith

 

Porter Rockwell

Orson Pratt

 Eliza R. Snow (buried in the same cemetery as Brigham Young)

 

Bruce R. McConkie

 

James E. Talmage

 

After our adventure in the cemetery we took a cool break from the sun in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

 

We then proceeded to the South Salt Lake and the Murray D.I.

 

The next day we took a stop at the Bountiful D.I. and made our way to the reunion. I had a special friend stop by when we were there...

My roommate Stacey stopped by and I got to see her baby belly! :)

 

After, we made some stops in Bountiful..

 

 

It was a short trip but we had a lot of fun on the way home we made ONE last stop..

Golden Spike Memorial! (More like, piece of wood in the middle of nowhere!)

Looking West

 Looking East

 Where the tracks met!

 The Tracks meet where the flag pole is..

 The Monument!

 

 

Saw one last temple on the way home..

 

After a long time in the car (and finishing my book "Undaunted") we made it home...

and well...

 

I got them ALL! :) (and some extras!)

 

It was a fun trip ladies! :) Let's do it again sometime!! :)