Church History Museum

Over spring break Jared had to go to Salt Lake to register to take the NCLEX (test so he can be licensed as a nurse) and it really was only going to take 10 minutes, so instead of making that stupid, almost-pointless trip alone, we decided to go and do something as a family.  We went to the Church History Museum because the boys have never been there, and we might be moving away soon, so it could be the last chance we have to go.

They were surprised at how big the statue of Moroni is.  It looks so much smaller on the top of the temple.

Joey was really looking forward to seeing John Taylor's pocket watch.  When Joseph Smith and John Taylor were in jail a mob burst in to kill them.  Joseph jumped out the window to draw the mob away from the others in the room, and they shot and killed him as he jumped.  John Taylor was also shot, but the bullet hit his watch, which he had in his breast pocket, saving his life.  The boys probably like the story because it involves a deadly weapon and an amazing stroke of luck.

There were a lot of fun things for the boys to do.  They fished on a boat (Nephi's, I think).  Allie got in on the fun with this one, with the help of dad.

Jason abridged the Book of Mormon and we buried Joey in these huge blocks ( meant to build a temple, probably).

It was fun.  Not as fun to the boys as say, swimming or the nickel asrcade, but they enjoyed themselves enough.  I'm glad we went because with Mitt Romney in the limelight these days the church is receiving a lot of bad press.  It was a good reminder to me that though it's not perfect because the people weren't perfect, it was founded on faith and obedience and is a beautiful thing.