Pictures of Kate on General Conference Weekend
Isn't she a doll?
A beautiful girl in a beautiful dress in front of a beautiful painting!
Riding Trax - a favorite!
"Open the Gates of the Temple!"
A picture of the Salt Lake Temple from this vantage point is a tradition now!
She loves the story of John Rowe Moyle who carved "Holiness to the LordThe House of the Lord" (etc.)
on the temple at GREAT sacrifice so she took a close-up picture of it.
We had a great visit with three of the sister missionaries on temple square!They challenged HER to go on a mission!
The Easter bunny brought her a little replica of himself. She loved teasing Grandpa with her little furry "Niblet"!Little "Katie Bug" as we have always called her is our newest little 8-year-old grandchild and with that milestone birthday comes the opportunity to attend General Conference with Grandma and Grandpa. We thank Lori and Brad for sharing her with us for the weekend. She was an angel and we had a most wonderful time with her. She was completely enthralled and in awe of the Conference Center and wanted to see it all before Conference started. We, of course, did not have time to tour all of it, but thanks to Grandpa saving seats, we saw quite a bit. You will see pictures of her at several of her favorite spots. We looked at all of the Arnold Frieberg Book of Mormon paintings on display there and without hesitation, Kate could tell me the story behind each one. It was impressive to say the least. For the sessions themselves we were blessed to have seats on the Plaza (first) level and only about 12 rows from the front and in the section left of the pulpit. She was thrilled to be so close and enjoyed counting the organ pipes as well as seeing President Monson and the 12 Apostles that near to us. She seemed to enjoy conference which was aided by the Conference packet her mom had prepared for her from lds.org.
Grandpa, Kate and I also spent some time in the brand new flagship Deseret Book directly south of Temple Square before he headed to the Priesthood Session. I think she may have a little claustrophia like her Grandpa because a little of that went a long way! It is an amazing store, however! But it was VERY crowded as you can imagine! During Priesthood Meeting, Kate and I spent time in the Joseph Smith Building even enjoying some yummy Chocolate Cinnamon Cake at the Garden Room. The Joseph Smith Statue, looking out at the temple from the 10th floor, and looking at the gorgeous chandelier from the mezzanine were some of her favorites there.
Adventures on the Plaza and Temple Square included the reflecting pool, enjoying the gorgeous spring flowers, the fountain south of the Church Office Building, visiting with three of the sister missionaries, and spending lots of time in the North Visitors Center where we visited the Christus statue, watched the Testaments movie, and enjoyed all the dioramas and interactive scripture story displays. She was a bundle of energy and just a delight.
Oh, another thing Kate thoroughly enjoyed during the weekend was eating two meals at Sizzler! We found out this little girl absolutely LOVES watermelon and chicken wings...but especially watermelon! She could have made a meal on just that!
Greg and I are so blessed to have this opportunity to attend Conference in Salt Lake and to take our little grandkids with us. We will enjoy this privilege as long as it is available to us and take as many of our little ones as we can.
Grandpa, Kate and I also spent some time in the brand new flagship Deseret Book directly south of Temple Square before he headed to the Priesthood Session. I think she may have a little claustrophia like her Grandpa because a little of that went a long way! It is an amazing store, however! But it was VERY crowded as you can imagine! During Priesthood Meeting, Kate and I spent time in the Joseph Smith Building even enjoying some yummy Chocolate Cinnamon Cake at the Garden Room. The Joseph Smith Statue, looking out at the temple from the 10th floor, and looking at the gorgeous chandelier from the mezzanine were some of her favorites there.
Adventures on the Plaza and Temple Square included the reflecting pool, enjoying the gorgeous spring flowers, the fountain south of the Church Office Building, visiting with three of the sister missionaries, and spending lots of time in the North Visitors Center where we visited the Christus statue, watched the Testaments movie, and enjoyed all the dioramas and interactive scripture story displays. She was a bundle of energy and just a delight.
Oh, another thing Kate thoroughly enjoyed during the weekend was eating two meals at Sizzler! We found out this little girl absolutely LOVES watermelon and chicken wings...but especially watermelon! She could have made a meal on just that!
Greg and I are so blessed to have this opportunity to attend Conference in Salt Lake and to take our little grandkids with us. We will enjoy this privilege as long as it is available to us and take as many of our little ones as we can.
Things we love about Kate in no particular order:
- beautiful red hair and a constant reminder to us of her mom as a little girl
- contagious smile and sweet attitude
- boundless energy
- love of good food - especially watermelon!
- love of stuffed animals
- love of the scriptures
- love of her parents
- love of her brothers
- her willingness to forgo one session of conference so we could go out and visit my brother, Craig.
- her complete honesty
- her sense of humor
- She'll still hold my hand
- her good attitude about a not so wonderful hotel room!
- She loves Grandma and Grandpa and lets us know it!
1 comment:
Oh my heavens, she is such a little doll! I love the picture with the huge plate of dessert....she looks a bit overwhelmed. You are right..a beautiful girl in a beautiful white dress. Morg's is looking so forward to October Conference with Kate.
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