We were lucky enough to be on Temple Square when there was an organ concert. It was amazing, though we had to keep the kids outrageously quiet because the acoustics in the Tabernacle are outstanding.
Forewarning to you. This video is a little fuzzy and NOT steady, I suggest closing your eyes and just listening to the music. I was videoing and dealing with kids at the same time. So sorry.
Thomas S. Monson is the current Prophet and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is an amazing man with an amazing testimony.
There were all sorts of weddings going on today. Aspen was so excited to see all the different Brides. Therefore we were lucky enough to get to walk right around the Temple. It is such a beautiful building and such a neat experience for the kids.
The last time I walked around the Temple was in 1993 when they celebrated the Centennial of it's dedication.
This is the Oquirrh Temple. The name Oquirrh comes from the Oquirrh Mountain which is close by, it's pronounced: o-ker. That's London and Aspen sitting on the flower box in front.
From the front of the Oquirrh Temple you look down into the Salt Lake Valley. And from there you can see the new Draper Temple and
the West Jordan Temple and
the Salt Lake Temple, which I didn't get a shot of cause the kids were ready to go. It was a wonderful day, and 1 in a million that our kids actually got to attend an Open House. I've only ever been to the Open House of the Bountiful Temple. We got to help put booties on people as they entered to help keep the Temple carpets clean. These things don't happen often, so if you have the time go see this Open House while you can.
Kids went on their own hike. They were so excited I let them go all by themselves. :) They were gone for a grand total of 2 minutes, but MAN! Those 2 minutes of adventure took 15 mins to tell us what all had happened when they got back. 
Sicily's most favorite past time in the forest is throwing rocks in the river with Aunt Marlene.
I on the other hand, thought I'd cross the river. And after telling my kids to not fall in, what did I do? Lost my footing and stepped right in the deepest spot.
Aspen on the other hand got a little too brave and went down with the ship. Well....almost.
We did have fun teaching our boys how to be proper Pyros. I eventually had to force Phoenix to throw his stick in the fire, it got down to about 6 inches long at that point.
Time for some Marshmallows. Jared got the coals just glowing and perfect for some nice brown toasting.
Sicily on the other hand didn't want to bother with the toasting part. "Just go for the Mallow," she says.
And when you're on a crazy vacation, like we are, you don't exactly carry a bucket in the back of your car. So when it's time to put out the fire you use the next best thing. Yes...those are snorkeling goggles.
There is another Chinese restaurant close to Salt Lake City, UT. I'm not sure what it's called but we went there for my brother Evan's wedding luncheon. Evan served his mission in Sydney, Australia but spoke Mandarin Chinese. This restaurant (I will find out the name) was VERY authentic. We ate ducks head (brains and all), Chicken Feet (they're deep fried), Tripe (which I thought was fish till I was informed, after I ate it, that it's cow intestines) and all sorts of other nasty stuff. The new in-laws all went out for McDonald's afterwards. And the new bride, had an upset stomach the rest of the evening. So fun to branch out and try new things.
Evan and Esther had to get their kids home to bed. But not until Jared and I gave each of them Piggy Back rides and spun them all till WE were sick. Jared was even brave enough to carry Phoenix (on the back), Lincoln and Romney all at the same time. 
When he was good and tired they were not about to let him lie still. Everyone was clambering for another ride so Jared ran away, UP the tree. I think he made it about 4 stories up before Phoenix's pleadings finally brought him down. HE just knew Jared was going to fall, so worried for his Daddy.
He did not want to be in the picture. So I did what any good Aunt would do. I chased him down and trapped him behind the TV. Got a good smile out of it though. :)
All the lines are cast.
Aspen decided to cast into the tree and not the water, Papa did an excellent job of extracting her line. We teased her the rest of the day that we were Fishing not Birding.
After about 6 no go bites on London's line, Phoenix was the first to catch a fish. He actually caught 2 but they both got away at the last minute.
Though a few minutes later Phoenix's fish came floating to the surface. But they were not wasted. Amazingly enough Idaho has Pelicans, they swam in for a free meal.
So first we fed the Ground Squirrels, then the boys went onto a friends Ranch and shot over 1,000 of them. There is a crazy infestation of these rodents and they are wreaking havoc on the fields. These boys had fun! And yes, Phoenix is crying, it was just too long of a hunt for a 4 year old. But he did shoot a few first. London was better with the pistol than the rifle.
Erin with the crazy Peacock that was flirting with the Wallaby's.
Great Grandma Walker has an enormous garden of vegetables and flowers. Aspen took MANY, MANY shots of all her beautiful flowers. This is one of her Poppies, they were everywhere.
Last but not least the best toy in the world. Not sure what it's called exactly but the marbles roll back and forth, back and forth. And when you have a metal bucket with about 100 marbles this toy gets rather loud. Therefore they were all banished to the computer room where there was a door. :)
This is always a fun past time at every Grandmas house. My Grandma had a ditch close by we would dam up and flood the yard. Adds a bit more adventure to the swing. Great Grandma Walker has one too but it was just a bit too cold today for swim suits.
Great Grandpa Walker has the coolest house in the world. After seeing hundreds of cows on our drive up to Idaho we finally got to get in the middle of them. Better yet, we got to chase them on the 4-Wheeler. G-Grandpa is the best, he took all the kids out then let me take Sicily who laughed and giggled over every bump we hit. I even got us stuck in a mud puddle for a few minutes.
Top off the visit with a pretend ride on the tractor and these city kids could be farm folk soon.
