I just love downtown so much...

I haven't been very good about posting.  I wonder if I should just begin in the present rather than try to catch up, but I think it's good for me to remember these things and put in words my memory of them.  So, I'm going to do my best to catch up as quickly as possible.

One weekend in September I found myself downtown three days in a row for three different reasons.  Funny enough, this was just a few days after our trip downtown I mentioned in my last post.  I just love to go downtown, apparently.  The first one was an outing with my friend and neighbor, Amanda.  We had a whole bunch of things we wanted to see and do downtown so we finally made the trip.  Along the way we discovered other things that we wanted to see but wouldn't have time for so we will have to come again.  Perhaps in the Spring.

Our main plan was to take a tour of the Beehive house.  We were on our way there when Amanda mentioned that she had never been to the top of the Church Office Building.  Luckily, it was open for another 15 minutes.  We hurried over and they took us up.  We saw so many fun things we decided that we would have to come back to see them all.  Our tour guide mentioned that Brigham Young's grave is just up the hill east of the plaza which was news to Amanda who grew up in California.  I remember accidentally finding it in high school once but I hadn't really thought to go back.  We decided that we must see it while we were there.

 First we decided to take the tour of the Beehive house.  It was neat.  Apparently, you can't go upstairs though because the stairs are getting too old.

 I didn't have my camera, but my phone had impressed me on our last trip so I didn't hold back.

 Then we walked up the hill to the small graveyard where Brigham Young is buried.  It was neat.

One of our secondary, but very important, objectives was to eat at the Lion House Pantry.  We went there last.

We saw them take out a fresh pan of rolls and just couldn't wait to try one ourselves.  It was a tasty dinner and a fun trip.  Can't wait for the next one.

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The next day my trip downtown involved Jaaromy and Video Games Live.  We went last time they were in town and it was super fun so I was really excited to go again.  I bought tickets as soon as they went on sale even though Jaaromy didn't seem as excited as I was.  Apparently, he forgot that I got tickets because a few months later for my birthday he gave me tickets.  He was embarrassed that he had forgotten that I had already purchased tickets.  We tried to sell them but there were no takers.  We decided to use the tickets he bought because they were in the ninth row.  So close!  So, his birthday present worked out after all.

Look how close we are!  This was the costume contest.  One day I might consider putting together a costume.  It might be fun.

It was a fun concert, and we had amazing seats.  I'm glad we went, even though I'm not as familiar with as many of the games as I used to be.

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The next day found me downtown for the third time.  This time for regional conference.  It was with the whole family this time.  I was a little concerned about parking, so Jaaromy dropped us off out front and we found a seat while he parked the car.

 I think the boys liked seeing the inside of the conference center.  They've only seen it on tv.

 I felt bad because Jonathan forgot his glasses.  Nathaniel was nice enough to let him look through his for a bit so he could see around the room.  They were patient while we waited for dad to park the car and for the conference to start.

We had pretty good seats here too.  It was a great conference, I really enjoyed the talks.

It was a fun weekend full of traveling for me.  I like downtown...depending on what we're doing.  These were all the best things about downtown for me.  The only way I could have made it better was by visiting the planetarium. :)