my new stomping grounds

I am blogging a little out of order here...but a few weeks ago Rudy came into town during my fall break {loveeee working at a school!} and so we were able to do some sight seeing of my new town. I love that Rudy loves to go to museums with me! It made for the best tourist weekend. 

We were able to go to soooo many places! I loved seeing all of these great sites and learning more about the pioneer history of Utah.

Rudy's great great great great..etc...grandpa is Truman O. Angell and he basically designed alllllll of Utah. Like seriously, ever single plaque shows that he was the architect. His legacy lives on through the Salt Lake Temple, the Beehive & Lion House, the Capitol building, the city arch on State St., and the first buildings of the city where City Creek now stands. It was really cool to see how much he influenced this city.

one of the first places we went to was the Beehive House. 

This house was designed for Brigham Young living quarters as well as his office while serving as Territorial Governor for the State of Dessert and President of the Church. 

It is so beautiful inside! I would never have thought that the building would have been so ornate for so long ago.

}Did you know that the pioneers created their own language!? Ya, neither did I...but here is the BOM in that language}

{BY's bed, cane and hat}

{Brother Brigham was a carpenter, and these were his tools}

This was the office for President of the Church and was also used as the office for the presidents up until Joseph F. Smith. Both him and Lorenzo Snow died in this home. Many important doctrines were revealed in this room. (most of which I cant remember now) 

We went to the top of the Church Administration Building to see the view of SLC.

I had forgotten how amazing that view is! Being up there did remind me of my sweet Grandma Jytta and how much she loved being a volunteer there. It was such a clear day and such a beautiful site. 

From there we went to Brigham Young's gravesite. Our Church Admin tour guide told us how to get there {you see that street, go up there, past the yellow car and the red car and the blue car but not past the yellow house....haha}

I loved that his gravesite was right in the heart of the city in such a peaceful and serene park. 

We also hit up the Church History Museum.

A little overwhelming but so interesting. 

I just love knowing that pioneers settled this land and being able to see the transformation of the Salt Lake Valley. One of the things I thought was the most fascinating were the remnants of the night of Joseph Smith's death.

{The watch that save John Taylor's life, the cane which Willard Richards beat back the mob and the guns the Prophet Joseph used to shot back. WOW.}

I also learned that the Saints had their own money system in SLC. President Young use to sign each and every money note that was distributed throughout the city.

However my favorite part was the section of the Church Presidents. We worked so hard on memorizing all of their names and learning what they focused on most while President. 

I think we were there for like 3 hours. 

Dont worry, we went and saw lots more sites too!