HEAVEN - Don't Miss it for the World!

Friday was our ward's Youth Conference. Our theme was "Heaven-Don't Miss it for the World". It was an all day adventure that started at 6:30am and lasted until mindnight! Although it was a very long day-it was a lot of fun! {Especially because Dave got to come along too!!!} We met at the church {EARLY} for breakfast and then started our day off miniature golfing at Toads {I scored 2 holes in 1-woohoo!}, then we went on a tour at the Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake. The tour was so awesome! If you havn't been there-you need to go! It is so amazing to me how wonderful our church is, how much members do, and how much we help the less fortunate all around the world! It was a real eye opener for me, and I left with a feeling that I can do SO much better! After that we picked up lunch at Subway and then headed to the Hogle Zoo :) It always seems like, in years past, whenever I go to the zoo that the animals are either sleeping, hiding, or just not there. But this time ALL the animals were out and pretty active. It was really fun to see. My favorites were the cute penguins, the monkeys and the "Ghost of the Bayou" {the albino gator}. We spent several hours there and even rode the train. After the zoo we toured the Conference Center dowtown. What an amazing structure! I have been in the building several times before, but had never been on a tour. Again, something that is a must if you havn't. After the tour we watched the Joseph Smith movie at the Joseph Smith Memorial building. I love that movie! It was neat to see how the youth reacted to seeing it {most for the first time}. You cannot watch that film without being totally overcome with the spirit! After the movie we had reserved a room in the Temple Square's visitor's center where we had a guest speaker who spoke to the youth about our theme and what they need to do to make it to the Celestial Kingdom. The youth also had a chance to share their testimonies. We finally finished up the day with dinner at the Macaroni Grill. I think it was a huge success and that everyone had a really a good time. I know that I did-and I am so glad that I got to spend the entire day with my best friend!

***At the zoo we were watching this gorilla walk around for awhile with this empty gatorade bottle in his mouth.

Dave: "Wouldn't it be crazy if he filled the bottle up with water and drank it?"

Me: "Honey, I don't think gorilla's are that smart!"

Well, no later than 30 seconds after Dave said that, look what the gorilla did:

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?