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Here it is...a few months late but better late than never...the blog about Temple Square

You know it's never a good sign when you pick up your rental car and see this in the front seat.

Yes, It is an ice scraper. The mountains were still covered with snow.

In April I had to go to Salt Lake City for an audit. The first night we were there we decided to take a guided tour of Temple Square. The tour was ok. I had to fight the urge to laugh every time the tour guides spoke of the Golden Tablets and how the tablets went back with the angel Moronai when he left earth. I would say he went up to heaven but I doubt if that's actually where he went. I think he may have his own planet. Anyway, I was respectful of the tour guides and their religion which is more than I can say about another girl in our group who was from Georgia, the country. She was rude and disrespectful of the two tour guides and the religion. If i had to venture a guess she was probably catholic.

Part of the tour took us to the tabernacle where we were able to see the needle, newspaper, and nail demonstration. They like to demonstrate the incredible acoustics in the tabernacle. We sat in the very back and another "sister" was at the front on the podium. Without a microphone she ripped a piece of a newspaper and it sounded as if she were standing next to me. Then she dropped a pin, needle, and a nail into a wooden box. It was so clear. When she dropped the nail it sounded as if someone had dropped a stack of books right behind me. It was really incredible. I can only imagine how awesome the Tabernacle Choir must sound in this unusual building.

Later on we went to the visitors center where I saw a painting of Noah building the ark. I actually chuckled out loud because Noah was using an ax to chop wood. The blade on the ax was more sharp than a new blade at Home Depot. Actually, the entire ax looked as though Noah had just bought it at Home Depot. I was expecting to see him with an ax from Fred Flinstone (you know, with a piece of rock held together on a stick by some rope).

Obviously we did not get a tour of the temple because you need a membership card to get in. It's like a country club.

We went to dinner in the Joseph Smith Building which has a massive statue of Joe. My two staff dared me to hang my purse on Joe as well as stick my head through his legs. The girl taking a picture said, "We better leave before God strikes us with lightening." Then at the same time we all laughed and said "I doubt it."

Jill

my purse was heavy so i had Joe hold it for me

After the picture session I tried to storm the temple. You can't really tell but I am hanging onto the door and trying to pull it open. After a few minutes we left but for some reason came back to temple. They mormons had closed the gate around the temple. I did scale the gate but it was too dark and the picture didn't come out. I stormed the temple for Margaret.

Judy, I tried to see if they could solve the whole polygamy thing while I was out there but it didn't work. Apparently they don't take too kindly to outsiders. I gave them Keith Fussell's name and number to call him for family counseling. Ha ha ha.