(Kierra in front of the head stone of Gordon B. and Marjorie Pay Hinckley)
Early this fall, our family along with our good friends and neighbors Kami and Adam Sage, went out on a picnic on a Sunday afternoon and visited the Salt Lake City cemetery where many of our beloved prophets have been buried.
The history and the spirit that was there within that sacred ground was absolutely amazing...
(Carew, Kierra, and Adam in front of the monument to Hyrum Smith)
(I loved the rainbow that we captured in this picture! It sprinkled lightly off and on as we wandered through the cemetery that day. It was beautiful.)
There was a very special spirit there at this cemetery. I felt a special connection through the spirit of those who have gone on before...and at times I felt myself becoming lost in thoughts as we read little bits of history on the different markers. There are so many wonderful people throughout the history of the church that made so many things possible for the saints today...
Like this man for example...Truman O. Angell (who is actually one of Kami's relatives!)
Builder of Temples, Tabernacles, The Beehive House, The Lion House, The Eagle Gate, mansions, factories, and forts...
It's humbling to think that I have been in many of his buildings, and that my family has been richly blessed because of his talent and dedication that came before. Simply amazing!
(Kambriella in front of the Prophet Wilford Woodruff's memorial)
This little sweetie had such a good time exploring with us! She would say the cutest things and ask the most interesting questions while we walked around everywhere...
The one thing that we have joked about ever since this day, was a funny comment she made as we were on our way driving to the cemetery. She said,
"Mom, when we go to the cemetery are we going to see prophet zombies?"
WHAAAAATTTT?????
The entire car erupted in laughter !!!! :)
This little girl has watched one too many Scooby Doo movies with her brothers!! ;)
Here is the headstone of David O. McKay...
there were so many names to find in this cemetery that we weren't even able to cover a quarter of it and we were there for about 3 hours!
We definitely want to go back again and see some of the others that we didn't get to see. (There is also a Christmas Angel monument there that I would love to go back and find...)
This was a very fun name to find! Although you can't see it very well,
it is Porter Rockwell...body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith, prophet of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and translator of the Book of Mormon.
What a privilege and honor it would have been to meet some of these men in person.
Visiting these graves was somehow a link to the past, and although I did not get to meet any of them, my testimony of what they all have done for us is even stronger because of the Spirit that bore witness to me while we were there.
I can't wait to go back again. :)
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