Day One {part two}

This post won't be quite as long as the last one (I think!) When I got back to my sister's house and got cleaned up, Josh and Chantell came for a visit!
We LOVE spending time with them. They just feel like part of the family. We were able to catch up on what was happening in their lives. Of course, I did not get any pictures- like always!
We headed up to visit with Brian's brother, Bob and his family for the rest of the day. The weather in Utah was SO crazy! They were having thunderstorms all week and I think Saturday was one of the worst days.
In between dodging the lightning, we managed to go eat at (up)Chuck-a-rama- just a friendly family nickname! We headed into Salt Lake and went to the cemetery where President and Sister Hinckley (and A LOT of other prophets) were buried.

Here's Brian and I in front of the Hinckley's grave site. It was neat for the kids to see where he was buried. They love and remember him! We miss him, but it was great to hear my kids say things like "He is in heaven with Jesus" and "Mom, its okay, I'll see President Hinckley again when I go to heaven". I'm grateful for the knowledge we have of the plan. We can all live together after this life- FOREVER!

This cemetery is HUGE! Seriously, its a city. It has streets. I'm not kidding. You could say, "My grandpa is buried off of 9th S. and 855 E.". Here's all the prophet's graves that we saw (and there are more there!): Gordon B. Hinckley (obviously), David O. McKay, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph Fielding Smith (he has a monument to his father- Hyrum Smith, by his grave too!), Joseph F. Smith, Spencer W. Kimball and Howard W. Hunter. Man, that place is going to be hoppin' during the resurrection! This picture above is to show you the mode of transportation my kids had in the cemetery city. Thanks to older cousins and daddy!

Life would be so dull without the Jen-ster around. This is a great shot of her.

Sophie was modeling for us on the tree stump. She was having fun!

This is a picture of the sky from the Ensign Peak Park. It does not do justice to how threatening and dark the clouds looked. Mind you, this was the day that the Oquirrh Mountain Temple's Angel Moroni was struck by lightning.

It was crazy. But if you know the Wadman's, you know that the ENTIRE family is crazy about severe weather, and they FEED off of this stuff. Needless to say the rest of the night, we drove around and watched the skies open up. Now my kids are catching the bug. I have to admit- me too! Its fun to see nature work its wonder (from a safe distance, of course!!)