A visit to St. George, UT.

We had the oportunity to go to St. George during our short summer vacation. We had so much fun learning about St. George and its history. The experience was very spiritually educating as well as entertaining. We've learned to appreciate our pioneers who have sacrifice their lives to build this city.

First stop, of course visiting the Beautiful St.George Temple. This temple was built in 1871 and was dedicated in 1877. Such a georgeous temple.

Melati loves the Christus statue inside the visitor center. She kept asking us to take her back there because she wanted to "listen to Jesus speaking".

We love going to the visitor center to listen and to watch some church programs. Our most favorite program is the Plan of Happiness where they took us to a diorama room where everything on the programs were displayed in the room. Our kids thought that the diorama was pretty cool.

such a beautiful day in a beautiful temple ground. So I thought we should take a family picture in front of the temple. Oopps..the timer went off before I got there...oh well!!

But I do love this photo of Hendra and I in front of the Temple, it looks short of Vintage.


Next stop, was to visit Brigham Young Winter Home.

Kids are peeking inside Brigham Young home before the tour guide came to take us inside.

Sister Peterson was our guide for the day. She gave us a very brief tour around the property. This photo was taken when she was showing us the original sewing machine that they used to sew back then. Next to the sewing machine is some kind of manual machine that they used to reel in the cotton to make yarns of wools before they turned it into a fabric/material. I think they call it "Spinner".

She took us around and explained everything and answered every questions we had.

She also explained to us about the history and the importance of growing cottons in St. George and how they got the name "DIXIE".

We toured around inside Brigham Young Home and saw up close all the original furniture and appliances he had during his time living in this beautiful home. This is a picture of an oven/stove/iron inside Brigham Young's kitchen.



This is an original photograph of Brigham Young hanging on the wall of his home.

His dinner table complete with its dinner set.

His bedroom, where he spent most of his time before he passed away in 1877.

at the end of the tour, Sis Peterson took this family photo of us in front of the home. We thank the Lord for this opportunity to learn about the pioneers and the sacrifice they have made for us and we're very grateful for the opportunity to learn more about the history of the church in St. George.