Thursday started the best part of the trip: my mom and sister arrived! I didn't have anything I had to do for the competition, so we went out to play! First stop was the Independence, Missouri visitors center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As we arrived, we had to take a picture of the Church of Christ Temple across the street. It has such an interesting shape!
Inside the LDS visitor's center, we were greeted by an adorable, cheerful Sister missionary. We chatted for a bit then just explored on our own.
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| This was in a play room for kids |
Not far from the visitor's center is the future lot for the Temple in Independence.
After the visitor's center, we went to Cafe Verona. It had a fun atmosphere and decent food.
Then we got to tour President Truman's house. They wouldn't let us take pictures inside, but we heard some cool stories. His wife lived in this house until she died, then immediately gave it to the government for preservation.
Then we went to Liberty Jail, where Joseph Smith and some of his companions were locked for a long, cold winter. Revelations that became part of the Doctrine and Covenants were received in this jail.
Friday, we mainly went shopping, which was a lot of fun. I got several cute outfits! We tried to go to a movie, but it turned out the showing we looked up online was in 3D, which was too expensive for our tastes. I think this actually turned out well because we got to spend more time together.
Friday night was the awards ceremony, where I found out I didn't win. Again, it was flashy and loud. Afterwards, we got ice cream at Baskin Robins as consolation :)
All in all, it was a fun trip, made especially so by my mom and sister coming.
Glad y'all had a fun time, and hopefully you learned a little bit, too.
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