Two Things Guaranteed to Draw a Crowd

Great art and animals. We saw both today, although not at the same time.

This morning Kevin, Daniel, Nathan and I were able to go down to the BYU Museum of Art to see the "Sacred Gifts" exhibit. For those who may not know, this exhibit is comprised of artwork depicting the Savior, most of which is on loan from a number of churches (and a castle) in Denmark. Most of the pieces have never been removed since they were installed in the 1800's and it has been said that they will never be loaned again. Most of the artwork is familiar to the LDS population and seeing it in person was a wonderful experience. The fact that it is even here is pretty much a miracle so if you get a chance, go see it. It will be open until May.

This evening we piled everyone into the car and went to see the ZooLights. We had planned to go last Thursday but it snowed like crazy and the roads were hazardous so we hunkered down at home and introduced the boys to "A Christmas Story" instead. This was the first time we'd ever seem the ZooLights and we were pretty impressed by the display...and the crowds. Most of the animals were asleep, but the snowy leopard was wide awake and pacing which was pretty cool to see. The tiger was asleep, but it was still neat to see since he is usually pretty elusive when he's awake. As he slept he did some big tiger growls and Malia told us he was snoring. She also told me she wanted to lie down in the tiger's little house but I assured her she would get too cold. We saw some of the other big cats as well, all asleep but not hiding like they usually do. It was impressive enough that Malia wasn't even disappointed about not getting to see the elephants. 

On our way home he stopped at Build-a-Bear so Malia could stuff her reindeer that Santa brought for Christmas. It was pretty busy, but she was excited to be able to hug her "red nose reindeer."

So a super busy day. But a great one.