After we found her office we signed into the book that was outside her office and then went in. We were right on time but the assistant person wanted us to wait for another couple that was coming. We chatted with her for about 15-20 minutes before the interns came in and were ready to take us on our tour. They said they would just have the other couple meet up with us.
Their were two young ladies who took us on our tour. One goes to the U of U and the other BYU. They were both very nice.We got to go through the underground tunnel from the office building to the Capital building. It was pretty neat. The main room that we went into had many statues from all the different states. Each state has two statues representing their state. The first one we saw was of the inventor of the television. The other was of Brigham Young. I got a picture with that one. So fun.
We got to see a replica of the statue that is on top of the capital building. It was really impressive to see what the statue looks like up close.
After that we walked around the capital and saw a lot of different rooms. It was very impressive to see the paintings and the room that the supreme court originally met in. 
After our tour with the interns they gave us passes to go into the House of Representatives side of the Capital and the Senate side of the Capital (they are on opposite sides). The House of Representatives side was closed and they wouldn't let us go in and see it, but they did let us go into the the Senate side. Before we could go in we had to give up our phones, watches, and even our fit bits. We also had to go through more security and a full body scan but then we got to see the room that the president gives his State of the Union addresses in. We had to talk quietly and remove our hats. It was very neat to see the room and to take in all the history. After our tour we went to the gift shop and found some cute shirts for us. We had a great time touring the Capital and we were thankful that we got a personal tour.
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