In this picture, the kids are standing in front of a bunk bed Saints traveling from Europe would have slept in aboard the ships. The only thing is, a family of 6 would have slept together on this one bunk!
For some must push and some must pull~ the kids got a chance to pull a 400lb handcart!
In the basement of the visitors center, they had this amazing display of Gingerbread houses.
Here is an Irish Cottage- we thought Grandma and Grandpa Jarnagin would appreciate this since they spent two years in Ireland serving a mission for our church. They lived in a small Irish cottage for the first part of their mission- maybe somewhat similar to this?
Here is an Irish Cottage- we thought Grandma and Grandpa Jarnagin would appreciate this since they spent two years in Ireland serving a mission for our church. They lived in a small Irish cottage for the first part of their mission- maybe somewhat similar to this?
We thought this Gingerbread Castle was quite ingenious!
How about this Gingerbread Farm-
That night, we drove on to Joliet, IL, a suburb of Chicago. The next morning, Dec 31st, we left with a little snow in the air and drove on to Kirtland, OH. It was our shortest driving day, which was a nice break. We made it to Kirtland just in time to make the last tour of the day.
Our first stop on the tour was the Newell K. Whitney store. The original building is still there and as we walked in, the Spirit was very strong. The sister missionary leading the tour told us the Whitney's story and the story of Joseph Smith arriving there. I was overwhelmed by the Spirit and my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith was again confirmed. I know that the true church of Jesus Christ was restored to the earth through the prophet Joseph Smith and that we are blessed to have a living prophet today.
This was Joseph Smith's office in the top of the N.K. Whitney store where many sections of the Doctrine and Covenants were recorded.
The School of the Prophets-amazing to think that great learning and revelation took place in that very room. Word of Wisdom revealed-
In the visitors center following our tour-
We spent the night just up the road from Kirtland. We took the kids to see Bedtime Stories (loved it), then stayed up til midnight in our hotel room and watched the ball drop on ABC. New Years day we drove the rest of the way to Boston. It was a great trip and we are thankful it went so smoothly!
8 comments:
I love it! That brings back happy memories of our time in NE. Hard to believe anyone survived the freezing weather at Winter Quarters. The Irish cottage is awesome--very clever. I'm glad you are all still friends after the cross-country trek!
sounds and looks like you guys had fun! i dunno about the driving, i think from Utah to Arizona is long!!!!! but with my grandma and my mom and there D.coke, we stop like every 30 min so that explains it... hahah
What a smart idea to break up the trip like that and go see all those church sites. A good thing to do during the Christmas season to remind us what it is all about!
Hello, thanks for stopping by my blog. To answer your question, I didn't have too bad morning sickness well nigh sickness in my case. I just got strep throat around Thanksgiving and couldn't get rid of it so other than that I've been pretty lucky. It looks like you had a great trip. Although driving through the Midwest can be boring with all of the flat lands. I have to drive from Chicago to Iowa about 6 times a year for work stuff. So it was a great idea to break it up to sight see. I'm glad your family made it to Boston!
I love church history... It makes me so gratefull for what I have! Although it might not seem like it all the time! ;)
How fun to find your blog! I was just surfing around other people's links. It's been awhile. We've moved now too, and live in the same town as three of our kids. Check out our blog at "bryceandlaurie.blogspot.com"
Love it, what a fun and hectic time you seem to be having. We miss you guys, but are glad you are doing so wonderful! We look forward to visiting sometime!
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