Vacation Part 1-Palmyra, NY

Yeah for vacation! Let me first start by saying we took over 1,000 pictures and wish we could post them all. Here is a highlight of our trip! We traveled with my family back East to visit where my Dad grew up in upstate New York. We took a fantastic vacation visiting his roots as well as places like Niagara Falls, Canada (Toronto and Ottawa) and Palmyra, NY. This is a place that Ricky and I have always wanted to visit because it holds some of church's earlier history. I thought it would be appropriate to first post some pictures of the "Sacred Grove." (For those of who you aren't LDS, this is where Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith.) The song "Joseph Smith's First Prayer" is accurate to the tee (yes, there are birds and even bees!) and you could feel the Spirit as you walked through. The sun would shine directly through the think layer of tree canopy and it was just beautiful. We had fun taking pictures and showing Hayden all the GREENERY! We later took a tour through the Smith Family's First Farm and happened to be in town for the "Cumorah Hill Pageant!" It was amazing-over 800 performers on stage and seating for 9,000 people. It was packed but we happened to get great seats. It was a great performance and we enjoyed our time in Palmyra!

The Sacred Grove








It definitely is a special place and you know you're on sacred grounds.


The Cumorah Hill Pageant



Having fun with Uncle Trent!


The Beautiful Palmyra, NY Temple