Monday, August 31, 2009

Ally's 2nd Birthday

My little girl is two now, time goes by so fast! We had a birthday party for her with Aaron's family, and it was so much fun!! Aaron's sister Breann and her husband Blake came up from St. George to celebrate with us, so we had all of his family there! Breann helped me make Ally's Mickey cake, she was a life saver, I couldn't have done it without her! We all went to Chucky Cheese for her b-day, yes 8 adults and one child, and I do think the adults had more fun than Ally! It was a blast, she got some fun things from her aunts and uncles and grandparents, but most important she just had a great time!


Monday, August 3, 2009

New York Trip

We went to New York with Aaron's family the middle of July, and I am just finally putting up the pictures. We also went to Niagra falls and Kirtland, but I don't have the pictures from that part of the trip yet, our camera stopped working at Niagra. So here is the first part of out trip. We flew into Rochester and drove to Palmyra. It was beautiful there!!

This is a picture of the reconstructed Smith home, the Sacred Grove is behind it.


Here is the front of the Smith home
This is the upstairs bedroom in the Smith home, that could have been where Angel Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith.

Aaron and Ally as we are walking into the Sacred Grove.

These next pictures are taken in the Grove, it was so peaceful the second you walked in. This was my favorite part of the trip!

Ally was out within minutes because it was so peaceful. They had trails that you could take in the grove and benches here and there.These next Pictures are of the Hill Cumorah. They were set up for the pagent, which we went to and it was amazing!








These next pictures are taken in Fayette at the Peter Whitmer Farm. This is where the church was organized, April 6, 1830.
This is the Visitors center there , it is also a church house.
This is the Peter Whitmer home

The rest of the pictures are of the Palmyra temple, there is a window inside that looks over at the Sacred Grove

The Sacred Grove from the temple







We had such a great time, thank you to Aaron's parents who planned the whole trip!!