Kirtland, Palmyra, and Niagra (oh my!)

John Johnson's farm, just outside of
Kirtland.
Joseph and Emma lived here for a while.
After being tarred and feathered,
Joseph gave a sermon the
next morning from these same steps.

Isaac Morley's descendants
at
the site of the Morley farm

We stayed in some cabins at
a KOA in Canandaigua,
just about 10 min. from Palmayra.

The cabin Joseph Smith was
living in when he
went to the Sacred Grove and
received the answer to a prayer
about which church he should join.

Palmyra Temple

The Joseph Smith Sr. Farmhouse

"This is the Sacred Gwove, Mom!"
spoken in a not-so-reverent voice.

at the top of Hill Cumorah
a view
of the pageant's stage

at the Pageant!

Incredible pageant! 
We were impressed by how many people are
involved in the production.

It was fun to talk to the cast members before it started.

If you haven't had a chance to see it,
you really should!

I don't think a week goes by that Paige doesn't ask
about going fishing.
With this stocked pond just outside our
cabin, I wondered if we would wake up and find
her attempting to fish in the middle of the night.

Thankfully, that wasn't the case.

She loves to fish, but hates to eat anything fish-like.

Tailey caught the first fish!

Paige caught the next one!

Thankfully it was catch-and-release
because
we were on vacation

AND

we caught 8 fish!

at Niagra Falls!

It was beautiful to see the falls lit up at night!

Boston's not sure about the noisy fireworks!



Now that we're done vactioning . . . I should be
excited to return
to home and a normal life.

Too bad that
moving
was what was laying in wait

once we got home.