Warning: This post is pretty picture intensive, but all of them are well worth a look. My family took a trip to Boston/Vermont/New York/Ohio. We had a really great time with so many meaningful experiences. Our first morning there, the 6 oldest went to the Boston Temple to do a session. It was so fun to be there with Nate.
That night we went to a Red Sox game. Aria thoroughly enjoyed the popcorn and the big green monster. She's sitting on the big green monster's foot in case you can't tell.
We walked around the ENTIRE Fenway Park to find this historic sign that Tyler really wanted to take a picture in front of. We never found it, but we found a lot of Fenway Park signs. My brother refuses to smile.
Nate got himself a Red Sox T-shirt. I love him.....
On the 4th of July we got up super early to make it inside the hatch shell to watch the Boston Pops Concert. It was SO much fun! Aria loved it... They handed out these little hats. She was quite the trooper.
If you listen closely... she's saying ' I'n a gangsta'... pretty darn cute.
We took Aria back to the temple the next day. It was awesome! She loves walking around the temple.
This is the view from the Boston Temple.
On Nate's last day with us, we went to Salem to see the sights there. It was fun we saw Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'house of seven gables'. The picture doesn't even capture how beautiful the view was.
Love this picture... the Salem Witch museum...
That evening we spent some time making sand castles at the beach. Aria LOVES the beach. the water was a little cold to swim in. Jared was the only daring one.
Gotta love her beach attire, especially the saggy diaper.
She LOVES standing in the waves, kind of a little dare devil.
The first day in palmyra, we saw the sights. Went to the temple. This is the view of the sacred grove from the temple. They told us that this is the only temple that has a clear (unhazy) window that looks out to the sacred grove. I thought that was really neat.
Jared and Devin did baptisms for the dead while we were there, this is how Aria was when we were waiting for them... :)
While in Palmyra, we attended the Hill Cumorah Pageant, I was not excited about it, I just thought it was going to be fake music, fake acting of a bunch of stories I've heard a thousand times. It was surprisingly moving and spiritual. We LOVED it, definitely one of the highlights of my trip. After Palmyra, we headed up to Canada to see Niagara falls. I have to admit that I think the view is MUCH better from the Canadian side, if you ever intend to go...
After that we headed down to Ohio to see Kirtland, but we decided to take a break from the church stuff and headed to an amusement park. Aria LOVED the kids ride. She just needed to be about 2 inches taller.
Our last day we went to the Kirtland temple. I LOVE Aria's face in this one.
We had a great time. We loved spending time there. We feel stronger spiritually and as a family. Hope you all get to experience something like this someday.
That night we went to a Red Sox game. Aria thoroughly enjoyed the popcorn and the big green monster. She's sitting on the big green monster's foot in case you can't tell.
We walked around the ENTIRE Fenway Park to find this historic sign that Tyler really wanted to take a picture in front of. We never found it, but we found a lot of Fenway Park signs. My brother refuses to smile.
Nate got himself a Red Sox T-shirt. I love him.....
On the 4th of July we got up super early to make it inside the hatch shell to watch the Boston Pops Concert. It was SO much fun! Aria loved it... They handed out these little hats. She was quite the trooper.
If you listen closely... she's saying ' I'n a gangsta'... pretty darn cute.
We took Aria back to the temple the next day. It was awesome! She loves walking around the temple.
This is the view from the Boston Temple.
On Nate's last day with us, we went to Salem to see the sights there. It was fun we saw Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'house of seven gables'. The picture doesn't even capture how beautiful the view was.
Love this picture... the Salem Witch museum...
That evening we spent some time making sand castles at the beach. Aria LOVES the beach. the water was a little cold to swim in. Jared was the only daring one.
Gotta love her beach attire, especially the saggy diaper.
She LOVES standing in the waves, kind of a little dare devil.
The first day in palmyra, we saw the sights. Went to the temple. This is the view of the sacred grove from the temple. They told us that this is the only temple that has a clear (unhazy) window that looks out to the sacred grove. I thought that was really neat.
Jared and Devin did baptisms for the dead while we were there, this is how Aria was when we were waiting for them... :)
While in Palmyra, we attended the Hill Cumorah Pageant, I was not excited about it, I just thought it was going to be fake music, fake acting of a bunch of stories I've heard a thousand times. It was surprisingly moving and spiritual. We LOVED it, definitely one of the highlights of my trip. After Palmyra, we headed up to Canada to see Niagara falls. I have to admit that I think the view is MUCH better from the Canadian side, if you ever intend to go...
After that we headed down to Ohio to see Kirtland, but we decided to take a break from the church stuff and headed to an amusement park. Aria LOVED the kids ride. She just needed to be about 2 inches taller.
Our last day we went to the Kirtland temple. I LOVE Aria's face in this one.
We had a great time. We loved spending time there. We feel stronger spiritually and as a family. Hope you all get to experience something like this someday.
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I wish that I would've known you were going to the Hill Cumorah b/c Jeff's parents are the Work Crew leaders there. I could've hooked you up with some good seats :)Glad that you enjoyed back East though. Aria is the cutest thing ever!