Break Week

Okay, where to begin. Long, fun road trip. We did all the usual Mormon East Coast stuff plus some added adventures. It was a blast to have Bruce and Cindy with us. Hayden took no time at all warming up to them. We started by hitting up Gettysburg. Hayden was VERY interested in guns, can you tell by the smile on his face?


We found a Boyd's Bear County outlet store. I have NEVER seen Cindy so happy. We spent hours there. It was pretty fun. We got Hayden this HUGE lion that he surprising loves to jump all over and the ladies working there thought Hayden was so cute they gave him not one but TWO little bears for free! Who could forget Hershey, PA. Yes it really does smell like Chocolate. "It's the Milk Chocolate!" They had a cute little tour and TONS of yummy chocolate to purchase. A quick stop for Office viewers! We went to Scranton, Pam and Jim where unfortunately detained :(


We also went to Palymra, but had some other pretty cool stops on the way. This first wooded picture is the place where the Aaronic priesthood was restored to the Earth by John the baptists. The Church has a little plaque and you can walk down by the river. It was so pretty and looks like all the pictures they paint. The middle pic is of Niagara. It was awesome. We stayed on the Canada side (where they try and rip you off at every turn). But we stayed in a little hotel and when we were walking out we learned that we stayed in the same room Marilyn Monroe stayed in when she was filming the movie "Niagara" (nope never even heard of it). Now, this last picture is pretty cool. Dan's Family has a lot of history in the beginning of the church. So we went and found the road that his ancestors lived on outside of Kirtland, and the site where he was baptized in Lake Erie. I love that his family is so good at documenting things so we can go back and get a glimpse of their history. They kept such good records that we even know where his families land in Navuoo was located and his burial site in Independence. We had a lot of fun and already miss Grandma and Grandpa!