Palmyra

After church today, Andy and I really wanted to go out and do something again. WE ARE LOVING FREE TIME TOGETHER! We came home, ate some left over BBQ and drove up to Palmyra. 1st-We had NO idea how freaking close we were!!! 2nd-I had NO idea we would enjoy it so much! We had the best little missionaries take us on all the tours, they were all so excited that Andy was a new convert. The Most incredible part was standing in Joseph Smith's cabin and hearing the story of the first vision. That Missionary Discussion was and will be one of the most memorable days of our lives. So, to actually be standing there in his house, looking into the Sacred Grove and hearing the story, was so cool! I was seriously on the brink of major tears. Any way, we loved every minute of our almost 5 hours there. Here are a couple of things we saw

Joseph Smith's 1st home in Palmyra, were Angel Moroni came to him and told him about the plates

The Sacred Grove, Where God and Christ appeared to him

The Smith's Second home, where he had to hide the plates in various places

YEAHH the Temple is sooo amazing peaking through the trees, can't wait to go there!

The Cooper Shed, also where he hid the plates

And a bunch of us in the Sacred Grove

Out side the Temple

This is the view out to the Sacred Grove from the Temple grounds :)

And this is the Statue on top of the Hill Cumorah, where we definitely going back in July for the Pageant! It looks like a real good time

Next time I will need a pic of the Hill, and we also hit up the printing press where the first Book of Mormon was printed. The Missionary Couple there was wonderful and stayed late to give us a tour! What great people!!! Can't wait for some visitors to come so I can take them up there and do it all over again.