Church History Tour

Independence MO, Libery Jail, Far West, & Adam-Onodi-Ahmen




{Day 1}


This is a picture of Community Christ's Temple (or better known as the R LDS church.)




This spiral top is a symbol of peace. On the inside of this building you can look up into the spiral which is the shape of a shell.




There is a museum inside this building, with some great original pieces. They had some original manuscripts and the original paintings of Joseph and Emma Smith.










This is the original site of Liberty Jail. This is where Joseph Smith and 4 other men spent four months. That bucket you see down below, was their bathroom! The sister missionary giving the tour was trying to help the little ones understand just how difficult it was to be locked up here. It was cold, they were given little food that was sometimes poisoned, it was dark, etc...and then my dear sweet Ian politely asked her, "Did they have a t.v.?"






This area was so beautiful! I couldn't resist trying to get a few "good" pictures.

This is where you can see the cornerstones of the Far West Temple. Fascinating story....definitly worth reading (again.)

Here we are at Adam-Ondi-Ahman. This are is just so incredibly beautiful, this time of year.
Stay tuned as we move onto Adventureland in Iowa, and Winters Quarters.

Church History Tour

Kansas City, MO{The day before the trip really began}

We flew into Kansas City, but stayed in Independence. We were hooking up with everyone else to begin our tour, the next day. Matt and I took the kids into the city for a look around. The buildings were all incredible, lots of old stone/brick work. I was in Photography Heaven. Unfortunatley, my kids wanted nothing to do with a photo shoot. So these are just a few of what I could kinda get.

Note the 14 in the Haz Mat sign, ha ha. When I saw this, I just had to have Alec stand by it.

Awards and Promotion

I can't believe it is the end of the school year!


This is Lexie with all her friends from primary who acheived honor roll. Lexie also received the Academic Achievement Trimester Award.

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These are some pictures from Alec's eighth grade promotion. I can't believe he is going to high school next year. Uh, don't look too close....I didn't quite get some of these in focus. I hate when I do that!

Onto bigger and better places, right Alec?
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Some Favorite Shots

It's so fun to take pictures....even when it's somebody else's kids!

Baseball Boy

Spring is here, and so is baseball!

Chase has a deep love for baseball. And he's actually quite good. We can't wait until he is old enough to play on his own team. He is constantly bugging us to take him to HIS game, not Ian's.

Now that he will only hit using the aluminum bat, I really have to be on my toes. He has nailed me with that ball several times.

Family Night Dodgeball

Dodgeball has become a favorite game around here. We were so glad that the Lyons could come and join in on the fun!

ON YOUR MARK!

GET SET!

GO!

Sometimes things get a little crazy and someone gets hurt!

Thanks for the love Brother Lyons!

He is one of Ian and Caden's favorite friends. They have certainly missed their times with Brother Lyons at Mcdonald's!

I realize how blurry these pictures are. The lighting was not nearly good enough to capture all the action.

Sea Lions and S'mores

This is Chase's first time seeing the sea lions. He thought they were pretty cool, and pretty stinky!

After the sea lions, we headed down to where the kids could get in the water! These kids never cease to amaze me. This water is so cold, but they could not resist the great waves!

This is one of my favorite pictures. Check out that sunset!

We told the kids once the sun was down, we would do the s'mores. And as soon as that sun was down, they darted back to the fire.