Palmyra, NY & the Sacred Grove

Before Donald started school/orientation he wanted to go out & 'see some stuff'. So we decided to go see some stuff that was a little farther away & required a whole day. We decided to go to Niagara Falls which was 3 hours away. We saw that Palmyra was 'on the way' so we stopped there (which was about 1/2 way there so a perfect pit stop). So first we went to see Joseph Smiths home & the Sacred Grove.
I really enjoy walking thru, especially with Payton she can be so funny!
Katie was in a good mood so that helped. Payton took the picture below after she discovered that there 'were babies that long ago'. Some of the things she said was as if she were talking about the cavemen or something.
This picture below was taken in the upstairs of the 1st Smith home. Payton thought it was cool that all of the girl siblings slept in the same bed.
We were able to see the temple on the short walk between the 1st Smith home & 2nd one that they built.
I really liked the 2nd Smith home.
It had some of the original wood & bricks which was really neat.
It was a really nice day. And we met an Elder & his parents on the tour. They were picking him up from the Carolina's & then were making stops as they drove back .
The mom asked if she could hold Katie & within 5 minutes of her getting Katie, Katie was fast asleep. She said it was the Grandma's Touch. She held her for the rest of the tour until we entered the Sacred Grove.

There she goes with my baby. She kept reassuring me she would give her back. I knew that part of having the Grandma's Touch was also knowing that they would hand them back when they were hungry, so I wasn't worried at all.
We all just loved these wild flowers in the surrounding fields.
They were so pretty!

The Sacred Grove was beautiful. It was so quiet & peaceful. There was a slight breeze & well, just nice.
There was this really old tree (now stump) & I couldn't help but think that it could have been old enough to have been present when Heavenly Father & Jesus appeared to Joseph.
Katie usually doesn't like being bounced around in her car seat but she was very good.
After we left the Grove we went over to the temple. Payton talked the whole time about going & seeing it.
She was so excited to see the same Angel Moroni that was on the LA Temple.
I fed Katie in the car while Don & Payton roamed around.
Payton took the picture below of Donald. She really is getting good with the camera!
The girls & I outside of the Temple.
I really enjoyed being able to visit. It'll be good to go back. The Palmyra Temple is our local temple so when Katie gets older I'll be looking forward to attending a session.