Just getting done with our 2 hour drive to Sharon. Jaycee looks grumpy! She really was happy today! I just love taking pics with her
Haylie getting practice on being a big sister! Weeee.....
At the top of the hill
Sharon, Vermont- Joseph Smith Jr. birthplace-son of Joseph Smith Sr. & Lucy Mack Smith
The grounds to the visitors site was beautiful. This was taken on top of the hill by the Memorial
We're so glad we were able to spend the day here and feel of the sweet spirit of Joseph Smith. What a magnificent man! We watched a 70 min. video in the visitor's center about Joseph. I truly have so much respect for everything he did and went through! I would love to meet him one day
Brayden is King of the World!
Jesus Christ! The cornerstone of our religion!
The reason for going to Sharon, VE was not only because it was Joseph's birthplace, but Dathan found out they were having a room display of statues of Christ's life. It was only going on for 2 more weeks so we had to hurry out there before Kel had the baby. What a wonderful day!
Statue of Christ in Garden of Gethsemne
Christ carrying the cross statue
Vermont. Right outside of Sharon, Vermont...I had to stop to take a pic. The trucks ruined my pic though. Vermont is very pretty, green, and farms everywhere!
Ben & Jerry creamery---where it all started! The factory was about 45 minutes north of Sharon, so we made a trip of it and went! We went on a tour and saw how the ice cream is made and the whole story of Ben & Jerry. It was really interested and yummy!
We are a happy family!
Bray & I in a tunnel at Ben & Jerry's Creamery
I'll take a pint of that cute ice cream!
Where's Brayden!
Craig eating a small ice cream cone....Peanut Brittle-it's a new flavor
Jaycee helping Mommy eat hers....coconut Layer Bar
Sharon Vermont is about 5 hours from our house. When we map quested it, the roads took us right where Dathan & Kel live. So we decided to leave early on Friday to head for Pelham, NH and go to dinner with the Allen family! We went to dinner at Uno Chicago Bar & Grill. It was pretty good and we had an awesome waiter ;) and yes, Dathan, yes he is! That's all I need to say!
Saturday morning bright & early we left at 9 for Sharon. Dathan MADE US stop at Dunkin Donuts---ok ok, it was our idea. They're everywhere out here so we decided to get a bite for breakfast and try it out. Not very healthy, but we'll work out later. But for the record, Dathan did SWAY us into getting Munchkins. Okay, for all you Non-Dunkin peoples...munchkins are super mouth gasmic donut holes pretty much. Oh, man! I'm sure pretty fattening, but hey, we needed to eat breakfast. We spent our day at the birthplace of Joseph Smith then spent the rest of the time right outside of Burlington, VE @ the creamery. We had a 2 1/2 hour drive back to Pelham, and was starving. We stopped in Montpelier, VE for dinner at Julio's Mexican Rest. I got fajitas. I thought that was pretty healthy and loaded with veggies. We all were so hungry cuz we had skipped lunch cuz we were on the go. While in the capitol of Vermont we got a free show: a lady was yelling at her boyfriend, a couple F words yelled back and forth, boyfriend gets out of car and slams door, car speeds off, car hurries and parks and lady looks for her boyfriend, then we looked behind us and the guy and girl were hugging! All in about 5 minutes. THEN, just when we were about to order our dinner, the lady walks in and sits at the bar telling her whole story to the bar tender. I thought I was in a movie! I had just witnessed some major drama! We got back to Pelham about 11:30 at night and went straight to bed.
We went to sacrament meeting with Dathan & Kel and the meeting was about patriarchal blessings. The church may be the same where ever you go, but the people are so different. The wife of the Patriarch spoke and in her talk she said "GO CELTICS" and talked about how they had great TEAM WORK! I laughed to myself. AND I TOTALLY AGREE with her! It's just different outside of Utah! That's all there is to it. We ended up heading back to home in Maine at about 5:30 after spending a fun day with family. What a great weekend! Thank you Dathan & Kel for spending your weekend with us and making it so much fun. We owe ya!
More fun weekends to come....NEXT?.....This weekend is Memorial Day. We're thinking the beach @ Booth Bay or Acadia National Park w/Bar Harbor. More pics to come! Love you All!
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