Three Sisters Islands. It was great.
On Monday we welcomed the arrival of Baby Kate (or Baby Cake as Sophia more affectionately calls her). Liza and Brad left early in the morning to head for the hospital and Doug and I took the kids down to East Aurora to the Toy Museum. Unfortunately the Fisher Price factory and toy store were closed but it was still neat to see the museum part. We then had a fun lunch of official New York style pizza with tiny pepperonis and all and then went back to Brad and Liza's. Brad came home in the afternoon and we all headed to the hospital to see Kate! She's such a sweet, peaceful baby! It was so fun to see her and hold her. I'm so glad we were able to be here for that!
Today we woke up early and headed out to see some church sites. We went to Palmyra where we saw the Palmyra Temple, the Smith farm including the Sacred Grove, the Martin Harris Farm, the Book of Mormon Publication Site, and Hill Cumorah. We also went south to see the Peter Whitmer farm where the church was organized. It was all so neat! Because we were there so early and before all the pageant crowds, we practically had the place to ourselves! It was so neat. We were able to be in the Sacred Grove all by ourselves and you could truly feel the spirit so strong! The only problem was all the bugs. They were not so fun! It truly was all so beautiful and I was glad I was able to see so many church sites in one morning!
We then headed off to Cooperstown to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It was great too! Cooperstown was such a quaint, beautiful part of town that it was difficult to imagine it had the Baseball hall of fame! The whole town was packed. We greatly enjoyed the museum and it was fun to see all the plaques in the hall of fame. After that we grabbed some ice cream and Sophia's "First Yankees Tee" and then headed for Albany. We made it to Albany in good time and are looking forward to a relaxing time in the old Econo Lodge. We're planning on leaving early in the morning to head to the city for the 4th and the Yankees! We are greatly looking forward to it! Hope you're all well! We're doing okay. I've caught a little bit of a head cold which has not been too pleasant but I've been able to manage okay. Doug puts up with me anyway. I just hope Sophia doesn't get sick!
Total Mileage for the day: About 350
Lowest gas price for the day: $3.09
Biggest Surprise of the day: How little driving we did. It was really nice!
2 comments:
Hey guys! Glad you're having such a great time! Oh to have vacation time for something other than Scout camp and trekking out east to Virginia. Every July my thoughts turn to the Hill Cumorah. The only time I've been to all those places was when I was a cast member in the Pageant...in the 'wonderful' July heat. We're VERY jealous of this great trip you're on and are definitely living vicariously. Have a great 4th!
Sounds like you are having tons of fun. DOug, what's up with the scruff? Are you trying to out do anything JD has ever had? :) Kate is so cute. I'm glad she got here safe. Have fun in New York and take lots of pictures of the stadium. I am so jealous!
Love ya all and happy 4th of July!
PS: Congrats on the house! We can't wait to see it! (Bob can't wait to help you move. J/K.)
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