For Scott's week of spring break, we decided to visit our friends Brian & Tia Frances living in Cleveland, Ohio. They took us on a tour at Kirtland to see the Newel K. Whitney Store where much of church history took place.
There weren't many original artifacts still in the building, but this one table was the one where Joseph Smith had in his room, and probably recieved revelations for many of the sections of the D&C.
The tour guide told us about the workings of the saw mill
Then we went to see the Kirtland Temple, the first temple ever built. Sad that our church doesn't own it, but who knows... maybe someday they say.
The temple has this bright green door, and Jamie was wearing green too... all on St. Patrick's Day!
Then we went to the John Johnson Farm about 30 miles south in Hiram. This is where Joseph and Emma lived. It took him a day on horse to reach Kirtland on a good day, and took us 45 minutes by car.
This is the door where Joseph Smith stood to preach the gospel to a group of people the morning after he was tarred and feathered. And he saw a couple people from the mob standing there hearing him preach.
This was Joseph's bedroom where he was sleeping when the mobs woke him and his family up in the middle of the night to tar and feather him.
The Children's Museum - Indianapolis, IN
4 comments:
fun!!! we will have to do spring break together next year. I am glad you guys had fun
What a great spring break! I had no idea so many of those church history locations were so well preserved.
Wow jamie, that looks like fun. Count me in next year too! And is that a double stroller? You really are a mom of two.
Ohhh how I miss that Coco and EllaBella. Looks like you guys had a lot fun and saw a lot of interesting things. I bet you wished your spring break could last forever!
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