More on Saturday

So, after our great time in Sharon, we headed back toward Burlington and made a few stops on the way. The first was that we went into Montpelier to see the Capitol Building. We stayed there for a few minutes and then headed to the Ben & Jerry's factory! They have a little movie and tour there and at the end of the tour you get a sample of their ice cream. They were giving out sweet cream and cookies. YUMMY!! It was basically Oreo ice cream, but they make their own cookies. It was lots of fun.

Praise to the Man...

So, on Saturday of our visit with Grandma, we went to Sharon,VT. It is the birthplace of the Prophet, Joseph Smith. It is a beautiful piece of property with a visitor's center and many historical things to look at. There is an obelisk there that is the actual memorial for Joseph Smith. It rises 38 1/2 feet tall. Which is one foot for each of the Prophet's years of life. It is made entirely from one piece of granite. Amazing! It was dedicated on December 23, 1905 which was 100 years to the day of the Prophet's birth. The only remaining pieces of the actual house the Prophet was born in is a hearthstone from the fireplace and also the foot stone for the front door. Also on the property is the foundation remains of the Solomon Mack(Lucy Mack's Parents) home and the Daniel Mack(Lucy's Brother) home. It was such a great experience.

Mt. Mansfield & Stowe

Well, we have had the great pleasure of having Dustin's mom here for a visit. We have had a blast finding all these great places to visit in Vermont. I will probably do different posts for each thing, because there are too many good pictures not to include. The first thing we did was on Friday morning, we headed up to Stowe, VT. It is the little town that is right at the foot of Mt. Mansfield. We decided to go up to the top of Mt. Mansfield. There is a toll road you can take to the top and then there is about 1 1/2 miles of hiking on the rocks until you get to the "chin" which is the actual summit. It was tons of fun. The kids did a really great job. Norah and I made it about 1/2 of the way to the top, Anne made it 2/3 of the way. Dustin, Macy and Tate got to the last hump before the steep climb to the summit. Macy was all for continuing up there, but Tater got a little pooped and they had to turn back. It was beautiful up there and we had such a great time. After the hike, we went down to the resort part of Stowe. There is a big section for kids that includes and Alpine slide, rock wall and bungee/trampoline jumping. Macy, Dustin and Tate did the Alpine slide. They loved it. It was a great day!

Shelburne Farms

Yesterday we went with our friends to a place here called Shelburne Farms. We are both fairly new and had heard that it was this great place with lots of fun things to do. Well, it was! They have this farm area with tons of different animals. We walked about 3/4 of a mile on a beautiful path to get to the farm. The kids were able to see goats, llamas, chickens, cows, horses, pigs, lambs, what else... too many for me to count! They also got to take goat fur and make a piece of yarn with it. Plus, they got to milk a cow! Also on the property there is a cheese factory where they make cheese from all the cow's milk they get. We really had a great time. Thanks Kaylene for inviting us!

Montreal Temple

Hey everyone. A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to the Montreal Temple. If you can believe it, that is our temple district! Montreal is about 1 1/2 hours away from us. The closest US temple is Boston, which is about 3 hours away. Crazy, I know! Anyway, it was our entire families first trip to Canada. The border wasn't too bad. You have to bring (adults) a picture ID and (everyone) a passport or birth certificate. Well, as you can tell from the pictures, there are corn fields everywhere. Who knew?? The temple was wonderful, as always. It is a smaller temple and is very much like the SC Temple, so I felt right at home. I half way expected to see some familiar faces. The interesting thing was that even though the workers talked to us in English, they talked to each other in French.
The kids came with us to experience Canada and see another temple. Dustin was going to stay out with them as I was going to do baptisms with the 2 new member sisters in our ward. It was their first time and it was such a great experience sharing it with them. Very spiritual! Anyway, one of the older sister's in our ward came and realized once she got there that her recommend had expired. So, she stayed with the kids and Dustin came to help with the baptisms. All in all, it was a great experience!

Just One Memory...

My friend, Rachel, did this on her blog and I loved the idea.

1. As a comment on this post, leave one memory that you and I have together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.