Niagara Falls

We LOVED this place... seriously any of you can come and visit and see these sites they are Awesome... Dad you would love... I mean LOVE to take pictures here, that's all I could think of is how much you would love it! Mom you would love all the green trees, nothing beats the east coast! Casey I know you love history, come check it out. Ammon church history, I know you want to see it!!! HINT...HINT! Okay so maybe I just miss all of you and need to come see you instead.
This is the water before it goes over the falls... we had not seen the actual falls yet!

Here is our first look at the falls, I will never forget it, it is so overwhelmingly awesome!!!!

Observation point

Maid of the Mist boat tour into the falls

Mist from the American Falls

The American Falls

A picture canada and the mist of Horseshoe falls from far away in the boat.

Closer pic of the American Falls.... Dad you would love this place so many cool pictures!

Horshoe falls we are leaving the mist.

The canadian side of Horshoe falls this was as close as we could get because I forgot all our passports and birth certificates.... oh well!

Horseshoe falls, look at all the mist, as we got into the city you can see the mist in the sky, it looks like it is coming out from the middle of the city buildings... so very cool!!!

At the end of our trip on the Maid of the Mist, boat is leave Horshoe falls

Observation deck

Cave of Winds its as close as you can get to the falls

Madison and Benjamin at the bottom of Cave of winds we are going to the Hurricane deck to get in the falls... Yes!!!

Me, not the cutest pic, but I have to document that I am actually on these trips!

Shane with Aleyah asleep she was so tired!

On our way up to the top!

This is the last picture I could take before we went up to Hurricane deck, where it is too wet to take pictures, see below how wet we got even wearing ponchos! Aleyah was asleep I couldn't believe it, but not for long!!!

After the Cave Winds, we are completely drenched!!! It was soooo much fun our kids loved it and wanted to do it again! (Notice the special sandals we had on because you get sooooo wet!)

Horseshoe Falls observation point

Church History Trip to Palmyra, New York

After Niagara Falls we went to Palmyra... if any of you come out to see us this is one of the many choices you can go do...hint hint, wink wink!
Hill Cumorah

Hill Cumorah

Cute little girl, she loved Hill Cumorah

Characters from the Gold Plates

Grandin Press: Where the first Book of Mormon was published

A first edition Book of Mormon that has never left Palmyra.

Peter Whitmer Farm Visitor Center and Chapel

Peter Whitmer Farm Log Cabin

Sacred Grove

Joseph Smith Family Farm House

Palmyra Temple veiwed from the Smith Family Farm

The log cabin built as a temporary home until the other home was done... this is the home where young Joseph Smith had the surgery on his leg.