Year and A Half Anniversary...In Kirtland!

Today was our Year and a half anniversary! It's crazy how time flies by, and I know I will say the same thing in 60 years. I love my life and I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband who adores me. I am so lucky! Today, we thought going to Kirtland, Ohio would be a good Sunday activity and indeed it was. We had so much fun. Sunday morning we both woke up at 5 am, unintentially, which we thought was really funny considering we had gone to bed at 1:30 am. We stayed in bed talking for a while and then decided to get up and head to Kirtland for church. With Kirtland being only fifty minutes away, we made it to church at 9 am on time! After church we went to Historic Kirtland, where we took a two hour tour by sister missionaries. After the tour we had a picnic on the grounds and then headed to the Kirtland temple.

This was the neatest place, where so many things in church history occurred and I am so grateful we had the opportunity to go there.

Inside the N.K. Whitney Store. This is the store that the "Bishop's Store House" got its name.

I don't know what I'm doing...

This is our tour group.

This was the prophet training room. This is where they educated the men on writing, spelling, ect.

A copy of the Book of Mormon in that time period.

The Sawmill

Justin and Me, shining from all the humidity.

This creek behind me was where they baptized people.

After the tour in Historic Kirtland, we came to the Kirtland temple. It was surprising to me how different the feeling was than I had expected. It was beautiful and I was so amazed what people did back then to build this house of the lord; they gave up so much to follow the prophet. Good for them!

This was our guide for the John Johnson Farm. He was really great! The John Johnson Farm was where Joseph Smith lived for over a year and was dragged out of the house to be tarred and feathered.

This was the decoration on their wood work. It was painted by a feather.

They say that Sister Johnson was the Martha Stewart of this century...look at the colors she painted the guest bedroom! This is the room Joseph Smith was dragged out of.

This is where Joseph Smith translated some of the Book of Mormon and had several revelations! It is amazing to think Joseph Smith sat right there.

John Johnson Farm

Tada!

Today a friend and I started a craft project that we had in mind. Car seat canopies are becoming more and more popular and I figured I might need one some day, so why not make it now. I had a whole Saturday to myself. We started at ten o'clock this morning and I just got home at nine p.m. The project itself took about 6-7 hours. It took many mistakes to develop this piece of work :) but I'm actually pretty proud of myself, considering this is only the second or third thing I have sewn in my life. Next time, I think it will go much faster.

Summer With Andrew

This summer while Justin is at work, I decided to get a job to help pass the time and help with the income. I am watching an Autistic, six year old little boy. His name is Andrew and he is great! He is obsessed with Chuggington the show and trains. He builds fifty feet train tracks around the house in such a way, I would have never been able to create. We have fun drawing together, going to the playground, writing our letters and numbers on white boards and of course, watching chuggington and building forever long train tracks. I am so glad I have this opportunity to get to know a child with autism this way and be able to help him in any way possible.