Let's Have a Look-See

Two years ago, on our way home from North Carolina, we found ourselves in Nashville on a Saturday night. We had Callie with us and we were in the hotel and she texted me to see if Wes would be mad if we didn't go to church the next day. Well, Wes saw the text and was mad and Callie was mad that we had to go to church, I  never want to go to church when we are on the road, but we went.  On that particular day, three things happened that I knew I needed to do. Two young women spoke. They had just been on a trip to Palmyra and Kirtland. The first one talked about how beautiful the view from inside the temple was as you look at the Sacred Grove. The second one talked about how her grandmother told her to touch the trees in the grove because they were there when Jesus came. She also talked about the Kirtland temple and how the floors were original and to, okay, I'm still a little fuzzy on that point. The third thing was that their little Primary sang Pioneer songs. When I left ...

Here are some random pictures of with our kids and grands.

Last Sunday we stopped in South Bend Indiana and walked the campus of Notre Dame   It was lovely  peaceful  and shadey. There were statues  Football and Biblical  Afterwards we had a tailgate lunch in the stadium parking lot.  And discussed our favorite church historical sites. Wes liked the Priesthood restoration site in Pennsylvania.  There was an incredible spirit there. I spent some time trying to remember the discussion about the Priesthood in Spanish.  Always visit the cemetery. Always. Mine was the Kirtland Temple.  It was not open to a tour due to Covid. But the Spirit of this Pioneer Temple radiated to my soul. Those people were so poor, yet the answered the call to build a temple.  And of course,  the cemetery  Always A good day.

We drove across the country to hang out with Todd and Katelyn.   We walked and walked and walked. Gettysburg Pennsylvania  Hill Camorah, New York  Sacred Grove,  New York  Morley Farm Ohio Badlands North Dakota  Notre Dame. Indiana  Niagara Falls New York  Lake Onterio, New York  The best part of walking with the grands is that I can keep up with them. 

We are on a road trip. Sunday, St. Louis and Springfield Illinois,  Wednesday,  Gettysburg.  I was touched by how Lincoln carried the burden of the civil war. While at the museum I read the Gettysburg Address.  It is short and to the point. All people need to be free and our nation needs to be unified. By pure coincidence, the book I am reading is set in the Civil Rights era and I read Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech last night. It's message is the same.   As I walked a trail in Gettysburg this morning I was enjoying the beauty and serenity of this sleepy valley.  For 3 days men disrupted this Valley with cannons and gunfire and death.  All in the name of freeing slaves and unifying the nation.  I don't think I have ever thought about slavery at this level. It was/is of the Devil. I feel like good men were deceived and could no longer see the light. I can't h...