Today we really let freedom ring! We started out the day by attending our annual 4th of July breakfast at the church. The food was REALLY good and there was a LOT of it. Much of it Carmen didn’t recognize so we helped her out! After the meal, there was a pie eating contest and […]
Today we had our combined Young Men/Young Women activity at church and went ice blocking on a nearby hillside. Carmen came and went down the hill a couple of times. She thought that was a really crazy activity! She said that they do nothing like this in Spain! 🙂 Also there were Ryan and Emily
Sarah has LOVED attending Seminary at the church this year! Every morning she is up and ready to go for a 5:55am start! Seminary graduation was held tonight for all graduating Seniors, and at this graduation ceremony, Sarah was awarded the Stake President’s Award. This is the highest achievement award you can get in Seminary.
Today, the last day of our 4-day spring break, 1500 mile road trip (Sunday – Wednesday), we visited the Kirtland Temple on our way home. The Community of Christ has done a nice job keeping the temple maintained. They have added a new visitor center addition since we were last there: a theater where, after
After we visited Kirtland (see previous post), we drove to Palmyra where we stayed at the new and beautiful Palmyra Inn (two thumbs up if you go there and need a place to stay). Today we saw the sites around Kirtland (the Hill Cumorah, the Grandin Building, the Sacred Grove, the first log cabin, the
Well, spring break is here and as is typical of the Halliday family, we decided to do a road trip! Our destination: LDS Church sites in Kirtland, OH and Palmyra, NY! Yesterday we drove the 6 1/2 hours to Kirtland, visited the John Johnson Farm (in Hiram, OH), and today enjoyed the sites in Kirtland.
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