Day Two!

Today started out bright and early, and overcast! I was a little worried that it was going to rain, but the forecast called for only cloudy skies.

Log Cabin

Upper Room

Our first stop was at the Smith Family farm where we saw the log cabin where the family all lived as well as the room where Moroni appeared to Joseph Smith and told him of the hidden record.

Facing the Sacred Grove with Palmyra Temple behind

Walking towards the Frame home and barn area you can see the Palmyra temple as it overlooks the Sacred Grove through the trees.

Sacred Grove

     It was here in 1820 that the Father and Son appeared to Joseph Smith

Original exterior wall of the 3rd Floor

"Upper Case and Lower Case"

We were able to visit the E.B. Grandin store where the Book of Mormon was first published in 1830. It was a huge publication. 5,000 copies, bound in sheepskin leather, many thought Grandin was a fool to undertake this printing. Martin Harris put up $3,000 worth of his land to pay for the printing.

That first run was the beginning of copies of the Book of Mormon being printed in over 100 languages.

First Edition Book of Mormon

Original Painting

Original Painting

The batteries in both my camera and phone ran out so I'll post photos when I get them from others later on.

Reboot!

Hm..this new interface looks kinda cool. Let's see if I can make this work.

What better way to reboot a blog than with an adventure??

Today is the first day (although I'm typing this at 1am) of the Church History Field Study trip. We traveled from SLC to Chicago Midway to Buffalo to Palmyra where I am currently on my bed in the Palmyra Inn. Woohoo!

It's been adventure getting here. Parker, a roommate from last year, had signed up for this class and found out about the trip that they go on. He said why not, and then wouldn't shut up about it when he got home. So, my roommate, Eric; FHE sister, Bethany and I decided that we were going to do it.

Meet at SLC airport 9:30. Me and Eric didn't go to bed until 3am because we were packing. Somehow, we got distracted earlier in the day by Guitar Hero. (Which we totally rocked! I played a full set on hard, and rocked one on expert. We also completed Through the Fire and the Flames  on hard the first time through. We're kinda nerds...)

Anyway, we got to the airport on time, but others didn't so it was a mad dash trying to get through security and boarding the plane. By the time the last person boarded, the plane was on last call. It was Bethany's first time flying, so we were all excited for her

Stopped in Chicago Midway (named after the Battle of Midway) and had some dinner before we boarded our flight to Buffalo. Well, it was a three hour layover so we tried to get as much homework done as we could so we wouldn't have to worry about it on the trip.

That is an epic plane hanging in the terminal.

Flew over Lake Michigan to get to Buffalo (yes, Eden ... I will try the "real" wings while I'm here) and then boarded a bus to take us to Palmyra. It was dark when we landed in Buffalo so we didn't get to really see anything. We drove into Palmyra where we unloaded and checked into the Palmyra Inn, we're literally a block from the Palmyra LDS Temple. 

Not much in the way of excitement going on so far. Mostly just a day of travel. The rest of the trip, however, is going to be epic. I'm excited to be able to learn church history at the actual sites where that was made. 

Buffalo to Chicago

Random Moments: I decided to branch away from Eric and Bethany and met some of the others on the trip. We decided we were hungry and ordered some food at midnight. 

P.s. Does anyone remember that cartoon from which the title comes?

Reminisce

Wow..May 18th was my last post. Haha.. Oops.

Okay, here's the quick update

1) Worked in Virginia until end of July and then roadtripped it back to Utah

2) Started working back at BYU Catering and was offered a promotion to Student Event Coordinator.

3) That's about it :D

....title.....

So I don't really know what to write. I guess I should write something because I haven't in a long time. A lot has happened since March and that chemistry exam (which I technically failed :D )

I'm in Virginia Beach selling pest control with a great group of people (who'd a thought I'd be selling pest control?!) It's an ....interesting ... job to say the least...haha. Everyone out here is a blast; I'm glad I get to work with them this summer. I definitely learn something from everyone.

On a side note ... NCIS finale ... what the heck?! It all seemed so familiar .. and then I realized Bourne. I still liked it; but what the cliff hanger!! Who is the traitor?! Although, that seems like they've already been there, done that a few seasons ago with the Asian agent that was in love with Palmer ... speaking of ... Palmer is getting married?! haha.

Glee: loved the episode!

Okay, it's 11pm local, and I'm exhausted. I'm going to go to bed. Hopefully this adventure in blogging gets better.

Lol!

In the beginning ...

So I've finally decided to keep up with this, considering my last post was almost a year ago and I can't remember what it is :D

It's a good time to start, I believe, since I've now been home from my mission for a year now. I got home 3/4/10; it's hard to believe that so much time has passed. I haven't been up to much, school at BYU and work (Scout Camp over the summer, BYU Catering during the semester, and now I'll be heading out to Virginia to do pest control so that I can pay for school)

I started working out more regularly; I take a tap class at BYU and I Zumba at Gold's when I can. Running in the Rex Lee run was an amazing experience even though it was only 5K. Considering I hadn't trained for it at all (I got talked into doing it the day before) I think I did pretty well. At least considering what my very first 5K time in High School was ... :D

I'm going to keep this short, because I have assignments to do and places to be.

Until next time :)