Andy and Josh Go East

 Andy took Josh on a church history trip for a week just as school started for the other kids.

 I don't have much insight into these pictures since I wasn't there so I will pretty much just put the location with a few minor details...

Also, sorry for the long post...I didn't want to break it up into multiple.

   Restoration of the Priesthood Site Visitor's Center...Harmony Pennsylvania

Hale Home in Harmony

Joseph and Emma's Home in Harmony

Priesthood Restoration Site...Sugar Maple Grove

Susquehanna River

Taughannock Falls

Whitmer Home

Sacred Grove

Joseph Smith Senior Home in Palmyra

Hill Cumorah Visitor's Center

Erie Canal

Niagra Falls

The Maid of the Mist

Newel K Whitney Store

Kirtland Temple

John Johnson Home Hyrum Ohio

They flew into D.C. and worked their way west, then came back to D.C. and did some sight seeing before they flew home.

Gettysburg Museum

Observation Tower at Gettysburg

National Air and Space Museum

This was Josh's favorite place in D.C.

Walking around D.C.

Monuments by Moonlight bus tour...

MLK Monument

Holocaust Museum

I was sad they didn't get more of themselves here...this is the closest we get :)

Museum of American History

Elephant and Castle Restaraunt

(Andy said it was like an English pub :)

Museum of Natural History

We missed them and were happy to have them back home.  They had such great experiences and seemed to really enjoy their time.

And how incredible that just a few short weeks later, Josh would get his mission call to the area of some of the very places they visited!

August...Almost All in One Big Post!

With all the smoke in the air from neighboring states' fires we've had some pretty amazing sunsets!

I snapped this one on the way out to my parents' house one evening.

Angie was able to be in town for a little while following Grandma's funeral.

All of us girls went to the cute, new, little restaurant called Crush.

It's completely plant based and has fun smoothie bowls and things.

Abby and T had been there before but it was a first for the rest of us :)

We went back to Crush a few mornings later when Dan and Maggie got into town.

Love this sweet little lady!

She's such a doll!

Kind of a sideways picture but these were my first real attempt at florals...

Along with the florals I also did my first cookies with my own projector!

It made such a difference with the lettering!

So fun :)

First day of school!

Ben changed schools...he's now a 7th grader!

I figure I include so many pictures of Ben because it's hard to get the perfect shot of him so I include a few of all the different facial expressions I get :)

Abby is a Junior!

And Matt is now a Freshman at the High School!

My workout lady friends were able to help at Chanelle's daughter's wedding.

We put together the charcuterie cups...

It was super fun!

I sure love these ladies!!!

Chanelle gave each of us a centerpiece bouquet the next morning.

They were so beautiful!

I can't remember who stuck this duck down Ben's shirt (I think Abby) but he went around for quite a while with it in there.  We gave him all kinds of names such as..."Quakymodo" :)

It didn't seem to bother him at all and it made for some pretty cute pics :)