Our trip to the East Coast

We had a great time on our vacation. This was the kids first airplane ride. I was anxious to see how well they would travel. We were very pleasantly surprised. They were both angels on the ride. We had many comments from other passengers about their good behavior. I am proud of them.

The day after we arrived we took the kids to the trolley museum in Connecticut. We got to go for a ride in an old trolley and then see many old trolleys and fire engines. We were all still recovering from jet lag and Cameron kept asking to go back to the hotel to take a nap. (strange for a 4 year old who doesn't nap) I think staying in a hotel ranks in Cameron's top 5 activities of the entire vacation!

On Friday we spent the day in New York City.

We rode the train in from CT. Grand Central Station was amazing.

Above are a few of the sites we saw in New York City. John would have loved to go to the Late Show but we weren't there long enough and we had the kids.

It was our goal to see the temple while we were there. We were almost under it before we recognized it. We were able to go inside and upstairs where the chapel is for Sunday meetings and read about the opening of the temple.

Central Park was beautiful. I was surprised at how clean it was for as many people that visit daily. Do you recognize the Bethesda Fountain? It can be seen in many movies.


We went to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty. A New York Landmark you can't miss.Another on Cameron's list of favorites was Spiderman at Battery Park. He really could have cared less about the Statue of Liberty. While we were looking at the Statue of Liberty he kept asking if he could see Spiderman. I had no idea what he was talking about. Luckily his dad did, and took them over for a picture. We also got to see the Kalipso Tumblers (America's Got Talent Stars for those who are not fans of the show).

On our way to New Hampshire to the Lake House we took a slight detour to visit a Maple Syrup Farm and see the birthplace of the prophet Joseph Smith. We got to see how they tap the tree for the syrup and try to carry the heavy buckets through the tires to see what it would be like to carry buckets of sap through the snow and watched a movie about how they boil down the 30-40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup.

It was great to be able to visit one of the church history sites while we were there and to learn more about the life of the prophet.

We spent one night at my father-in-law's cousin's lake house. The kids got to go kayaking and play in the private beach.

On Tuesday, we went to Boston. Our first stop was the Boston Temple. It is fun for the kids to see all of the different temples.
In Boston we ate lunch in Boston Common, went on the Freedom Trail and learned more about the history of Boston and shopped at Quincey Market. The Carousel was another of Cameron's most memorable times.
At the end of our day in Boston we were invited to dinner at Reed and Doris Alexander's home with all of the extended family. It was fun to meet many of John's family.


On Wednesday before we boarded the plane to come home we made it to the beach. This too made Cameron's Top 5.Cameron and Jorie working on the sand castle and Cameron with the crab shell. It is a good thing he always prays that he won't get bitten by a lobster or a crab. We made it though the beach day safely.

On our way home we missed our flight from Georgia to Utah so we had to stay there overnight. This will be Cameron's number 1 memory. We missed our plane, but we got to stay in a really nice hotel and jump on the beds.