Kirtland

The one thing my Dad really wanted to do while they were here was to go visit Kirtland.

It was about a 2 hour drive and totally worth it!

It was freezing, even snowing when we got there, but I'm really glad we went.

There was a great movie that we watched in the Visitor's Center.

Corr totally started crying when Joseph Smith's baby died.  He was sad about it all day long.

One thing I learned is that the Saints were in Kirtland longer than anywhere else besides Salt Lake.

Walking around the town.  

Most of the buildings were original which was really cool.  They were set up like the actual town as well.

The Newel K. Whitney store was by far the coolest.  The kids liked looking at all the things in the store.

Corr had to pee, and the missionaries let him pee in the store bathroom.  It would have been cool except he leaned over too far and his hat when in the toilet.

His new birthday hat.

Ugh.

We got to go upstairs to see where Joseph and Emma lived.  This table was original to the house and the Smith's actually sat at it.

This was in the room where they had the "School of the Prophets".

It was pretty small and was gross to think about all of the smoke that would have been up there.

This is the room where The Word of Wisdom revelation was received along with many others.

As the missionaries were talking I was explaining things to him. 

He thought it was pretty neat and told me he felt the Spirit in his heart.

Then he was over it.

After, we drove  up to see the Kirtland temple.  It is owned by a different church and they did a great job with their visitor's center and tour.  It was really interesting to see a different perspective.  The tour was more factual than spiritual and I learned a lot.  We watched a video and then they pulled up the screen and opened the curtains to reveal the temple.  It was very bright and beautiful.

Corr passed out during the movie and slept on my Dad's shoulder throughout the entire tour.

The lady gave Remi a worksheet that had all of these little symbols on it.  Remi loved it!  At the end she told Remi that she found more than most people do.

This is the front.  They told us that the temple used to be like a blue color but has since been painted.  All of the glass was original.  Also, you weren't allowed to touch one side of the banisters because they were original.  We got to go on all three floors because there were so few of us on the tour.  

This shows you how big the temple was.  Pretty amazing!

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