Kirtland, Ohio

Ok, so this post covers 3 different stops in Kirtland....but that's ok.  This was at the John Johnson Farm.  It ended up being quite the painful stop for us.  Joey was asleep and we had to wake him up to take him in.  He would not stop crying and screaming.  Dave ended up taking him outside and missing the entire tour.  This is the first room of the tour...at least he got to see the kitchen.  :) Thankfully all stops weren't that bad.  Cool loom huh?

The Kirtland Temple was an interesting visit since it is not owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  Beautiful building and interesting facts about it.  However, definitely missing A LOT without the spirit there. 

Their visitor center had some fun dress up clothes Abby and I tried out. :)

Then we were off to the NK Whitney store and the Mill.  It rained a little and boy did those kids LOVE getting to hold umbrellas.  It was almost dangerous how much they loved holding umbrellas! lol

It was simply gorgeous there.  SO very green!  Interesting thing I learned...I asked the older missionary man that serves in the visitor center there why such a beautiful place like Kirtland seemed so under populated?  He leaned forward and said...well, this place was cursed by the Lord.  They persecuted the saints and there was much wickedness there.  Interesting eh?

The mill was so cool!

This wide open field was like free rein for the kids.  They couldn't help but run and frolic in the wide open field.  They started getting pretty far out there, and I couldn't see if there were ditches or streams or cliffs...so I freaked out and had to chase them down.  But no one got hurt.  

Just a gorgeously green place!