The Sweet Life Of TeriAnn

Wednesday In NYC

2008-08-13T17:49:00.001-07:00

Well we left Boston at 7:30 AM and headed out for NYC. We got to NYC at 1:00 PM and ran for the subway to make it to the play Wicked. Yahoo!!! Me on my way down to Time Square.
Time Square.
Time Square.
The Subway. It is a jungle down there and very hot.

Mom and I outside Gershwin Theatre after Wicked. It was FABULOUS!! I loved it. I wish you all could have seen it with me. Yes, it even made my mom and I cry. Now that I have seen it I can officially say that I am very WICKED!! :)
Seth, Dad, Bryan, and I in Gershwin Theatre after Wicked.
The set of the play had a HUGE dragon triple the size of the one behind us in this picture. It was a beautiful set. We were not allowed to take pictures inside the actual theatre, so what did I do, I took a picture of the entire set on my phone of course!!
The outside of Gershwin Theatre where we saw wicked.
Hanging out at the hotel after the play. We were all super tired. Our hotel room is beautiful but small like all rooms in New York City. They are crammed here!!

Monday & Tuesday In Bawwwston

2008-08-13T16:42:00.000-07:00

Downtown Boston.The following few pictures are of cute streets and houses in Boston. It is the cutest city! I absolutely loved it.

Fauniel Hall. This was a very long building. It was packed front to back and up and down with cute food places and bakery's. PACKED WITH THEM!!

On the tour bus.

Paul Revere Monument.
They have cute little bakery's like this all over Boston. Restaurants and stores are just stuck in little spaces like this EVERYWHERE in the city.
Holocaust Memorial. There were 6 tall towers with mist coming out of the ground, representing the gas chambers and deaths of the holocaust. On the glass of each tower, there is 1 million numbers that were tattooed on the arms of the holocaust prisoners. It was very moving.

Mom, Dad, and I drove out to Harvard. This is one of the buildings for the school.
The Freedom Trail and all the stops along the way that we walked. 2.5 miles long.
The Freedom Trail we walked along. It is also know as the red line. This red brick line is 2.5 miles long and goes all over downtown Boston.

The numbers etched in the glass.

USS Constitution. Oldest floating naval ship in the world. Built in 1797. Won 33 out of 33 battles. Nicknamed Old Iron Sides.
Dad, Seth, and Bryan by the USS Constitution.
Anchors Away.
Bryan must have been on the ship too long. He went a little crazy. You gotta love this kid.
The side of USS Constitution with the cool cannons sticking out the side.

Mom, Seth, Bryan, and I in front of Bunker Hill.
My mom and I after we climbed to the top of Bunker Hill Monument. 294 stairs and it was steep!! HOT AND STEEP. We are sore the day after.
I am terrified of heights. I would not stand on this grate. That tiny light at the bottom is way way down there.
The view from one side at the top of Bunker Hill Monument.
Bryan after climbing to the top. What a trooper!!

They make fun of their accents here. They are totally proud of it. We loved this sign!!
Boston Skyline from our ocean tour on the boat.
A cool boat sailing in Boston Harbor. You would not believe how many sail boats there are out there.

The two tall towers in this picture have suspended rods coming out of them. This is one of the largest suspension bridges in America.

This was the place that George Washington took command of the US troops on July 31, 1773.
We went to Salem where the with trials were held. This was a sign on one of the houses. 1787...that is old. Some of our ancestors(Nathaniel Ashby) lived there, before they moved to Kirtland with the saints.

This was me in front of the dungeon for the people thought to be witches during the Salem Witch Trials. the picture above me was a display in the window. My mom and I laughed and laughed about it. It is so horrible and random!
The Salem Witch Trial Dungeons. It was actually a very cute and dainty little town. Very cute houses.

Sunday's Church History Adventures & Niagara Falls

2008-08-11T18:48:00.000-07:00

This was our last day at the Church History sights. Some of you know how much I love to study church history and how grateful I am as I learn more and more about it. I have been studying it for the last year in institute and on my own. I was sad, yet excited to move on to our next destination of Boston. There is a wonderful spirit as you visit the church history sights, and as you hear the stories and learn more about how much the Smith family and the early saints sacrificed you can't help but feel complete gratitude. There is something unique about seeing it with your own eyes after your whole life growing up hearing the stories and learning of these wonderful places. It just reaffirmed my testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am part of a great and marvelous work and I know it without a doubt. Joseph Smith was truly a prophet of God who sacrificed a great deal to make the gospel possible in our lives today. Our Father in Heaven and our Savior were there with him every step of the way, leading him and guiding him. How grateful I am for the gospel in my life!!!
Here is the Radmall Family in front of the Palmyra Temple Sunday morning after church.

Bryan after 9AM church. He commented that it was really 7AM to him. That is why he looks so wierd.
The same goes for my silly brother Seth.

Here is the beautiful Palmyra Temple.
Mom and I in front at Palymra Temple.
Seth, Bryan, and I on the Palmyra Temple grounds with the Sacred Grove behind us. How I love these two boys. They make my life extra special and always remind me everyday how much they love me.

Every window on the Palymra temple was stained glass done by Willy Holdman of the Sacred Grove.

Palymra City Town Hall. All of the buildings are old fashioned like this on the main street.
There is still obviously a big stir with religion in Palymra. There are 4 huge churches with steeples on the main street in Palymra. This was a Baptist church.
The Methodist Church.
The Presbyterian Church.

The Episcopalian Church.
The Episcopalian church on the inside. The nicest man gave my mom and Bryan a great tour. I was only there for half of the tour.
The next few pictures are of old homes in the town of Palymra. We took them especially for my Aunt Jeanne. We thought she would love looking at them.
This is the garage to the picture of the house below. It has a rooster on the top!!
This home was built in 1840. I absolutely love it.

This was the funeral home. :)
We loved this house. My mom named it the gingerbread house.

This sign was for a home in Palmyra that was part of the underground railroad. The people involed with this were so brave. My mom especially loved this.
This is the home where part of the underground railroad took place.

Niagara Falls. GLORIOUS!!!!!
The city you see across the picture is part of the Canada side of the falls.
It POURED rain while we were there. Anything not covered by a poncho is soaking wet!!
We were freezing cold.
It was an absolutely spectacular sight.

The monument of Moroni and dedicated to Joseph Smith and the coming forth of The Book of Mormon on top of Hill Cumorah
These are the walls on the side of the monument. I only have a few of the sides posted here.

There was a small trail down the back side of the hill that was so pretty. My mom wanted a pictures of these funny mushrooms. Just before I walked in my dad sad I think some of those leaves in their might be poisonous. My mom wanted me to go anyway. I sacrificed for the happiness of my mom and I got a huge bug bite on the back of my leg while doing it. I love my mom!

The front side of the Hill Cumorah.
The Hill Cumorah Visitor Center. At night in the front round window they open the curtains and inside is the statue of the Cristus(I think that is how you spell it, like the one in the visitors center in Salt Lake), and they light it all up. It was really pretty.

Mom, Bryan, and I in front of the monument.
Mom and Daddy in front of the monument.

Our last stop for the day even though it was closed was the Whitmer farm.
The local church and visitor center at the Whitmer farm. Quite different from a chapel back home.
The Whitmer outhouse. Oh dear, I expect nothing less from a sixteen year old boy, but then again Aaron or Kurt would make this pose.

After our last stop at the Whitmer Farm we were on our way to Boston. We didn't arrive there until 2AM. Needless to say again, we were exhausted. But it has been quite the adventure. We are a lucky family. Thanks to a great mom and dad who make our lives extra spectacular in so many ways.

Saturday's Church History Adventures

2008-08-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

The Sacred Grove was an incredible experience! What a beautiful and wonderful place to be.
Mom and Daddy in the Sacred Grove
The Boys and I in the Sacred Grove
Me in the Sacred Grove

The Back view of the Smith Family's first log cabin in Palymra. It was tiny for 11 people to live in.
This is part of the fence the Smith boys built around the Smith family property. Quite amazing! On the phone with Tom. What can I say I kind of miss him. I only talked for a minute or two!:)

The fireplace in the home Alvin built just before he died. The plates were at one point hidden beneath the bricks here by Joseph Smith to be kept from the mobs or others finding them. This farm is in between the Sacred Grove and the home Alvin built where the Smith's lived for a short time. It was built by Brigham Young's father. It was huge! It is completely authentic.
This is the Cooper shop built by the Smith family. It is where barrels were made. This is a picture inside of the Cooper shop. The golden plates were once hidden below the floor boards, but angel Moroni told Joseph Smith he needed to move them. That night he moved them to the top floor of this shop and hours later a mob tore up the entire bottom floor looking for the golden plates. Little did they know, they were just overhead.

The Palmyra temple sits across from the Sacred Grove. You can see it here on the short walk from the first Smith log cabin home to the home that Alvin built. It was a beauitful sight to behold!!
Here is the family on our tour of the Smith farm. Just behind us is the Smith log cabin home, and in front of us is the barn and the home that Alvin built. To the left is the temple and to the right is the Sacred Grove.
The home that Alvin built for his bride-to-be just months before he died.
The kitchen of the home Alvin built, where Martin Harris would have told Joseph Smith of the loss of the 116 pages. If you don't know the entire story of this home, and what happened to the Smith family, you should read about it. It is very interesting. They were basically cheated out of this home.

This is me standing in front of the printing press owned by a man named Grandin. The first 5000 copies of the Book of Mormon were printed here. You would not believe the work and effort it took to print just one copy of the Book of Mormon. It also took a great amount of persuasion and effort to get Grandin to print it here. Also the story of how he decided to purchase the new and expensive printing press that made the printing possible. Another amazing story you should look into. Grandin never joined the church.
Mom, Daddy, Seth, and Bryan in front of the Book of Mormon printing sight.
The front view of the Smith family log cabin on the Smith family farm.
The biggest room on the bottom floor of the Smith family log cabin.
The room on the top floor of the Smith family cabin where the Angel Moroni would have appeared to Joseph Smith. It was absolutely incredible to stand in that room and to look out at the Sacred Grove just across the way from the window.

Looking at the Sacred Grove.

On The Way To Palmyra

2008-08-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

First of all, for those of you that know me, I hate minivans. And of course, that is how the Radmall family decided to get around. I have to admit as much as I hate them, they are nice
to travel in.
On our way to Palymra, we traveled through New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It is beauitful, lush, and very green. When driving through Pennsylvania, we saw the one and only, SCRANTON!! If any of you are big Office fans like me, you will know just how cool this is. The TV show The Office is set in the city of Scranton. How cool is that!?!

Off To New York

2008-08-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Well family and friends, we are off to NYC!!! Yeah!! We left Friday night at Midnight (flying first class was such a treat, even though it was cold and none of us got very much sleep), and didn't arrive in NYC until 4AM Saturday Morning (6AM NY Time). We drove straight from the airport in NYC to Palmyra. Needless to say, we were exhausted by the time we got to Palmyra!! Oh well, we are on vacation and we are ready to have the time of our lives. Here we go!!