Our Almost Trip...

We have been planning a special trip for Rylee. Her Baptism Trip to Palmyra, NY. First we waited until school was out. Then we waited until Dave had some time off. Finally, we found a time and everything looked great. Reganne and Ryder were going to visit Brinton and Holland. We were really thankful that Randy and Janelle volunteered to take them. The flights looked good. We had our hotel room and car reservations. We were ready to go. We made our first flight and the kids were off with Uncle Randy. The wait began for the next flight. The Redeye to JFK. We waited, we walked, and tried to remain patient.

A family sitting beside us overheard Rylee talked about Palmyra. That was were they were going. The oldest sister had just finished serving her mission there two weeks before. She was taking her family back to share her mission.

The time finally arrived to start boarding the plane. Wow! where did they all come from. The waiting area was cleared down to 12 people. They started calling names to board. Wait A Minute! where did the flight attendants come from? They boarded first. Finally, the called our name. We started walking up to the desk and she said wait I only have one seat left. We looked at each other and slowly said sorry we all have to go. She then called another name. You would have thought the lady had won the lottery. She started to yelling and jumping up and down. I am going home!! As we started to walk away the realization set into Rylee that we weren't going. She started to cry. Plan B quickly fell into place.

We would get a car and hotel room for the night. Then visit Temple Square with her tomorrow. This would be our Almost Trip and spend the day together. Our first stop was the Church History Museum.

Rylee and almost Palmyra....

The log cabin display.

A bunk of a ship.

Our Angel...The new I Am A Child of God Exhibit.

Trying to tie the quilt. The yarn was too short.

Look how tall I am!

Laura Ingles, Not! Rylee trying on hats in the gift shop.

At the Beehive House & Eagle Gate

We took the 20 minute tour of the Beehive House.

Rylee by the reflecting pond. There were so many brides and grooms taking pictures outside. We saw one couple he wore a hot pink tie and the bride wore matching hot pink high top tennis shoes. Rylee asked if she could get married in this temple. Of course was our reply. Hopefully, this is many years down the road.

It was a wonderful day for an Almost Vacation full of sunshine and smiles. We met missionaries from Italy, Arizona, and the Phillapeans.

We are still going to try the actual trip. Just another day.