October 2008

The highlight of our month was our trip to New York and Canada. Girl 3 still asks almost everyday when we can go back to Canada. The second weekend in October we flew to Buffalo, New York and drove first to Palmyra to see the church history sights. The weather was fabulous and the fall colors were incredible. We saw the Smith Family Farm, walked through the Sacred Grove, drove past the Palmyra temple, and hiked up the Hill Cumorah.

From there we drove north across the border into Canada to see Niagara Falls. The falls were amazing. We walked all along the Canadian side (where we got the best view of the falls), walked along the American side for some neat views, and even took a boat ride (Maid of the Mist) right to the base of the falls—it was very wet.

None of the previous activities sparked Girl 3’s interest. Her desire to return to Canada comes from our stay at the Great Wolf Lodge where we enjoyed the indoor water park and ate doughnuts for breakfast every morning.

Girl 3 loved the water slides and they were tame enough she could do them by herself.

Girl 1, Girl 2, & husband spent most of their time on the big water slides.

We stayed in a Kid’s Cabin themed room and had a fun couple of days.