On another side note I wonder if our church is going to offer any sort of "Church Widow" compensation! Between a youth temple trip, moving a new family into the ward and Priesthood Session, I have not seen much of Spencer this weekend. I feel like a nanny sometimes, forget the fact that they are my children, but that is a whole other topic for a later time.
Back to my intended subect...we actually managed to go into Nashville today! And not to the airport for once! We took our children to see an original Dunlap Broadside of the Declaration of Independence! It was really neat! There were 25 original copies of the DOI that were printed the same day it was written. These were taken by men on horses throughout the 13 colonies. They were read in town squares as a way to rally the soon-to-be-Americans to the cause of freedom and seperation from England and King George. This particular copy was found by a man who bought a picture at a flea market because he liked the frame! He noticed a tear in the back of the canvas of the picture and found an original copy of the Declaration of Independence! How awesome is that! If I remember right, the copy was bought and sold a few times and eventually was bought by someone (can't remember the names) who wanted the document to go on tour.
How often in ones lifetime are you going to see something like that! I was excited, to the point of goosebumps, at seeing it! I love that time in history!
They had actors dressed as Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, John Adams, Abigail Adams, and a few others, but those were the ones we saw. We took pictues with them and the monkeys. (to be posted at a later time.)
As we were leaving the library M states, "I didn't see a single decoration!!!" **Honey I said we were going to see the Declaration not Decorations!!! (He thought we were going to see Halloween Decorations!) That boy has me rolling everyday!
Then we walked a few city blocks and the kids were in awe of the tall buildings and the trolley and everything! We are soooo suburban!! I was nervous the whole time. My children are not known for being overly obediant and I just KNEW we were going to loose someone! Ben was great and he and Matt stayed together the whole time ooohing and awwwing at all the new sites! We had a really nice time.
I hope that the kids will remember how much people have believed in our country and fought for our country and lost for our country! We are so blessed to live here!
2 comments:
I can certainly sympathize with feeling like a nanny at times! Seems like Christian and Spencer are home the same amount (meaning not all that much) Call me next time and we can entertain eachother!
Your trip to Nashville sounds like it was fun and educational! What a good mama you are!
That sounds pretty neat! How do you find out about these kinds of activities to do with your family? I don't get the paper...ok...even if I did I wouldn't read it, and I don't watch the local channel-something about watching the traffic in various parts of M'boro does not interest me.
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