Preparation Days

Labor Day we went to Norwood, about 16 miles from Massena and helped Sister Wilson and Blevins with a family history booth

 

 

Boat house close up

later in the day we traveled to Alexandria Bay . and toured the Bolt castle.

 

boat house, notice the main house in the back- ground

 

 

We enjoyed another wonderful P (preparation)day . We recently found that the childhood home of Almanzo Wilder is located about thirty miles from us near Malone, New York.  We have our Zone Conferences in Malone. You may remember the book Farmer Boy written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie books and television show) . Farmer Boy is my favorite written by Wilder. It is Laura's book about the childhood of her husband Almanzo and one that I enjoyed reading to our youngest sons Scott and Tyler. In fact Scott told me several months ago that he had been reading it to his sons.

this is the original home of Almonzo and his family

this is the creek they talked about in the book

replica of barn