Ready to Roll.

After a long day cooped up in the car on Saturday,  a restless Saturday night, and a grumpy Sunday, we were thrilled to wake up on Monday to an unseasonably gorgeous day and a yummy breakfast cooked by Cami. 

The sunshine and good food gave us some good positive energy, and we were ready to roll....


literally....

in fact, with a hill like this, the urge to roll or run down it proved to be completely irrepressible for certain members of our family...



like everyone aged below 30...

At first I wasn't too happy about all the rolling and running considering the fact that the hill we were on was Hill Cumorah....

but seeing as there were no signs forbidding it, or fences to prevent it, combined with all of the kids' happy smiles after their bad-mood-Sunday....

I decided to soak up the kids' smiles and go with the fabulous picture taking opportunity....

and somehow when they declared Hill Cumorah their new favorite place to visit, I just couldn't mind that much. 



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And I'm throwing in this last picture, because this statue at the Hill Cumorah visitors' center is one of my favorite depictions of Jesus Christ.  I love that He has a subtle smile on His face, emanating the gentleness I envision Him having and I love the painting of the Sacred Grove in the background.  The familiarity of the wooded background scene seems to give an air of approachability that really connected with me.  Beautiful! 


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