New Food Discovery
Dad eating a deep fat fried Oreo cookie
Make a batter from Bisquick and water. A bit on the thin side of pancake batter. Dip the cookie in it and fry till golden.
I was really surprised at how good they were. The cookie softens and warms the cookie through.
Needless to say, Dad loved them.
The Elders came straight from a service project. It was Elder Pearce's last night before transfers.
Elder James, Mike, Elizabeth, and Elder Pearce
An Amazing Trip to New York
The skyline was amazing and Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty was wonderful to see and feel.
The tall building is the Liberty building that replaced the twin towers. It has a spire on top.
The Statue of Liberty hats were our tickets to get on the ferry for free.
Ellis Island. My Grandpa, Joseph Aaron Rigby Capener came through here on his way back from his mission to England. It was amazing to listen to the stories of people coming through, their experiences added so much to what we saw. There was a 45 min. video that we didn't watch since we only had 1 hour there, but the lady at the desk gave me the link. "Island of Hope, Island of tears." It's on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viHuhzP0Au0
ANOTHER GOOD LINK IS AN INTERACTIVE TOUR WITH PICTURES AND AUDIO
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/
This is the registry room where the immigrants would come through. As many as 5,000 in a day could pass through.
The dormitories/ hospital across the street where people would be put if they didn't pass the health inspection.
The Statue of Liberty
The old original torch
This is a cast that was used. There was a cool museum inside the pedestal part.
Yes, we climbed the 195 stairs to the top of the pedestal. We had to be able to say we climbed. We couldn't go further than that. You have to get the tickets 3 months in advance to go any higher.
More skyline
Pictures while we were on the pedestal.
Pictures from the ground looking up. We were on the lookout just above the 3 windows part.
This was from the ferry and shows where the statue is compared to Manhattan Island.
We were on the top deck and they had a mop tied on to the ferry and it was being washed in the water. As we docked, a crew member brought the mop up and was ready with a clean mop to mop the floor!
Good-bye to Ellis Island
Empire State Building from where we were waiting for the bus.
This is a memorial in New Jersey with all the names of the people from New Jersey that died in 9 11. The tunnel looks out at where the twin towers used to be.
This is the building they built at ground 0
On the bus going back to Coxsackie
We love watching the changes in the bush out front.
Dogwood Tree - We give the story behind it in my letter this week.
Sunday - A big day from morning until night
We went to the Bronck House, built in 1663, but I think I will save all the pictures until next week when I don't have so many.
Monday, May 19
Monday is Mel day. We go to the Senior Citizen's center for our Genealogy class at 10:30. They do Zoomba at 10:00, so we are going early so I can do that. I think of you Mel!
We gave Bro. Kruppenbacher Pres. Monson's closing remarks from General Conference for our message to him this week. They are at the end of my letter I sent, but here they are again with his added words:
“God our Eternal Father lives and loves us. He is indeed our Father, and He is personal and real. May we realize how close to us He is willing to come, how far He is willing to go to help us, and how much He loves us.”
Brother Kruppenbacher talked of how Heavenly Father wants to hear from us the same way as our earthly father, and not just the big things, but the little things as well. Then he said:
"He wants us to share ALL our feelings with Him."
I believe that. And the more we share, the closer we get to Him.
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