Summary of our trip back East

Hello all-
Cindy, Katie, Celeste and myself went on a fun vacation to Syracuse, New York the first week of July. Below are some pictures. Some back ground info before I tell you about the trip.

Cindy's birth dad, Skip Springer, passed away when Cindy was 3 years old. He was killed by a lightening strike. After his death, Cindy's Mom, Cammie, converted to the LDS church and moved to Provo to attend BYU. There she met Lee Bishop. They eventually married and Lee adopted Cindy. Over the years however, Cindy has kept in touch with her birth Grandma & Grandpa Springer as well as her aunt's and uncles and extended family members.

This past July 5th, there was a family reunion of sorts on the Springer side of the family. Relatives attended that Cindy has not seen for a very long time and others she has never seen. It really was a fun trip. The Springer family is large ( 8 children) very Catholic family.

The purpse of the trip was two fold. We wanted Grandma & Grandpa Springer ( and extended family), who are in failing health, to meet Katie as well as their newest granddaughter. This was great. Seeing Grandpa Springer hold little Celeste confirmed for me the effort and expense to make the trip.

The second reason was to visit church history sites. So we flew off to Cleveland, Ohio and roadtriped it moving East. 30 Minutes outside of Cleveland is Kirtland, Ohio. It's pretty much a suburb of Cleveland but still retains it's rural flavor. This was a great experience. We then continued East on to Niagara Falls outside Buffalo, New York. Followed by Palmyra, New York and then Syracuse.

I will enter in blog posts for each segment of our trip with pictures. It really was a great trip. The northeast is beautiful during the summer. Intensely cold during the winter. So here we go....