The Sacred Grove

We walked down a ways from the Smith home into the Sacred Grove.  Being April, there was not much green like I remember from our trip when I was a child.  So it looked different to me.  But still just as beautiful.  With 4 young kids with us, it was difficult to have a reverent demeanor and to keep the Holy Ghost with us as we browsed the grove.  The kids were excited to be there, interested that it was where Joseph Smith prayed, but it was hard for them to keep their voices hushed and reverent.  The joy I saw in their faces though was reverencing.  They understood that somewhere in this grove, Heavenly Father and Jesus appeared to Joseph Smith.  As we walked through the groves, the boys would guess where it might have happened, since we are unsure exactly where.  As a family, we picked a spot that we guessed it might have been and snapped some photos there.  Definitely a neat experience.