OCTOBER 2010
Melissa's brother Michael and sister in law Stevie McDonald had moved to Rhode Island while Stevie was attending Law School. She attended Roger Williams University studying law which brought them to the east coast. Of course we hoped sometime we would be able to use this as an opportunity to come visit Rhode Island and Boston which was nearby. While out in Rhode Island, Michael decided he wanted to return to the LDS Church which he was born into, but hadn't attended since high school. At the same time, Stevie also decided there was something missing in her life and felt like religion was the change she was looking for. She decided to investigate the Mormon faith with Mike. After learning about church, and much time and prayer, she decided that she would be baptized as a Mormon. Also, Mike now re-activated in the church was to progress in his priesthood and be ordained to the office of an Elder, within the Melchizedek priesthood as ancient times of old. The person to ordain him would also need to hold the priesthood and so our dad, Cordell McDonald, flew out to perform this very special ordinance. This gave us the perfect opportunity to come visit Mike and Stevie and be apart of that amazing day. So Ian, Susie (our mom) and Vern Sewell, 18 month old Lorelai and I (Melissa Lane) flew to Rhode Island. We vacationed there for a week and were met up with Cordell (our dad) for the weekend as he came out to set Mike apart as an Elder for the Lord Jesus Christ. I can not begin to explain how special this was and what a fun trip we had site-seeing around Rhode Island. We went to Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We visited historic sties such as Salem, Mystic, and Boston. Here are pictures from our trip.
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| Grandpa Cordell McDonald and baby Lorelai Lane |
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| Lorelai |
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| Lorelai and 5 month pregnant mommy Melissa Lane |
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| Melissa, Ian and Lorelai Lane |
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| Grandma Susie Sewell with Lorelai |
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| Walking through Salem. Stevie McDonald, Susie Sewell, Vern Sewell, Ian Lane and baby Lorelai |
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| Hot Dogs in Salem! Michael & Stevie and mom |
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| Melissa, Stevie and Susie at the House of Seven Gables in historic Salem, Massachusetts |
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| Mom and Daughter at Mystic Seaport in Conneticut |
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| All my favorite guys! Step-dad: Vern, brother: Mike, dad: Cordell and husband: Ian |
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| Miss Lorelai |
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| Man Overboard! Sisterly fun at Mystic Seaport |
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| Playing at Mystic Seaport mom and daughter |
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| Mystic Fun |
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| Susie and Vern Sewell in Mystic |
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| Row, Row, Row your boat! If only we were in water. Love my sister-in-law! |
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| Vern, Susie, Melissa, Ian, Lorelai, Stevie, Mike and Cordell in historic Boston |
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| Father and a pregnant daughter |
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| Daddy and daughter |
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| Lorelai doing some 18th century household chores |
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| Melissa (pregnant) and baby Lorelai |
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| Hey grandpas, do you see me sneaking off?! |
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| Looks like my dad made some new friends |
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| Amazing hand carved jack-o-laterns in Rhode Island |
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| Father and Son |
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| She has my heart |
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| Just hanging out in Boston |
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| One if by Land, two if by sea. The famous Old North Church in Boston |
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| Ian and Melissa Lane in Charlestown |
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| Boston Common |
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| Boston Common: beautiful park landscape with a beautiful historic city backdrop |
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| Lorelai and Dad looking at the ducks |
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| The duck statues from the book "Make Way for the Ducklings" set in Boston Common. Lorelai kept petting them and kissing them! |
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| She really wanted to take a ride on the momma duck |
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| Beautiful Boston Common |
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