Sunday, August 30, 2015

Nauvoo Day 1 and 2

We arrived in Nauvoo on Sunday the 12th of July at about 3 in the afternoon. It had been a long couple of days in the car and we were happy to see my parents waiting for us! My sister and he husband had traveled in their car with us and my Grandma rode with us out. My little sister and her husband pulled in about an hour after us and my brother and his family about 2 hours after us. Where we stayed had kitchens and so my sweet mom had a hot dinner waiting for all 20 or so of us. We finished dinner and then went and walked around the Nauvoo temple and watched part of the Sunset over the Mississippi. It was beautiful and so peaceful. 
These sweet cousins all pick up from where they left off even though we go months without seeing them!










The next morning we got up bright and early to go on the ox ride. My sister in law Celyn's parents were missionaries in Nauvoo and her dad was in charge of the Ox for a few hours that morning so we went so we could get a ride while he told us about them! 








After the Ox we visited the bakery and got a cookie!
The kids did pretty good since it was so hot!
We went and saw the Just plain Anna Amanda show that afternoon that is just for the kids and Easton was invited to come up and finish a song with her, it was so cute!




That night we watched the dress rehearsal of the British Pageant. We saw the Nauvoo pageant last time but this one is new and it was amazing! My parents and little sister Sarah were in the pageant that week so it was fun to see what they had learned the week before and fun to watch them perform!


I love this girl's eyes!


My little sister Sarah is in the Green dress. One of the Young performing missionaries did something to her foot and so they asked Sarah to step in and do some of her parts, she picked them right up and did such an amazing job!

Winter Quarters

The middle of July we went on a family vacation. We drove to Nauvoo. The first day we just drove a few hours and stopped in Cheyenne for the night. We got up and drove the next day to Omaha. We went over and saw Winter Quarters first and the temple there. I had been a few times and it was Andrew's first time. The spirit there is so amazing and it was fun to learn about different things. That night we went downtown and ate at a yummy pizza place our neighbors suggested to us. It was so good! We stayed the night in Omaha that night!
Learning how to pack a covered wagon! Not a very easy task!



















4th of July

For the 4th of July we had a busy day. We hosted breakfast at our house with Andrew's family. We had monkey bread, and a hash brown casserole with some fruit! It was all so tasty! We rested a little then headed to my aunt and uncles house for a bbq. The night before they rented a portable screen and we watched the Sandlot and had an array of goodies! The kids enjoyed playing for hours in the water table and sliding down into the pool. It was a great day!