Before we actually went to Nauvoo we visited my mom's old missionary companion Elizabeth! She has the cutest family and they are so much fun to hang out with. I wish we could have stayed longer!
This is the only picture I have! My mom still hasn't given me her pictures from the trip so this is all I have...
After the Raubachs we finished the drive to the hotel where we met Grandma and Grandpa Hathaway and the Mouritsen cousins! Jon and Anna and their kids met up with us a little later!
This is Sari and Destry at the first hotel we stayed at. They bought these cute pj's and also got matching zebra converse! It was super cute.
We went to so many fun places. I don't have many pictures, like I said, but here's Sari, Destry, Heidyn, and I at the visitor's center in Nauvoo.
And here is Heidyn and I on our second day at the visitors center waiting to get in to see a play!
One of the places to visit in Nauvoo was this outside park place. They had games to play it was tons of fun! Sari, Heidyn, Destry and I all tried the stick pull!
Heidyn and Destry trying it out!
Sari and Destry! No one won, they tied every time!
Heidyn and I!
Only Destry had the mad balancing skills required to do this game!
We went to a cool store and bought souvenirs and popcorn and candy! Upstairs they had the old relief society room. It was cool to see.
Heidyn, Me, Destry, Sari. While everyone else was buying their stuff we waited in the shade and ate our snacks!
We ate strawberry and watermelon candies that turned our tongues hot pink!
We went to a pioneer place where they showed us how the pioneers lived when they first got to Nauvoo. It was soooo interesting!
Here the older missionary was telling us about how the pioneers got settled.
We went to Carthage jail. This is the room where Joseph was shot. It was a very sad tour.
Heidyn, me, Destry, Sari.
We went on a walk to see a family grave stone. It was so pretty and fun!
Logan, me, Taylor. It was so fun to see these guys again. I rarely get to see them and they are such fun!
We got to ride in a wagon getting pulled by horses! It was so much fun. We went in two different groups.
This is Heidyn and I waiting for our turn to ride in the wagon. This picture just cracks me up cause it's the story of our lives lol.
We went to the pageant. It was amazing! They do such a great job.
We met an awesome sister missionary. She was so sweet and fun. She should be home by now...
This was Matthew halfway through the pageant. As if I wasn't already hot enough in the humidity! That boy is like a heater! But I'm going to miss cuddling with him when I go to college. :(
We were spoiled and got to eat out every night for dinner.
Destry, Me, Heidyn. Not sure why Sari is cropped out of this picture? Sad. But we had such yummy yummy food and it was a lot of fun to catch up with everyone. All the teen cousins sat at one table. It was fun.
Some group shots we took...
At Jospeh Smith and Emma Smith's grave stones. Everyone who came on the trip, minus Grandpa cause he was the photographer.
Family picture (with Ben in it!) at a cool statue....
Everyone outside the Nauvoo temple.
In one of the places we stopped for lunch I found this garden that was so pretty!
This picture is my background on my phone, ipod, computer... Everything! I think it's so pretty!
It was such a fun trip. I love my mom's family and I love when I get to see them they are so much fun to be around. My Grandma worked so hard to put this trip together and it came together wonderfully! Everyone had a ton of fun.
To make it even better, my grandparents decided to take an extra two days (maybe even three I think!) to drive to Louisiana and drop Heidyn off at my house cause we didn't have room for her in our car! I am so grateful they were willing to do that because Heidyn is my best friend and it has been so much fun having her here. That's my next post. :)
For the drive home Ben, Logan, Heidyn, and I were in Grandma and Grandpa's car and everyone else drove with my parents. I don't know about the other car but in my car there was a ton of this going on....
And when we weren't all asleep we were singing loudly and goofing off taking ridiculous pictures :) I know, Grandma and Grandpa are super lucky they had us driving home with them.
It was such a great trip!!
