The last time my side of the family was together (not counting for funerals or weddings) was when Laura, now 12, was the baby. That’s a long time ago! It’s hard when we are spread out in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Kansas, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida to gather together in one place. One of the major […]

Tuesday (Day 5) Tuesday also happened to be July 4th. It was such an event filled and packed day! First all the cousins 12-18 went to the Nauvoo Temple to perform baptisms for ancestors. The girls found all the names they took with them. After the youth went all the adults got to go to […]

Sunday (day 3) Sunday morning we dressed in our church clothes before heading down to eat the free breakfast provided by the hotel. Afterwards we loaded up the van and headed to the LDS meetinghouse in Council Bluffs, Iowa, just across the Missouri River from where we stayed. We attended the Kanesville Ward and were […]

Since we knew our van probably wouldn’t make the long drive and back we decided to rent a van.**Story at end of post  It took so long to get the rental we didn’t make it to Martin’s Cove the first day like we had planned. We did enjoy driving through Wyoming. Have you ever read […]