Us and our 32 kids go to Nauvoo!

Justin and I were bless to be able to go to with the Stake Youth to Nauvoo. We pulled the luggage and food trailer with our truck. The trip was an amazing experience and we loved every minute of it. It was such a testimony builder of the Early church history. Here are a few things we got to see and do...





We took a little side adventure through Nashville. We got to see "Music Row" and the "Ryman" aka Original "Grand Ol' Opry".

We got to drive by the St. Louis Arch.

One of our greatest moments was to be able to work in the Nauvoo Temple.

We also got to go to Carthage and see the jail that Joseph Smith was held at. He fell out of the 2nd story window after being shot. We also got to see the original door that has the bullet holes through it.
Justin and I standing in front of the Nauvoo Temple.

One of Justin's highlights was visiting the "Browning" house. This is the home of Jonathon Browning the Founder of Browning Guns. We got to see his work shop and some of the early weapons he built.

One of the highlights for the girls was getting to see the BYU Ambassadors.

The most difficult thing we did was going on a 3 mile Trek. It was a huge struggle. I have so much respect for the early saints who had to pull a hand cart. I really don't know if I could have done it.

This picture was taken right before we got our carts and the journey began.

Here is what the carts looked like.

This is just a small sampling of what we ALL went through.

The trip was one of the most exciting trips I have ever been on. We learned a lot and enjoyed spending it with the youth. Justin and I are looking forward to taking our girls back so they can experience the same feelings and things we did.

End of the 2009 -2010 School Year

Another school year has past and the girls will be moving on to the 4th and 2nd grade. This year I did these cute shirts up for them. Their classmates got to sign the back.

Because the girls school does a form of tag teaching they have two teachers each. Theses are the gifts we did for them...

For the past 3 years we have had Karyn as our PTA President. She has done an amazing job and will be greatly missed. It is official now and the torch has been pasted on to me.

This is a gift that was given to Karyn to say thanks for all the hard work. It is a quilt of t-shirts that have been used at the school while she has served in the PTA.

The Florida Keys

Our company was invited to attend a pre-bid in Marathon, Florida. That is right in the middle of the Florida Keys. And since it was the day before Memorial Weekend we thought we would make a mini vacation out of it.



We stayed here.....The Hammocks.

This is the view from our room....




We wanted to do something different so we decided to rent a boat and go snorkeling.


Here is a picture of the girls as we are going out to "Sombrero Reef".

When we got there (4 miles out) it was busy. It is an amazing place to see LOTS of fish.

All 4 of us snorkeled.

Here is Justin...

Emma and Grace

On our way out a whole group of dolphins played with us. They thought it was fun to swim around us.

At the resort they had Large Lizards everywhere....

We also got to see a couple of Mermaids.

Even though the kids were "Crabby" (LOL Get it??) we all had a great time!