Ryan's family reunion was July 21-28th and started in Nauvoo. We set out on our 5 1/2 hour drive, which turned into a 6 1/2 hour drive. My kids can be pretty addicted to technology. At one point I turned around and Cole was watching a movie on the kid's phone, Hayden was watching a movie on Ryan's phone, and a movie was playing on our dvd system. Ridiculous! Once we got home, their time on gadgets has been limited!!
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| AJ and Brooklyn |
It was fun to catch up with cousins!
There have been 3 new babies born into the family this year, Quinn, Owen, and Brooklyn. Brooklyn is much darker and has more hair than her baby cousins. It was fun seeing them together.
While we were in Nauvoo, we saw a play called "High Hopes and River Boats," played pioneer games, watched the Pageant (Cole didn't even last through the first 10 minutes, so he and Ryan got to wonder around for 1 1/2 hours.), walked the Trail of Tears, went to the gravesites, and Ryan and I went to the temple. The temple workers even took us down to see the baptismal font!
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| We were all in our green Woodland shirts |
We weren't in Nauvoo for even 48 hours, so we didn't see too many sites. We have been to Nauvoo a couple times, though, so it turned out perfectly.
On Sunday, after Sacrament Meeting, we went to Carthage. This was our first time there. It didn't turn out quite as we expected. Cole was SUPER tired, and his major fit started about 3 minutes into the tour. Ryan took him out. We planned to switch after I had gone through the tour. We expected it to take about 30 minutes. 2 hours later we came out ornery, Cole was sleeping in the van and Ryan was bugged. I sat in the car with sleeping Cole and Brooklyn, while Ryan ran inside and took a quick peek.
It wasn't as spiritual as it should have been, which was our fault, but it was still a really neat experience to be right where Joseph Smith was. I'm glad we went.
After a couple of nights in Nauvoo, we headed out to continue the reunion!
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