We are loving it here in Columbus. The weather has been amazing. Last Sunday we went on a walk to The Park of Roses. It was beautiful. Oh, and I saw my first firefly there!
I just love all the big green trees that are all over in Columbus.
In the picture above and below, Benj is just being silly. We took a ton of pictures being silly and goofing off.
We spent an awesome day in Nauvoo on our way to Ohio.
We went on a carriage ride to inspiration point and saw some of Joseph Smith’s favorite places over looking the Mississippi.
We got to make our own rope like the Pioneers did.
We walked the Trail of Hope where the Pioneers walked as they left Nauvoo. We read all the plaques of posted along the trail of journal entries from the Pioneers. We walked all the way down to the banks of the Mississippi.
We saw Joseph Smith’s grave.
We also went to Carthage Jail where Joseph Smith was martyred.
This is everything we own, all inside that truck. We hooked our mini van on a trailer on the back, too. I don’t have a picture of the whole long thing, but it was long and huge! But we made it!
Some people say that the drive is very boring, but I actually loved watching the landscape change the more East we got. At first there was a lot of flooding.
I love the mountains. I am going to miss them.
I didn’t realize how pretty Wyoming actually is.
Then, in Nebraska, it started to get really flat with lots of trees. It was weird looking out over the horizon and seeing more and more clouds instead of mountains.
The trees just got more and more thick the further East we got. Aren’t they beautiful?
All of the sudden there was this big bridge and we were crossing the Mississippi. I was so excited! I have always wanted to see The Big River. It was so huge. The pictures just can’t capture how huge it is.
Overall the trip went really well. We had no problems, until right at the end when we pulled up to the apartment and realized that our mini van had a flat sitting on the trailer. One of our neighbors helped us put on a spare and we got it patched the next morning.
We also stopped in Nauvoo for a day. I’ll show you more pictures on another post!
Oh, and thanks so much to both of our parents for helping us clean and pack. You have no idea how much that helped!
As you all probably know, we just moved to Ohio. I will eventually show you pictures of our trip and our new home, but I will go chronological. We got to spend some quality time with our family in Idaho before we left.
Benj took our niece Lila and Nephew Ezra to the zoo in Pocatello. I was sad that I had to work, but it was fun to see the little ones and my sister Beth during my short lunch break.
We also got to see my little sister Emily play her Clarinet at her band concert. She did amazing! I am so proud of her!
There was also an art display at the concert showing the junior high art classes’ work. Emily made a couple pieces in her 3D art class. This paper-mache bumble-bee was my favorite.
I also love her peacock that she was supposed to make our of random things that you might have other-wise thrown away.
Emily and I also stayed up late being silly. Can you tell?
We also got to go to an awesome Ber-B-Que birthday party for my cousin Luke. We love you all and miss you all so much! Come visit us in Ohio!!!
