Chicago and Nauvoo

On July 25 my little brother was married in the Nauvoo, IL Temple. After much deliberation, we all decided to leave children over the age of 1 at home. Nauvoo is beautiful, but not easy to get to with children. So I went with Trevor and Fern and Andy stayed home with the kiddos. 

Here we are just landed in Chicago with our diet cokes ready to head to Nauvoo.

 When we arrived in Nauvoo we went to the temple. It was so beautiful!

 When my In-laws lived in Nauvoo for their mission they lived in this house. We visited when Lucas was 6 weeks old. Such a cute home.

 Met up with the family for some dinner in Keokuk.

 Johnny and I became BFF on this trip.

 Touring Nauvoo with my parents

 Outside Carthage Jail. Such a touching experience.

 Nauvoo Root Beer at the Red Brick Store.

 The Beautiful Bride!

 The Bruce Siblings.

 After the festivities we drove back to Chicago for a day of site seeing. First on the list was some Pizza.

 Best Bruschetta ever tasted.

 The Bean.

 Some live music in Millenial Park.

 More PIzza.

Leave it up to me to find a Chick Fil A! 

Cutest kiddos. Andy sent me pictures of the kids while I was gone. Love those kiddos!! 

Such a fun "Mommy" trip. Chicago is one of my favorite cities. I can't wait to go back with Andy someday!

Park City Fun

Since the kids had Hand Foot Mouth we didn't go to California for my 10 year high school reunion like we had planned. So my parents decided to fly up for a few days to plan since they hadn't seen them in a couple months.

We headed to Park City to go on the Alpine Slides. It was Jane's first time and we all had fun playing!

 They have these airplane rides and Jane was TERRIFED! I love her little hand holding on for dear life.

We also went to the museums at Thanksgiving Point. Jane LOVES my mom. 

We love when Grandma and Papa come into town!

4th of July

4th of July did not go quite as planned this year. We were all packed up and ready to head to Fish Lake when I decided to run in and change Jane's diaper. As I changed her I noticed a rash on her legs all the way to her feet.

Our neighbors had just gotten over Hand, Foot and Mouth and so I called the Dr. Sure enough....  it was. So we unpacked and stayed home for the weekend. Lucas came down with a fever the next day and both kids were pretty miserable the rest of the weekend. We tried our best to make the most of the weekend with fireworks and Stadium of Fire.... but it was not the weekend at the cabin we had planned.

We did end up going to the Provo Parade where the kids hung out and enjoyed the entertainment!