Nauvoo!!

  

This last week we were able to join some of my family in Nauvoo. My aunt and uncle and their family were out there and my grandparents came from Utah. Darrin had fall break and I took a few days off of work for this very neat and fun experience! This was Darrin's first time to Nauvoo. He was excited to go. We enjoyed listening about the brick making, the blacksmith, the gun shop, and all the other Pioneer stories. We also enjoyed the walked down the "Trail of Hope" to the Mississippi River. We loved the time spent with family and making memories, the dinner at the fabulous 'Ogo's', swimming in the pool, and watching the Rendezvous put on by Missionary Couples. 

 The highlight our our trip was probably being able to do a session at the Nauvoo Temple. It was so neat to be able to go inside that Temple. The Spirit was strong there. We were so grateful that we were able to join family for this trip! It was an experience we will not forget. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa and Jaimee and Blaine for letting us come!!

We also enjoyed visiting Carthage Jail and remembering what our Prophet Joseph Smith went through so that we could have the Gospel in our lives today.

We also got to see Sister Myers-she is a relative of Darrin. She was at the post office the day we took a tour of it. It was fun to see her for a few minutes!

Michigan Trip

Darrin and I took a weekend and drove up to Michigan to visit family. We had such a great time while we were up there. After driving for 5 hours on friday (we got stuck in traffic and took the wrong road) we finally made it. We enjoyed a delicious dinner from my aunt, visitied for a little while and went to bed. Saturday we enjoyed a ride on my aunt and uncles "boat" on Lake St. Clair and a ride in their '71 red corvette. Darrin LOVED this part!! They also treated us to some yummy doughnuts and fresh apple cider from a cider mill. That night we went to visit Darrin's cousins. We enjoyed a fun game of Mini Golf with them and their cute family. We also were introduced to some yummy pizza from "Jet's Pizza."

We loved our time spent with family. Thank you for taking care of us!!

Smarty Pants

While I was enjoying a nice vacation in Utah, Darrin was in Ohio by himself studying for his first Mid Term of Law School.......

.............I think he did pretty good for his first test!! :) I am very proud of him and all the hard work that he does!! Keep it up, my love!! :)

Home Sweet Home!

I had the chance to go home for a few days the last part of September. I went home to see my cute little sister Becca become a member of our Church. She was baptized on September 25. It was such a neat experience. I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of her special day. We are so proud of our little "Sunshine" for deciding to be baptized!

I enjoyed my time at home. I was able to see the mountains, visit friends at Farmington Elementary, go shopping with my mom, relax, catch up with family and friends, and play games with my sisters. The pictures are from a game called "Don't make me laugh." (No laughing at the pictures!!) Becca is singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in her picture."

Art Projects

                                                                                                                


                                                                 "Bubble Art"

I tried this art project with my students. We put food
coloring in bubbles and blew them on paper. It ended up
very messy and we had food coloring all over the
sidewalk outside the school but, the kids had a great time and I think they turned out great!

 

Science Experiment!

Diet Coke + Mentos = EXCITEMENT!!!

We did this science experiment and the kids LOVED it!!!

Walk in the Park

This is the park across the street from us. We enjoy walking over there and sitting on the benches or sticking our feet in the ponds!