Road Trip to Florida!

What a way to start a road trip.  Nate got a ticket, we weren't

 even a whole mile away from his dad's house!

Ha ha!  Luckily he was only going 10 over the speed limit!  

 First stop!!  Yellowstone!!  This was my first time ever being there and it was way fun!  

My mom came on the road trip because she hasn't been too the places that we 

were headed and we are so happy she came!  It was a lot funner with her there! 

 Yes I know I said funner--I like it that way.

This is us getting ready to watch Old Faithful.  

Talk about awesome!!!!!!  Nature is totally cool.

Nate likes us Red Heads!!

Second stop was Mt. Rushmore, but on 

our way, there was a Flintstones Theme Park!  Who woulda thunk? 

 It was kind of funny actually.  We didn't actually go in because it looked like a 

playground for kids but we stopped and scoped it out.  Sweetness!!

Then we got to Mt. Rushmore and we were exhausted!

  But it was worth it.  It was cool to see giant president heads in the side

 of a mountain!  When you're actually there, you can see how big the faces 

really are.

My mom and I :)

Then it was on to Nauvoo!  This was a fun place, they had a bunch of little houses where they talked about the early members of the church and how they lived.  It was so cool, I wish I could stay at home and bake all day!  Oh and we got to sample bread and it was the best ever!

This is the ACTUAL door with the ACTUAL bullet hole. This bullet was the one that killed Hyrum.

This is us at Carthage...the whole time I kept saying Cartilage. 

Yeah, I got laughed at.  Nate's brother Jeff was driving to another state for 

rotations and we crossed paths!  Pretty sweet.  It was so amazing to see where

 Joseph Smith had actually been so many years ago.  He sacrificed so much, 

what a great man!  I'm so happy for our church and all the goodness it brings into our lives!  

I'd be lost without it.

I have no idea what I'm doing in this picture

The next day it was Kirtland.  After Jeff had pointed out how much it bugs

 him when people say Kirkland, I couldn't stop saying Kirkland for some reason!  

This was a super interesting experience.

This was our first temple, but then was taken over by a different

form of religion.  It was weird when they told us

about it because there was no feeling in it.  I guess it's

hard to explain because I'm botching it, but you'll have to go see for yourself!

But it was really cool to see the place where Joseph Smith conversed with 

Jesus Christ!

Fortuanatley, Nate downloaded some pictures on his computer half way 

through the trip because we took even more pictures but we

can't find our camera ANYWHERE!  It is driving me crazy, but we

also went to Niagra Falls, Palmyra, Gettysburg, Washington, and lastly

Florida!

Niagra falls was awesome!  So was Palmyra and Gettysburg.  Washington

was...a little crazy.  We took the metro (subway) into DC and 

then walked everywhere.  It was so blasted hot and humid that we were

soaked with sweat and just so tired!  The declaration of independence was really amazing
to see!  We got cool pictures there but we lost the camera! 

Then we were going to go to the DC temple, but it was closed for 

maintenance!  Lame.  So we drove the rest of the way to Florida and got

here on my birthday!!!

We had soo much fun and we are so happy we did the road trip thing!
We are so thankful that my mom came with us, I hope she had fun!
Cuz we sure had fun with her there!

Pictures of our apartment are on their way!  We just need a camera first.