Sunday, December 28, 2008

We have arrived!!

We have proof! We arrived on Dec. 1, 2008. We took 4 and a half days to drive out. We especially enjoyed time spent in Carthage, IL and Nauvoo! We ended up being the only "tourists" in Nauvoo. We loved having our own personal missionary tour guide. Surprisingly, the kids did great thoughout the drive. Things couldn't have gone better!

3 comments:

Elena said...

What a neat cross country trip! All the places you've been able to see have inpsired us. We stayed up late last night mapping out a dream vacation to drive our way over there and see many of the sites you have pictured. And your house is adorable! Reminds me of my own a little bit.

Anonymous said...

Loooong roadtrip, I'll stop complaining about mine!

Rob McDonald Family said...

Obviously, we are a little behind in the "catch-up" department! I thought WE were crazy moving to Colorado!

Anxious to hear about this major change...I'm off to pick up the preschool carpool which is VERY LOUD! I'll call later. Thanks for sending the update though...Rob thinks we ought to come and visit. Aubrey will be in DC for a week with the 8th grade class so we thought we'd come for part of it and swing by to see you.

You guys are still cute!

Rebecca

December 28, 2008

We are adjusting to life in Maryland! Morgyn is close enough to walk to school! Jadyn and Torbyn bus it to school! Brittyn and Mommy are home together having fun and Dad is learning the ropes with his new job. Jeff is also starting his second class towards his Masters with Gonzaga.

We had a great Christmas! Only half of our tree fit in the house. But we made it work. In the end it still filled our window and Jeff was satisfied.
Before Christmas we took a trip on the Metro to D.C. and saw our nations capital in person and of course the 76 ft tree from Montana! The kids also loved the Natural History Museum!
A couple of days before Christmas we also drove to the DC temple to enjoy the lights. Not exactly like Temple Square but it worked!
Morgyn represented our family well today with a great youth talk about service. She was very poised for her first talk in Sacrament Meeting.

One state down!

One state down!

Not too interesting

Not too interesting
Glad for the DVD player

The Land of Lincoln!

The Land of Lincoln!
We hit a day of snow!

This is Carthage Jail.

This is Carthage Jail.

Nauvoo Temple

Nauvoo Temple

The Mississippi!

The Mississippi!
Pioneers crossed from here!

Almost there!!

Almost there!!

We made it!

We made it!

This is the place!

This is the place!