CAUTION: Lots of pictures!
Day:1
Jared, Olivia and I left on our road trip headed to our new home in Michigan on Saturday June 6th in the morning.
All ready to go and saying "good bye" to Utah. :(On the first day we didn't do anything exciting we just drove straight to Denver Colorado and enjoyed a beautiful drive.
This was Olivia's first time staying at a hotel.(What a silly)
Day: 2
This was a LOOONG day driving through Kansas to Missouri.
Me and my grumpy little girl. She was such a good girl on the whole trip but sometimes enough was enough for her.Olivia and I had fun in the back reading books, playing with stickers, coloring, talking on our play phones,(thanks Granny) and watching Disney movies.
While Jared had fun driving.Day:3
On day three we went to Liberty Jail in Independence Missouri. It was really interesting to see the jail that Joseph Smith and a few other great men stayed in for so many months.
This is a small part of the jail.
Sleepy Olivia
I loved how she put her foot up while she was coloring, what a silly girl.
Carthage JailAfter we finished at Liberty Jail we drove to Carthage Jail in Illinois. That was a really sad but neat experience that we were able to have as a family. We were able to go into the bedroom that the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith died in. After that experience we drove to Nauvoo.
Mississippi RiverDay 4:
On the fourth day we visited Nauvoo and had so much fun seeing the beautiful Nauvoo Temple, the old pioneer homes, activities, riding in wagons and just exploring.
OliviaIf you know Olivia then you know she had to get a picture with the horses.
Jared and Olivia in front of the Nauvoo Temple.
Olivia and me.
Our little family on the temple steps.
What a beautiful temple!
This is Jared entertaining himself.
After we had a ride from the ox Olivia got to pet them.
Nauvoo was such a fun and spiritual experience and I highly recommend people to visit it if they haven't and ever have the chance, plus all the attractions run by the LDS church are free.
That evening we started heading over to Chicago.(Nothing makes Olivia happier then a new pack of PEZ).
Day: 4
On the fourth day of our trip we arrived in Chicago and went straight to the Navy Pier. Where we rode on a tour boat that takes you through the city.
Olivia and her Daddy looking at all the towers as Olivia calls them.
While we were in Chicago we stayed at Jared's cousins home with his wife and their beautiful daughter. They were very nice to us and we really enjoyed staying with them in their home and visiting.Day: 5
It was really rainy on this day :( because of the rain we didn't get to do to much exploring outside.
But Jared did get his picture in front of this "Bean". (It's the one thing he really wanted to do in Chicago?!)
Oh and he really wanted a Chicago style pizza. Jared and Olivia thought it was really yummy but I didn't think it was that special.
She actually ate her whole slice.
Since it was raining so hard Olivia got to experience riding in a taxi a few times with no car seat Scary!P.S. Taxi's are so gross!
We went to the Field Museum in Chicago. The museum was really COOL and big.
The museum kind of reminded me of Night at the Museum. It had mummies (my favorite), dinosaurs, pretty much every animal (stuffed), fish, insects, things about different cultures, and a lot of other great things.
They had this little section for kids where they had dress up clothes (it was kind of gross to let her put them on) and activities for kids as well.
Here is Olivia picking corn.
Jared and Olivia standing in front of Sue the T-Rex. All the bones are real except for the skull.
After the museum it stopped raining so we went and rode the ferris wheel on the Navy Pier. It was so cold.
If you ask Olivia about our trip she will tell you all about riding the horse.Day: 6
We drove to our new home in Michigan!
And made a little stop at Jared's new favorite stadium.We had a great road trip and had tons of great adventures. We hope that you enjoyed seeing a few of them.
Sorry about all the pictures but I did warn you!
8 comments:
What a fun trip! You got to see so much! We saw some of those same sites last year when we hit the Church history sites - so neat! And I'm glad Olivia was so easy with all that driving.
How fun!! I would love to go see all the church history sites.
I am glad you made it safe & sound. And that Olivia was such a good girl.
The looks like so much fun. Hope you guys are settled ok in your new home.
Not only is the White coat ceremony supposedly not allowed in dental school, rumor has it that this prestigous event is only suppose to take place for those lucky individuals that were fortunate enough to make it into palmers! My favorite picture out of all of these is the Spartan stadium one. You have to do you best if you go to a game to get your picture with Sparty.
Looks like a great trip. We are looking forward to going to Chicago sometime:)
so where is the photo of your new home? I loved the photos & your comments! Try reading a fun book in the J section of the library- "Help, I'm being held prisoner in the library"... talks about children being able to dress up in old time clothing, wagons, etc.
Meli, why do my comments say "Mom" and not "Gram"?
So glad to see you guys made it safe and sound. Hope you can see Jenni and Steve once in awhile!
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