When you need one {ie hotel swimming pool} you probably won't have one. But the other 99% of the time there always seems to be one laying around. Which often results in using them as a fashion statement in an unexpected way.
p.s. You can add cracker to the list of words Madeline says. If you count "ka kah" as cracker - which we do.
On our drive across the country (the road trip that just got longer.... grrrr..... Thank goodness for wonderful family that let us stay longer/adjust our schedules!) we stopped in Nauvoo, Illinois. This was the last settlement of the Mormon Pioneers before they made the trek west to Salt Lake City, Utah. There's a wonderful spirit in the beautiful old city of Nauvoo. The church does such a great job of making you feel like you're really there. Aside from the countless bug bites we all received from watching the Pageant (which by the way is amazing, tears were shed...) it was a wonderful little stop. Obviously we didn't take many pictures other than by the Temple. It's such a beautiful Temple, though, so I didn't think you'd mind a few pictures.
Jeremy got to see the Mississippi River for the first time! He was really excited.
(In other Jeremy news, he also saw his FIRST FIREFLY!!! Just last night. He didn't seem too interested in catching them in jars... but hey I'm still a proud wifey, let me tell ya)
We all have one of those songs that just makes us happy. So happy that you maybe blast it in your room, dance to it in your underwear and sing your heart and soul out to your hairbrush, right? ....no...? okay good... I never did that either... ha. But if I did do that in high school or something, I probably would have sang and danced to Michael Buble's "Feeling Good".
Not sure why I'm telling you all this other than to tell you that regardless of the fact that we've been on the road for a whole five days now, we are FEELING GOOD! Regardless of the fact that we have driven 35 hours with an eight month old we are FEELING GOOD! Regardless of the fact that we have three more days to go and 16 hours we are FEELING GOOD! Our time in the car has been filled with rationing out toys, opening our Road Trip Survival Guide that my mom was sweet enough to throw together for us. Deep conversations about our life, our future and how we're going to make the most out of the next four years. It's also been filled with candy, way too many munchies and screaming to our favorite songs at the top of our lungs trying to stay awake for that last 45 minutes of a drive. Life is GOOD. And if you have to drive across the entire country, why not do it with your two favorite people?!
Every day we feel more and more that the Lord wants us in Baltimore. And we know we are being blessed for our obedience.
