Route 66 Mom and Grandpa

Following our Nauvoo trip, Grandpa drove up to Illinois and picked me up on our last night there. Corey drove the rest of the family home and I drove with Grandpa to Chicago to start our drive on Route 66. he drove up in Uncle Aaron's truck and we drove from Chicago all the way to Los Angeles on Route 66. We decided to do this trip after reading the Broken Road series by Richard Paul Evans. We actually followed the route, but drove on the freeway wherever we could. A lot of the road was pretty bad and the freeway was smoother and faster. Once we got to Los Angeles, we turned and drove to Mesa AZ where we stayed the night before driving back to Wylie. It took us a week do the whole thing, including driving from Nauvoo to Chicago and then from LA to Mesa to home. It was definitely a memorable trip. We talked a lot and saw a lot. I'm really glad I was able to do it!

 

Family Trip to Nauvoo

We got a fall break this year for the first time ever in Wylie ISD!So we decided to take advantage of it.  We took a family trip to Nauvoo.  We wanted to go while Jon and Patty Macfarlane were serving a mission there.  He was the bishop of our singles ward from when we met and the Institute Director.  It was fun to have them meet some of our kids. Westley is up at Snow College and Travis stayed behind for a football game.  

We were able to eat dinner with them while we were there, which was nice.  We packed in a lot.  Brother Macfarlane is a horse man so he was there working with the horses and other large animals.  We got to go on an oxen wagon ride that he was in charge of while we were there.  

We also toured much of the city.  It rained on and off while we were there.  The Joseph and Emma Smith sites that are not owned by our church were closed due to COVID, but we were able to drive by and see them without going in.  We went to Carthage Jail also and saw where Joseph Smith was martyred.  We were staying in a VRBO near the temple and walked around the grounds.  We went to a couple of the shows and Annmarie even got to be part of one of the shows.  It was a really great trip.  Too bad Travis didn't come.  We really should have had him come. 

 

End of First Term!

The first term of school ended.  Nathan had a little parade with his kindergarten class where they dressed as pirates.  Jonah earned an award in a class at the assembly at school.  Good start to the year!