Our Trip to Nauvoo

So we decided to stay for Stu's reception and got a hotel down in St. Louis for another night. Then the next day I was able to convince Jacob to drive us to Nauvoo. I have never been there and wanted to see the town. We were only there for a couple of hours, but I had a fun time seeing the different historical sites. Jacob and I are planning on going back there once our kids are older so we can actually enjoy touring everything there.

Poor Natalie. We were trying to get Natalie to come and take a family picture, but then she got hurt and I had to hold her...

Us in front of the temple... without Eveie. She was in the stroller and we didn't feel like getting her out =)


What silly girls we have.

Pictures of the Nauvoo Temple that I took. The first picture is my favorite. Jacob said that when he went with his dad to Nauvoo he got to go all the up to the top of the temple (the little space above the clock!).

Jacob pointed out to me that on the bottom of the columns there were carvings of the moon! Isn't that cool?


We walked around the town and tired the girls out! We got to see where Joseph Smith was buried, the red brick store, and got to see Joseph's Mansion. It was pretty awesome.

36 Weeks Pregnant

Went to Kiddie Kandids today with the girls to take some maternity shots. I had a coupon for a free 10x13 picture so I thought it would be fun to have a picture of the girls and my belly. We actually got a pretty good shot of the girls looking at my tummy. They also got some good shots of me, but I couldn't get myself to buy the pictures. The worker there showed me a collage similar to this one that I really liked... so what did I do? I went home and took some of my own pictures using a tripod and came out with this:
I think it turned out pretty good too. Better than spending 30 dollars at Kiddie Kandids. =)

Family Picture

I can't believe that I forgot to post "the" family picture with the other ones. This was the best one of us. I think we did a pretty good job. I had to set up the tripod and run over in time for the picture. Natalie insisted that she had to sit on my lap. =)

Family Pictures

Here are some family pictures we took on Labor Day at a near by park. The weather was great for flying a kite! The kids had a blast eating their lollipops too. Natalie liked to bite her lollipop, while Jocelyn only wanted to lick hers. Of course Natalie drooled all over her shirt and got her face, neck, and hair all sticky! What a fun day!

Cute Little Girls

Here are some pictures that I took of the girls after church on Sunday. They are wearing their new dresses from their Popo (my mom). Jocelyn really wanted to find a pink dress that she could twril in and she was so excited when we found her dress! Natalie didn't want a matching pink dress and chose the blue green dress. I love seeing my girls all dress up... and they are growing up fast!

Valeria's Graudation Annoucements

My baby little sister is graduation from high school!!! She is all grown up. These are the graduation annoucements that I made for her using the pictures I took last November. Her favorite one is the last one. I can't decide between the first one and the last one. Let me know which one is your favorite!