Updates on life in Missouri

It has been a while since I have updated this, so I figured that I should probably do that! Ben is just about done with his second quarter of medical school. It sure has been a tough quarter. He has had a ton of studying to do and has stayed extremely busy. We cherish the minimal time that we get together. I am working at a law firm here in Kirksville and am about to wrap up working at Ruby Tuesday so that I can work on independent study classes while away from BYU. I recently went home for a week because one of my fiends got married. I loved being in California and miss my family so much now. But, the trip was a blast. Tomorrow is Ben's last day of finals, so hopefully we will get to spend some much needed time together. We are hoping to take a trip to St. Louis next weekend for a change of scenery and a little time to relax! We still love our house here in Missouri and we have made some great friends. Ben has a group of guys that he studies with that are wonderful. We have a lot to be grateful for.

Church History

Carthage Jail, Illinois. We went to Nauvoo and Carthage in one day. It was a long but wonderful day.

By the well outside that Joseph Smith fell next to.

Bautiful Nauvoo

Sorry, couldn't figure out how to get this picture turned! This is the beautiful Nauvoo temple! We are actually in the Nauvoo Temple district and in the Nauvoo Stake! How exciting! We did a lot of church history with Ben's parents while they were here with us. Nauvoo was one of our favorite places to visit. We went to the temple for the first time last weekend and it was wonderful, what a beautiful temple it is!

Drive to Missouri

Another shot on our long drive. This is a little sample of how amazingly green Missouri is. It really is beautiful. No one actually has sprinkler systems out here, everyone just relies on the rain! And it apparently works! Our lawn is very green!

Drive to Missouri

We saw some new scenery on our long, long drive to Missouri. There were a few interesting spots of this kind of terrain, and the rest........cornfield after cornfield and some other crop that we're not quite sure what it is. But, we're in Missouri now in our new home after an exhausting 22 hour trip from Provo. Ben's parents pulled a U-Haul trailer for us and helped us on our trek to Kirksville. They were a blessing to us.

We are trying this too!

Well, everyone else had a blogspot and it made it really easy for us to see pictures and keep updated on all of my wonderful siblings' families, so we decided to join the fun and get a blogspot too! Hope this will help everyone to keep updated with us too!