Joseph turned 4 and he was so excited his birthday finally came. He had such a hard time as everyone else had their birthdays with presents and cake. He always said his birthday was never going to come. He was so overjoyed when we told him his day was finally here.
He said he wanted a car cake so I decorated a cake to look like a road and grass and then put an orange match box car on top (he loves cars and the color orange).
Joseph was also really excited to know his Grandma Pat and Grandpa Reed were coming over to wish him happy birthday and share his birthday cake with him. Since Joseph was only 10 days old when we moved away he has never had extended family over for his birthday so this was an extra special day for him.
We had taken lots of pictures but since we are still unpacking I can't find the cord to attach the camera to the computer so I will put pictures on later.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
All Moved In
It feels so good to be in back in Southern Utah. There were times along the way I really wondered if we would ever make it back. We were almost a month later than we had planned and our things made it a couple weeks after that. Life sometimes gets really complicated!
We used a navigator on our cell phone to make the trip. We thought it would be wonderful except we didn't get any paper maps and the navigator cut out a few times along the way (after the second cut out we stopped off and picked up a map). It was pretty scary to be in the middle of the US and not sure which way to go.
The navigator took us up to St Louis instead of along the coast so our plans changed and we made a stop at Nauvoo and spend a couple days there. That was our first time visiting Nauvoo we had a great time! I loved the Nauvoo temple, I ended up walking around the grounds quite a bit. It was wonderful to see where so much of our church history happened. We also stopped by Carthage and took the tour of the Carthage jail. It was very humbling to be in the stuffy cell where they put Joseph and to see the room where Joseph fell from the window and the bullet hole in the door where his brother died.
Along our way we unfortunately saw many houses that were flooded by the Mississippi River and then a couple days later when we were watching the news one of the towns we had stayed in had been badly flooded. It was really strange to know we had just been driving through there a couple days before. We were lucky to not have troubles like that.
We also stopped off in Northern Utah because Eric's brother Charles was very sick. We are relieved to know he is doing much better now. I was also able to to visit with my family and spend Father's Day with my Dad. It was so awesome to see my parents, sisters, brother, nieces and nephew and talk with my grandparents. For me it felt like a wonderful family reunion. There truly is nothing better than a loving family.
Now we are earnestly unpacking and enjoying talking with people we knew from before and getting to know many new people. It does feel wonderful to be back. :)
We used a navigator on our cell phone to make the trip. We thought it would be wonderful except we didn't get any paper maps and the navigator cut out a few times along the way (after the second cut out we stopped off and picked up a map). It was pretty scary to be in the middle of the US and not sure which way to go.
The navigator took us up to St Louis instead of along the coast so our plans changed and we made a stop at Nauvoo and spend a couple days there. That was our first time visiting Nauvoo we had a great time! I loved the Nauvoo temple, I ended up walking around the grounds quite a bit. It was wonderful to see where so much of our church history happened. We also stopped by Carthage and took the tour of the Carthage jail. It was very humbling to be in the stuffy cell where they put Joseph and to see the room where Joseph fell from the window and the bullet hole in the door where his brother died.
Along our way we unfortunately saw many houses that were flooded by the Mississippi River and then a couple days later when we were watching the news one of the towns we had stayed in had been badly flooded. It was really strange to know we had just been driving through there a couple days before. We were lucky to not have troubles like that.
We also stopped off in Northern Utah because Eric's brother Charles was very sick. We are relieved to know he is doing much better now. I was also able to to visit with my family and spend Father's Day with my Dad. It was so awesome to see my parents, sisters, brother, nieces and nephew and talk with my grandparents. For me it felt like a wonderful family reunion. There truly is nothing better than a loving family.
Now we are earnestly unpacking and enjoying talking with people we knew from before and getting to know many new people. It does feel wonderful to be back. :)
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