Computer is Fixed and thanks if you voted!

Okay, my computer is fixed so here goes all my back posts! The only crappy thing is I have to find my files on the back up disks now to upload pics because our hard drive crashed! So they may not be the best posts because I am not going to spend hours going through them to find the right pictures.

For those of you who read this before I edited and voted for our school-thank you. I am 99% sure that we won! Last I checked we were up by about 14 votes! Thanks again and stay tuned for blogging....not tomorrow though busy with Young Women's and other good stuff.

So What's My Excuse Now?

Well, I know most of you just think all I do is make up excuses for my lack of blogging. The other half of you probably think I should just take responsibility and stop justifying. Oh well, it's my blog so I can make excuses when I feel excuses are due. I was planning on blogging- I PROMISE I was. I had new pictures and everything....well then my computer stopped working and it is now in the hands of THE GEEK SQUAD...not a good idea but all we could do since at least we didn't have to pay. I am not a huge fan of Best Buy if anyone wants to know why feel free to ask, but it's not a company I am going to continue to spend money on.

So, very kindly, Emily's mom, let us borrow her laptop temporarily until ours is fixed-although I just barely got it yesterday and I have been without the access to my computer and files for 8 days now. So I'm terribly sorry to inform you all that my blogging will continue when I get my computer back with my pictures on it, etc. etc.

But a big Thank You to Emily for having such a kind and generous mother.

From Liberty to Chilli-what?

After we left Independence we drove to Liberty Jail. This was such a neat experience, and it definitely strengthened my testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and the others that served with him. I learned a lot about Liberty Jail that I never knew.
In front of the jail. Notice the 4 foot thick walls so it was impossible to break out. I can't even imagine how it must have been to be down in this dungeon like jail knowing that your wife and children were still suffering on the outside. What an amazing man!

Me holding up the bank (museum) where the first successful daylight
bank robbery took place by Jesse James!

At the Far West temple site- we also learned that revelation was

given to Joseph Fielding Smith that not far from this site is where Cain slew Abel.

Us at Adam-ondi-Ahman- I was feeling a little sick for some reason at this stop- the heat and walking I guess- but nonetheless- it was amazing also. So beautiful and peaceful. It is unbelievable to think that Adam and Eve and their family walked this same area.
Another view of Adam-ondi-Ahman

We drove through Jamesport which has a high Amish community. It was late, but we did see a few Amish men working in their fields. I think its kind of a nice idea to live simple lives. Although then we wouldn't have access to each others blogs.

We stayed the night in a small town called, Chillicothe, there were not a lot of food options, but we found one and I think it was pretty delicious. My sandwich was satisfying and I grew a few months after eating. Chillicothe is apparently the Home of Sliced Bread,

but we forgot to take a picture of that!

What's my excuse now?

I can come up with a lot of excuses, but I think when my camera comes back tomorrow I will take a picture of my excuse and post it! I was planning on posting separate posts about the rest of my trip, but I may scratch that because now I'm like a month behind. Lets see how much time I want to spend tonight.

Time to Buckle Down & Blog!

Okay, so I know it's been a few weeks but I was out of town and my mom's computer is not as easy to work with for updating and loading pics. So I figured I would wait until I got back home, and then I couldn't find my camera. Alas, I have found it and have pictures and fun to share with everyone.

But then, I have just been unmotivated to blog-so since the hubby is playing ball at church still and my super cool sister is no longer visiting and taking up my time- I will blog. Don't expect anything fancy- I think a few slideshows, collages, or pictures with limited text will do.

Be patient with me because it was a long trip and a lot of things happened. I may only blog a little at a time!

Independence

First, my mom, Amy, and I went on a self-guided early church history sites tour. We flew into Kansas City and stayed in Independence. Independence was really neat, I'm sure most of my friends that read my blog, know that revelation was received that the Garden of Eden was in Jackson County-somewhere. Pretty crazy thinking that all those years ago, Adam and Eve may have walked in the same area. We also saw in the same block of the city, the Community of Christ temple-not used as a temple. It was neat to see and since we share a lot of the same early church history it was cool. Across the street is the LDS visitors center-it is fun to see how the visitors' centers are similar but different too. The temple lot is across the street owned by the Church of Christ. It was really neat to know that Joseph Smith lived in this area and received revelation. We also saw a cool old jail that Frank James from the James-Younger Gang stayed in the cell and President Truman's mansion home in Independence.

Me in jail 2 cells away from Frank James' cell! Unfortunately, I was not treated like a celebrity like Frank James!
Amy is Frank James' cell, well we couldn't really shut the doors or you couldn't see in but it was pretty cool!
One of the shops in the square

President Truman's Mansion House

LDS visitor center

Temple Site in Independence

Mom and Amy on the brick inlaid world map at the Community of Christ temple. I believe they are in Europe!

Finally!

Finally, I will blog just to probably go incognito again. Haha. I know it's been awhile. So, this post isn't going to be very exciting. It is entitled "Finally" because I can say "Finally" to the following things:

1. Finally! I am finished with school. This school year was great and I will miss a lot of my students, but I was definitely ready for it to end. I am done with it for a few weeks. I checked out and am officially free! Wahoo!
2. Finally! Summer is here! (Well its been Summer for awhile in Vegas) I mean Summer Vacation is here! Time to get everything done, visit friends and family, and more.
3. Finally! My belly is growing. I know that a lot of people think it's crazy that I want my belly to grow. However, I've only got a few months left and would like to look pregnant!
4. Finally! My baby is moving all over all the time. He loves to wiggle I decided. I think maybe he is doing some Polynesian dancing. I have been feeling him for about 5 weeks now, but now it is more often and getting more noticeable. I love it though! Every time he moves I smile and sometimes giggle. Ezra has been able to see him and feel him too. He loves his baby boy! It is so cute!
5. I'm sure there are more "Finally"s but I can't think of anymore at this point in time. I will try to post more fun pics later perhaps some baby bump pictures and summer fun pictures.

Well, just thought I'd give you all an update on whats been going on. I know it's not that great of an update, but it's better than no update!