Saturday, April 18, 2009

All settled in, in our 2 week home.

Finally our loooong week is over! We started our trip on Monday - and drove 11 hours to North Platte, NE. Stayed the night there, and then went another 10 hours on Tuesday to Nauvoo! We were so blessed to stay there with a couple that my parents served their mission with in Winter Quarters. We toured Nauvoo on Wednesday, and poor Addy had had enough traveling by then. We didn't get to see everything we wanted to, but instead took her back to the house for a much needed nap. That night we went to Rendevous..which is a play the missionaries put on. It was so awesome! We stayed a second night there and hit the road in the morning for Carthage! Addy had REALLY had enough touring by then and by the time we got to the Visitor's Center she was ready for a nap. The tour there is only an hour and we really had to hurry so we took the tour of the jail and Visitor's Center which I'm soooo glad we took the time to do, and then hit the road for Ft. Wayne, IN which was another 8 hours. We'll be here in Staybridge Suites(extended stay hotel) for 2 weeks and then move into our apts in Westville, IN the first of May. This hotel is SO nice! It's like a luxurious mini apt. We took Addy to the pool today and let her float around in her crab floater for the first time! She didn't know what was going on at first, but then she got used to it and loved it. I'm not able to plug our camera into the computer yet, so pictures will come later. But we wanted to let everyone know that we got here safe and Addy was actually better than we thought she'd be in the long car rides. She's happy to be done with the driving and able to roll around and play finally:) Today is Chris's second day of work..we have gorgeous weather, and have loved being able to see new scenery and meet new people!

2 comments:

Adria said...

Wow, your summer has already begun!! Is your office knocking in IN and then in the Chicago area? I remember you saying that you guys were going to Chicago for the summer, so I just wondered.
Darren leaves for Arkansas next Saturday, and then Lila and I will join him a week later. We still have finals to finish, then our summer will begin!
I can't wait to see your pics :o)

Hayley Nelson Potter said...

I am so gald you made it and had a fun quick trip in between. Your hotel sounds great, it makes me want a vacation!