My poor pitiful neglected blog

I have been a bad blogger.
And I have slacked off on taking pictures too!
This blog was what motivated me to take pictures! See the above picture of me? I had that mole removed back in November 2009.
I haven't loaded any newer pictures of me onto my computer.
I blame it all on my IPhone. I can load pictures onto Facebook from the phone so it's easy!!!
I guess I figured there weren't many people actually reading this thing anyhow!
But so what! I need to journal better. I shall improve

Nauvoo

ONe more Nauvoo post!

So yeah....
I took a million pictures on this trip...so get ready! Here are some of my favorites

My sweet niece Morgan!!
My big sis Keli. LOVEY
Randy got this shirt for Josh!!! LOL
My Dad must love ham sammiches.
Carrie is the bomb. Thumbs up for her big time!

Family trip to old nauvoo....

The kids got to swim in the hotel pool. FUN!

Nauvoo is awesome

We went on the Trail of hope walk...
And visited the Visitor's Center...
My Mom and Dad made the whole trip possible for all of us. They're so wonderful.
My hat says "Katie the great"...yeah, I amde it myself. We went to this "Sunset on the Mississippi" musical performance. It rocked.
Here we are at the end of the Trail of Hope. There's a memorial for all the pioneers who left Nauvoo but didn't make it to Utah.

More Nauvoo

Aren't we the coolest group of people you ever saw? Yep.
Look at my Dad sitting in the back seat of that 15-passenger van with all of the kids!!!! He is a glutton for punishment.
Madie and Julian
Stick pull!!! Julian is strong!!! He can beat me. Here he is with Hunter!
Roadside picnic!

Trip to nauvoo

I have over 300 pictures of this trip...how do I pick just a few???
Well, my Dad treated our family to a trip to nauvoo!! He rented a 15-passenger van for all of us...and we still had to bring my mom's SUV too. there were 17 of us on the trip. It was so AWESOME!!!!!
We went to the temple. It was so beautiful.

I love my sweet husband!!!
Me and my Mom. She's the best.
We went to Carthage jail, where the prophet Joseph Smith was killed.




There's the Helms!!! Randy and Carrie.
My Mom does this every time she sees a locust shell. LOL She cracks me up. Sometimes she hangs them from her ears, or wears them like a brooch.

In old Nauvoo, they have all of the old buildings, some are still functioning like the olden days!!
This was at the blacksmith shop. It was so cool- we all got rings made out of nails. very groovy.
Pioneer games!! Josh on stilts...
Emily in the "mini Nauvoo" village.
Handcart races!!!
The pageant was the best. It was phenomenal!!!!