Abraham Lincoln Museum/Lincolns House

Next we went to Springfield Illinois. We went to Abraham Lincoln's House and Museum. I felt like I was in another time zone. It was so awesome going through Lincoln's home. I loved all the antiques. The carpet and wallpaper were pretty wild. Nothing matched. The furniture was made out of black horse hair. The ceilings are really high. President Lincoln was 6'4 tall. His bed was 6'11" long. He had 4 children, the 2nd child died in this house. President Lincoln had an outhouse in his back yard when you look inside it has a place for 3 people to sit.

Cahokia State Park Illinois

Inside of St. Louis We went to some Indian mounds. The place is called Cahokia State Park. This is the largest prehistoric Indian sight discovered, besides the ones in Mexico. They have found many artifacts in these mounds that were hand made. They lived in little huts with straw roofs. Moroni 1:1-3 and Alma 50&53

Our Trip To Nauvoo

We went to Nauvoo the week of June 10-14, 2013. We were blessed to go with some great firends, Jeff&Kathie Marsh,and Scott&Verlene Jensen. We first stopped In St. Louis at the Gateway Park and Arch. They built this for a gateway to the west. They put cranes on each side to build it starting from the bottom to the top. We rode inside a little tram (3 of us in each one). It took us up to the top of the arch. Then we got out into this narrow walkway which was the top of the arch. We could see out both sides of the arch, it was such a beautiful view. We saw the Cardinals Stadium from up there also. When we were done we rode the trams back down. In the museum Jeff told us a story about Joseph Smith. He was riding with a lady and her baby and two congressmen. The driver stopped and got off. He forgot to lock it in place. The horses took off running. The lady was so scared she was going to throw her baby out the window. Joseph Smith climbed out, went on top of the stage coach and stopped the horses. He saved all the people. They wanted to give him an award for saving them, they were so grateful. They asked him his name and he said Joseph Smith. They said, you mean the Mormon? He said,yes. They never spoke to him again because he was Mormon.

Babies swimming

The kids love to swim in the pool. Addie can swim by herself now with a life jacket on, and the babies think they are in a great big bath tub. They are so fun to watch.

Easter Egg Hunt

We went out in the front yard and had an Easter egg hunt. The kids loved it. They were going wild finding all of the eggs and toys. We tried again to get some better pictures of the girls.

Easter

I know I am way behind on my blog. I am trying real hard to catch up. lol We tried to take Easter pictures of the girls. They did not like to cooperate. Let's just say I am not a good photographer. I cannot get them to all look at me at the same time. Next time I think I will take them to a photographer.