Spring Break

We realized that this year would be our last time having a spring break since Chad will be graduating next month, so we decided to make the most of it. We began the week with a fun road trip with the Johnsons, Gregorys, and the Allens down to Missouri. Our first stop was to Far West, Missouri. Carson was thrilled to get out of the car and be able to run around will all of his little friends.

Carson trying to escape through the fence.

Carson, Avery, and Akoy exploring.

Lydia, Carson, Akoy, and Avery. We tried to get a picture of them actually all looking, but it's pretty much impossible to get all four at the same time.

After Far West we followed the Johnson's to Liberty Jail. Their GPS told them to take all these back roads winding through the country. We even had to stop for a random cow crossing the road at one point. So funny!

This was the only nap Carson got the first day. He was beat. 40 minutes just isn't enough. But surprisingly all of the kiddos did pretty well despite being so sleep deprived.

Our next stop was Liberty Jail. It was really neat to hear about Joseph Smith's experience while in Liberty Jail and the amazing amount of faith that he despite all that he was going through. There was a part in the tour where they turn out all the lights and then you hear God's voice speaking to Joseph Smith. When they did this Carson started crying as God's voice came on. So much for a spiritual experience. Hopefully we didn't ruin it for everyone else there.

Looking through the jail windows you could see a picture of Christ.

Next we stopped at the Kansas City temple. I had no idea that it was this far along and that it was going to be so big. The next day they put up the Angel Moroni, which would've been cool to be able to be there for that.

Our last stop on our first day was to the visitor center in Independence. Yes we did all that in one day and I have no clue how we managed it with all our kids. Anyway, we had a great little sister missionary that gave us the tour and she did a great job even though our kids were going crazy by that time. I couldn't get Carson to look at me for this picture of Chad on the tour.

On the second day we headed to the Community of Christ Temple in Independence. We thought our tour would only be about 30 minutes, but our old tour guide went on and on forever. We kept telling her we had to leave and she just didn't listen. Needless to say it ended up being a very long tour. Afterwards we all went to lunch at a BBQ Smokehouse. The food was yummy and our waitress was great! She loved all our kids and gave them each a quarter tip at the end of the meal.

Carson loves lemons. Every time we go out to eat he will just go to town on them. It's hilarious to see the faces he makes as he eats it.

This is a picture of the spiral top in the temple.

Don't Carson and Chad look so thrilled to be on the tour?

After lunch we put the kids down for naps and left them and our husbands while all us girls went shopping. We had a great time and even found some good deals. We loved being able to take a little vacation with such good friends and we know it's a trip we won't soon forget. Well that's it for part one of our spring break.