Catch Up

So Erics family flew out to visit this last weekend and we had a BLAST! I will post the pictures later.  Sue, Chels and Bri got in Wednesday night. So Thursday we slept in, met Eric for Lunch at his work, toured a little, went to the FREE zoo in downtown Madison, and of course hit the mall. We all left the mall with some SUPER cute things! 

On Friday, Eric had to work, so I took the girls to The Dells where we spent the day at a waterpark. It was a great day! Our favorite "ride" by far was the wave pool. Not just any wave pool Poseidon's Rage. It is a 9 foot wave!

Mike finally arrived on Saturday morning. He took a red eye. Poor guy. As soon as he got here, we all piled into the car and drove to Nauvoo. Again i will post pictures later. We went on a Carriage Ride, had dinner and then went to a show. We also met up with the Cluffs! They had just moved out there about 3 weeks before. For those of you that dont know the Cluffs, they are from my home ward in Seattle. He works for the Church and now in charge of all of Nauvoo's historic sites. I am super excited that they live close to me now, but will miss them when i go visit Seattle. Hopefully there will be no more lonely weekends, cause next time Eric leaves, I will just go spend time with them!

 

We spent Saturday and Sunday in Nauvoo and Carthage and then drove home. I love being in Nauvoo, and thinking that I am walking where the pioneers walked. Its a crazy feeling. Especially when you are on the Trail of Hope. To walk up to the Mississippi River, and see how large this river is, and that it was frozen, and they had to cross it, and leave their homes and to turn around and see the Temple. It is an amazing experience.

Monday, was a holiday so Eric didn't have to work. So we went to his work and toured the campus. Eric works for a company called Epic. Each building has a different theme. Erics building is Dungeons and Dragons. Again, pictures to come. They have a treehouse building... that is built in a tree. An Indiana Jones hallway that makes jungle noises. So that tour took about 2 hours. We then drove out to Cave on the Mounds, and walked through a huge cave. 

Tuesday, Eric played hooky and went with us to the Cheese Store, where we sampled a TON of different cheeses, then we drove out to the Sausage Factor. After that we headed home, and Chels, Bri and I went shopping some more. 

They had to leave on Wednesday morning super early so we had to say our goodbyes that night. Eric and I were sad to see them leave, it was so much fun showing family around our new town of Madison!