We drove from Maryland to Illinois on the 3rd. Matt's parents volunteer each year to help with the Nauvoo Pagent and his first cousin once removed (I think) was getting married in the Nauvoo temple. We lived close to this family in Utah and wanted to be there for the wedding so we made the trek. It took us 20 hours - Google said it would be 13 hours of driving time - so I guess 20 hours with 4 kids, one of them a newborn, wasn't too bad. They actually all traveled really well. We stopped every 2-3 hours for 1 - 1 1/2 hours. With that schedule we could feed the baby, change diapers, give everyone a chance to run around and then get back in the car. We stopped to stay with the cousin family (Art, Merilee, Ryan, Troy and Sean) who live about 3 hours from Nauvoo. Ryan was the one getting married. We were in Nauvoo for almost 5 days. Ryan and Maryanne got married on Friday and we started home on Sat.
For the pagent they have all kinds of activities going on. We watched a few smaller plays, played pioneer games, went on a wagon ride, saw a blacksmith shop, a brick place etc. It was pretty neat but it very hot there. Even more humid than here. Whew! We stayed in a little two bedroom apartment with Gram and Papa (thanks for fitting us in :) ) It was a good trip. I'm glad we went eventhough the idea of a road trip that long was a bit overwhelming - at least everyone did really well. Caleb wasn't quite as cooperative on the way home but we made it!!
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