At the time, Clark and Melanie (Glenn's sister and husband) were living near St. Louis, so we thought we'd make the roadtrip. It was about 10-hours and Melanie was right on the way. (Clark had to work so we picked-up Mel and away we went.)
Since we are a family of seven we need to rent two hotel rooms whenever we go out. (We can't sneak any one in anymore; they are getting WAY TO BIG!) So, it was easy to throw Mel in to the mix - she was a GOOD SPORT - hanging out with all of us in a hotel room for three days and two nights. We were grateful that the hotel had a pool and weightroom... and most of the time we were at wedding festivities.
(Cousin Karren and Zach, Nick and Ben)
After the festivities were over we decided to take a quick roadtrip to Nauvoo Illinois. It is only about 3-hours off the path. In Nauvoo Illinois there is much church history. We had an excellent time learning about the pioneers in the 1830s... all the many trials they went through.
Here's a photo of us all walking down the street that led the pioneers to the river, where they crossed and left Nauvoo on their journey West.
(Ben, Aunt Mel, Zach, Chris, Nick, Emma Lee and Cindy)
