Amy Family and Emily Visit

Amy's family and Emily with Ann in our apartment

This past week has been very busy with several family members visiting and more to come. The first to arrive was our daughter, Amy and her family along with our daughter Emily. They arrived on the Monday, 29th of July. Amy's husband finished a second masters degree in Boston this Spring and has been assigned sea duty on an aircraft carrier. Amy was left to pack up and move the rest of the family which includes six children (one of which is a baby) and a dog across the country to Seattle, Washington which is the home base for the carrier to which her husband is assigned. Amy planned to drive the family from Boston to Seattle.

Amy's family, Emily & us in our Rendezvous costumes

Our daughter Emily was able to fly out to Boston to help Amy with the driving as far as Omaha where another daughter, Lori, would meet up with them and help drive the rest of the way to Seattle while Emily would fly home to Utah from Omaha.

Any way, we were pleased that Amy was able stop here, even if it was for a short visit. They all, including the dog, stayed here in our apartment. It was a little crowded but fun. They all got to visit some of the sites, see the Nauvoo Pageant and see Ann and me perform in our "Rendezvous" and "Sunset by the Mississippi" shows. Amy and Emily were able to attend the temple and Livy and Caleb were able to do some baptisms for the dead in the temple. They left the morning of July 31st.

Darrin and Family at Carthage

On Friday, August 2nd, Darrin and all his family except for their daughter Sadee arrived. They had arranged to stay in a rental home here in town. Their trip has included Palmyra, New York: Bronson, Missouri and here. Darrin and Melanie were able to attend the temple and the family got to see some of the sites including a trip to the Carthage Visitor's Center as well as the pageant and see our performance of "Sunset by the Mississippi." It was fun to have them here. They left this morning.