I had no access to my camera during our Christmas trip to Utah because I left it in the overhead bin of the plane on our way out. Thankfully, the airlines found my bag and shipped it to me, but that means I have little photographic documentation of our Utah trip. It also means I couldn’t download photos from our trip to Nauvoo until now, so in a nutshell, here’s what the past three weeks of our lives look like (kinda).
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| Abe trying to look cheery after I kicked him out of bed so that he could make a good memory by running to the Mississippi and back. |
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| I am happy because I intend to make my memory by taking a leisurely stroll. I ended up spending most of the time sitting next to a cute Christmas tree staring at the temple. |
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| My view from my bench near a Christmas tree. |
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| Abe is excited to eat in the only open restaurant in Nauvoo. |
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| The frozen Mississippi |
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| I am excited to eat my pie. |
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| Abe calls the many flocks of geese to him. (There were probably a billion geese flying around the river!) Sadly, none responded to his call. |
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| Nauvoo Temple from the front |
The ladies from our Hyde Park ward also threw me a really sweet baby shower. I was so touched! I forgot to bring my camera, but Barbie sent me hers. Thanks, Barbie!
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| Yummy food! I still daydream about these amazing rolls Elise made. |
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| A diaper cake! |
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| The sweet ladies who came to the shower |
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| Sweets =) |
And then we had Christmas in Utah. Abe’s mom used to get Abe and his brothers pj pants from a brand called “Uglies.” The fabric on the front and back of each leg in an Ugly is different, and for a while there the brand went out of business (I wonder why?). I decided to make them all Uglies for Christmas, and the hours upon hours of sewing yielded the following garish results: