An Amazing Testimony Builder!

I LOVE NAUVOO!! I want to go back and never leave! This weekend all of the awesome people we live out here in Illinois with decided to pack up for a short little get away! We are only about 2 hours from Nauvoo and it was so perfect. We found this house that we could all rent together named the Bywater House. It was so cute and old. The inside was redone so it was so nice and homey! I wish we were living tere for the rest of the summer. The beds were so comfy! We had so much fun there. We played fun games and watched the NBA games! So intense! We also made a yummmy dinner that we ate outside. Isn't the temple so beautiful? We sat on the grass outside of the temple at night and I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Kameron and I were able to go do sealings in the temple and it was my first time doing them since we have been married and it was such a sweet reminder of our wedding day. Nauvoo has such a sweet spirit about it and I felt so calm and at peace there. We were able to make it to Carthage and this was so cool but also saddening. We couldn't believe that we were actually standing and walking where our sweet Prophet Joseph Smith walked. Our testimony of him grew so much. He was an amazing person and did everything he could to help everyone who was in his life. He was so brave and loyal. We are forever grateful for what he did for the Church and we love him for restoring the Gospel to the earth. What and OUTSTANDING person. We loved being with our friends and making sweet memories that we will never forget! Nauvoo is such a unique place and we want to tell everyone to get there!!!!!!! You wont regret it!

We Have Been Married One Whole Year!

One year! Can anyone believe it? This year went by so fast and we have grown so much as a couple. We are still so in love and are so lucky to have on another. Being in a new State and city, we had to search for a place to go have dinner. We found this restaurant called Johnny's Italian Steakhouse.. can you say GOOD! It was super duper yummy, and the area that the restaurant was located in made us feel like we were back at home because it sort of looked like Salt Lake! We had such a great time talking at dinner. We are best friends and we can't wait for more years to come! I love you Kam! Here are some pics of our new place in Illinois. It is a pretty sketchy place, but we are starting to get used to it :) We weren't able to bring any decorations except for our sweet posters. The furniture in the place was already put there for us. We are just enjoying the great time we are having out here and for the memories that we are making. We are missing our families and friends but we know that we will be with you all soon!

We made it!

After having our location changed TWICE! We finally made it to our destination in Illinois! The drive was a little bit miserable and long.. ha but I had good company :) Kam and I had a fun time on the drive. We bought some Walky Talky's (or however you spell that word) so we could communicate with our friends James and Jerrica easily. We talked on those things the whole 19 hours! It was hilarious! We stopped half way our first night in Lexington Nebraska. I miss the mountains so much! It is so flat everywhere here! I hope a tornado doesn't come! So to tell you a little bit more about our experience so far here in Illinois... our apartment complex is so GHETTO! It is scary here! The apartments themselves are not too bad but the outside is gross and the hallways are so yucky! But that is not getting us down! We will make our apartment cute :) and we have each other...... so we can get through anything! You know why? Because we have lots of love!!!!! I am proud of Kam and I know that he is going to do so well this summer for us! We will take nothing but good memories from this experience and it is a good opportunity to meet some new friends who work for the company also! Woo all is well! Joy in the Journey :) We love and miss you all!