Day 2, 3, 4 & 5

Day 2: August 9th, 2017. Aunt Joanna made us breakfast and we visited for a bit. They have a beautiful backyard and the kids loved hanging out in their hammock. We stopped at the Spokane Temple on our way out and then headed to Missoula, Montana. We stopped at the cemetery where Seth's grandfather is buried in Missoula, Montana. From there we headed to Yellowstone.

                                       

Day 3: August 10, 2017 Yellowstone! We had so much fun walking around and seeing all the different beautiful sights. We hung out waiting to watch Old Faithful. Seth kept telling the kids there is a guy underground who turns on a pipe to shoot the water out. They got a kick out of his stories, and so did the family sitting by us:) It was a long wait but it was totally worth it. Each of the kids picked out a stuffed animal from the store and we were back on the road again.

Day 4: August 11, 2017 Crazy Horse Memorial, Mount Rushmore & Wall Drug Store and driving through the CRAZIEST and SCARIEST storm ever, but the end result was a beautiful rainbow:)

Day 5: August 12, 2017 Bismarck, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota. We stopped at the Bismarck Temple, drove through Fargo, visited the World's Largest Buffalo statue in Jamestown, ND. They had an old town set up that we walked through. Next stop was the World's Largest Ball of Twine in Darwin, MN. They had a little festival going on that we walked around. The last stop was the Mall of America and walking the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and snuggles in the hotel, we were exhausted!!!

Cross country road trip: Day 1, August 8, 2017

There are many, many things I love about Seth, but one of them is he is great at planning trips. He always manages to find a way to make visiting new Temples part of any trip he can, and this trip was no different. Some temples took us a little out of our way, like Bismark North Dakota, but it was worth every extra second in the car. We now have a map of the USA up in our dining room and there are white thumbtacks for every temple we have been to together. We love seeing the beautiful temple grounds and it always makes for a great break to stretch our legs and talk about the wonderful work being done inside these beautiful buildings. 

Our road trip to New York was a long, but amazing one. I am posting each day on its own, since there is so much that happened. 

Day 1: August 8, 2017

We said goodbye to Cyndy, headed to the house to say goodbye to Oma, Papa and Christopher and then we were on the road. We stopped at the Portland Temple for one last view of the beautiful place we were married. I will miss that temple, but am so happy to have one close by in Palmyra. From there we hit the road, heading to Spokane, Washington.

We stopped at the Columbia River Washington Temple along the way, got dinner at Café Rio in Spokane and then went to stay the night at Seth's Aunt Joanna's house. We chatted with her for a bit and then got a good nights sleep.