This Weekend

This weekend we finally went back to the temple... it was hard for us to get the nerve up to go back down to Nauvoo considering our traumatic experience last time. Recap for those who are new: Paul's car overheated on a bridge over the Mississippi, totally broke down, got picked up by a SUPER nice guy who ended up letting us stay at his and his wife's house in Nauvoo for 3 days. So this time we took MY reliable, faithful, beautiful car (oh yeah, and we just got my car out of the shop with a newly fixed strut and heat shield thing AND Paul's car has the check engine light on AGAIN!). My car worked like a champ. No overheating, no wierd noises of any sort and it got us there in great time.

We got there early so we had time to stop by our favorite Nauvoo bakery (did I mention we spent 3 days in a town of 1100 so we got to know the local shops quite well) for doughnuts and a sandwich. Then went to the temple... I LOVE the Nauvoo temple. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! P.S. It was a beautifuly day... it was 67degrees as we headed into the temple. BEAUTIFUL!!! Such a nice change from our lovely mid-west winter.



After the temple we stopped by the house of the couple that saved us for a quick chat and headed on home, once again no mishaps.

This morning Paul and I took a little drive down to the Mississippi to look at the bald eagles. Apparently they spend the winter along the river, right next to downtown Davenport. Initially it was rather disappointing, didn't see a thin. But finally we saw one in a tree... it flew away... that's it in the middle. Funny thing about this picture, I took it right after almost biffing it in the mud trying to chase the poor eagle down.



Then we saw these after we drove down another road... pretty darn sweet eh?