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In the past month we have taken two family trips, one to Lafayette, Indiana and just yesterday to Nauvoo, Illinois. Here's what you missed:
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In Lafayette, we visited my cousin Chris and his wife, Leah and two boys, Noah and Ian. We had a nice relaxing time with them, visiting the local petting zoo, Purdue University campus, and eating lots of lettuce grown in their garden.


Chris is finishing his doctorate in mechanical engineering, and he showed us the lab where we works. Arianna got to sit in her first tractor. And skidsteer. And front loader. And motorcycle.

Yesterday we took a trip following the Mississippi river north to Nauvoo, the city established by the Latter-day Saints before they migrated west to the Rocky Mountains. It was a nice day for it: not too hot, not too bright. It was humid, of course, being 300 yards from the river and all, but not unbearable. Touring the restored buildings and homes was fun, and Arianna enjoyed preaching her first sermon in the Seventies Hall and taking minutes in the upper room of the Red Brick Store.

Oh, and we also got to ride in an oxen-pulled wagon.