Family, friends, and a bit of history!

Mark and I took a quick trip to Kansas City, Missouri last weekend to visit friends and family and to see historical sites of the surrounding area. The night that we flew in we had a little time to visit the site of the Liberty Jail where prominent leaders of the Mormon church were held without just cause for months.

We spent the next day in Liberty, MO where president Truman lived most his life. We toured his museum and his house, it was really interesting.

Later that evening we had dinner with friends that we hadn't seen for eight years. Mike and Mark served a short time together on their mission in Oregon. We double dated a couple times back when we were first married. We had a great time sitting by the fire and visiting late into the night.

The next day we spent time with my extended family. My aunt and uncle and their children live in Kansas City and a surprise birthday party was thrown for my aunt Jan. I got to see family members that I hadn't seen in years.

The next day we drove up to Council Bluffs, Iowa to see the first tabernacle built and used by the members of the church. It was here that Brigham Young was confirmed the second prophet of the church in December of 1847.

This is Brigham Young with his two councilors Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards.

The Tabernacle.

Next, we headed over to Winter Quarters, just north of Omaha, Nebraska. There we toured the visitor center which taught about the trek the Mormon pioneers faced when driven from their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois.

Funniest thing. Our friend Jeff flew out to Chicago to meet up with his mother as she was released from her mission. He was helping her drive her car home from Illinois to Utah and they decided to stop by Winter Quarters. They started in Illinois and we started in Missouri and we met up in Nebraska! It was crazy!

Our last stop before flying home this morning was at Far West, Missouri. We visited the four cornerstones laid by the saints for the temple that will eventually be built there.

All in all it was a great trip!