New River Gorge National Park

One of my old roommates and closest friends from college, Kristen Durst, invited us to meet up with her and her family in West Virginia at New River National Gorge, which happened to be exactly half way between the two of us (about a 4 hour drive for each of us).  We stayed at a nearby hotel and drove into the park and explored for about 1.5 days.  It was so fun to see her and her cute family and get to know her kids better.  It also helped that there were beautiful views, nice weather, and interesting hikes.  I can't wait to see her again- thanks again for meeting up with us, Durst family!

Indianapolis temple open house

We attended the Indianapolis temple open house at the end of July with the Madsen's, who had just moved there.  We met up with them at the temple, did the open house, and then we all went out to eat afterwards at a really god place known around the area (forgot the name of it).  Then, we went back to the Madsen's house to hang out and let the kids play for a long time, eat a delicious Cafe Rio type dinner, and then head back home to Columbus.  It was a great day and I loved being able to take my kids through the temple.  Even though they are young and had just met up with some of their favorite friends that they hadn't seen in a month, I hope a thing or two sunk in or that they can at least remember the feelings they had in there.