Wedding Day!

We've been quite busy the past couple of weeks, so we have a few posts to catch up on. Most important of all the many events that have transpired would have to be our wedding on Monday. It was a great day, the weather in Nauvoo was perfect and everything ran smoothly.  We had quite a few people tell us that they had never been to a less stressful wedding. Our sealing was a wonderful experience, but we won't get into the details of who cried more than whom. We have some pictures from Megan's family to tide everyone over until we get our pictures back from our photographer.

With the parents

Both our families

Direct quote from Josh-- "Where can I grab her?!"

Ben's sisters had a bit more trouble

A view of the Nauvoo temple

Ben's siblings were nice enough to decorate our car

Marriage License

Yesterday we had the privilege of obtaining our marriage license at the Carthage, Illinois Courthouse (labeled as B on the map). On the way up, we drove by a car crash that included large flames and an impressive column of smoke. Plus we drove through Quincy, IL as Obama was arriving to give a speech. After getting our license and jump starting the car that mysteriously died, we drove down to St. Louis to do a session at the temple (C). By this time it was 7:00 pm, so we continued on our way home to Warrensburg. We had been hoping to stop in Columbia (D) for dinner and some shopping, but we rolled in at about 8:57. Just enough time to see all of the restaurants and stores closing up. So we cut our losses and got McDonald's. We finally got home a little after 11 pm, bringing our total miles and driving time (according to mapquest) to 614.25 miles in 10 hours and 19 minutes. Below is a map detailing our route, starting and ending in Warrensburg (or E).