Crazy Kirksville

For the past two weeks I have been in an interesting little town! I helped my sister Kristine and her family move here and it has been a very eye-opening experience!! The flight to Kansas City was about 3 hours then we had another 2 hour drive to the town of Kirksville. The kids and I had a lot of fun hanging out with each other and watching movies on my laptop.

When we got to Kirksville we were able to meet the nicest Amish boys who helped us unload the moving truck. This was the first time that I had ever seen an Amish person before and I couldn't stop staring at them.

There isn't a whole lot to do in Kirksville, but it is true what the sign says. The people really do make the difference! Everyone that we met were really nice and very willing to help. It is a whole different world here, but it is a very beautiful place and I am sure that Kristine is going to love living here!

A few days after we got to Kirksville we were able to go to a state park that is about five miles away. It is called Thousand Hills and it is a very beautiful park with lots of trees and a huge lake in the middle of it. We had a picnic there but I refused to sit down because of all the disgusting bugs that are HUGE!! It was so stinkin hot that day but I refused to take off my jacket because I didn't want anything to be able to touch my skin!

That next Monday we took a rode trip to Nauvoo. This was the second time that I have been to Nauvoo and I had forgotten how miserable it can be when it is super humid outside and 100 degrees.

It was really nice going back there because it always makes me think about all that the pioneers went through just to be able to be members of the church and be sealed as a family in the temple. I love this temple and I love that everything in this temple they made exactly the same as when it was first built.

I love to see the temple I'm going there someday!

These are the crazy things in Kirksville.

In case you can't tell I am standing in front of an "Amish Crossing" sign. You can see these signs on the side of the road like it is no big deal!!

Yep that's right, you can buy yourself a Catholic church.

I was thinking about it so me and Kristine would be neighbors, but Kristine convinced me not to.

These heads are on display in the hunting section at the local Walmart. On one side of the wall you see these heads and the other side are a whole bunch of Amish people shopping for their groceries. I really wanted to take some pictures of them, but it is not allowed!!

KCOM stands for Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. They have water towers on every corner not joking!

This is the front entrance of Chuck's school. It is really nice inside with all of the state of the art things. There are even multi-million dollar dummies that they learn on instead of real humans that they can accidentally kill. I think that is a real good thing!!

This is another entrance that goes into the school's museum. It talks a lot about the founder of the school and shows the tools that they used over a hundred years ago. There is also an exhibit that shows all of the blood vessels in the body. When they dissected it they didn't damage a single one. There are only two others like this in the world. It is pretty disgusting!

I really enjoyed my two weeks in Kirksville and it really made me appreciate all the wonderful things that I will have in Utah! (like a Target and a normal grocery store!!) I am really going to miss being with my sister and her kids! Oh yeah, and I will miss you too Chuck, but I am getting really excited about heading off to Utah in about two weeks. Love you guys!! Miss you! Thanks for the fun times!!