Nauvoo. Illinois

After Bob and Denise left, we did some laundry and put our clothes right back in the suitcase and went to Nauvoo. We LOVE Nauvoo!! It is so beautiful there and there is a special spirit about it. We were able to all go through a temple session which is pretty much amazing. The inside of that temple is so gorgeous. Even the bathroom is beautiful! :)

"Giddy-up sheep!!" Jack was having fun at the pioneer children's site. There are all kinds of games and activities for the kids to do from the pioneer days.

This is at the pioneer cemetery just down the road from all the historic sites. It was very peaceful and fun to see how old the head stones were. Many of them were children. It made me grateful for modern medicine and to be living in a day where we know about sanitation and other simple things that can prolong our lives.

This is my Dad's cousin, Vivian, at the pageant. She is over the concessions. We stayed with her and her husband Dave. They are some of the nicest people I have ever met. They have people stay at their house ALL the time! We had their whole basement to ourselves and she fed us too. It was really fun to be able to spend some time with them and their cute little dog Harry. Dave is the temple recorder at the Nauvoo temple and made sure we saw some really neat things inside. In his office he has a sword that was Joseph Smith's that he gave to a man in Carthage in 1844, the year that he died, up in a frame on his wall. There are quit a few things on display that were fun to see.

Thank you Dave and Vivian for all of your help and hospitality!! We had a great time!

There was a GORGEOUS sunset our last night there. We were hanging out on the grass in front of the temple and before we knew it, there were tons of people stopping to get a picture. This is a statue of Joseph and Hyrum on their last ride from Nauvoo on their way to Carthage Jail.

This is what we all felt like by the end of our traveling!!