Our next stop was Nauvoo, Illinois (if the link works, there's a little history about Nauvoo). We decided somewhat last minute that we wanted to see this church history site. I went as a teenager and saw it, but that was before they re-built (in 2002) the temple that was destroyed back in 1848. I remember standing on the empty site. It was neat to see the new temple there - it's beautiful. (Alex and I had to take turns since the kids can't go inside. It was nice and sunny when Alex went in and it was rainy by the time it was my turn).
We also toured the rest of the town - we went in some of the old shops, like the post office, print shop, tin shop, gun shop, blacksmith (they got to take home a little horseshoe that was made right there in front of them), bakery, and a couple of the homes. There was a fun area for the kids to play, called "pioneer pastimes". They could play in a little schoolhouse, dress up like pioneers, and play pioneer games. We also went on a short oxen ride and watched a show.
4 comments:
How fun! Looks like you are getting in all those last minute visits before you move.
Happy to hear your doing well and that the house sold.
Can't wait to hear about the new baby!
It's always fun to have updates and pictures. I'm glad the trip went well. Now on to garage and moving :)
That is "garage SALE" :)
Isn't Nauvoo fun? I'm glad you were able to have a nice family vacay. You are amazing. Traveling and doing all you do just before you move and just before you have your baby.
We didn't get a chance to say goodbye before you left on your trip. We're in Utah now and will be here until the end of July. Good luck with everything! We really enjoyed getting to know your family. Daniel will especially miss Nathan in Primary!
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