The Nauvoo Temple On Friday, Leo, I and the kids drove down with our friend Jenny and her kids to Nauvoo in their minivan. The trip went alright. Once we arrived there Leo and I were able to got to a temple session while Jenny watched the kids. It is so beautiful inside the Nauvoo temple. It's really so amazing!!! That night after we went to "Sunset by the Mississippi"--a variety show they put on, Jenny's husband Thomas arrived. 
The next day we walked all around Nauvoo and went to "High Hopes and Riverboats," "Rendezvous," (both plays) and "Sunset by the Mississippi" again. They were so much fun! The best line was in "Rendezvous," these three or four men were on stage and one asked if the rest were married, and one guy replied, "No, but I know how to take orders if that's what you mean." We were all laughing so hard all the way through. That one was put on by the senior missionaries. The variety show had a melodrama, where they held up signs to boo, hiss, etc. It was so good that none of the kids even minded going twice.
At Sunset by the Mississippi
The favorite places we visited were the blacksmith shop, the Browning gunsmith shop, the Wilford Woodruff home (Ana immediately announced to the missionaries showing the house that he was her grandfather! Hee. Hee.), and the I liked learning how they baked bread in the Living History Center. 
Elena and Chloe
Leo liked learning about how they made barrels, and Ana liked the rope she made there too. 
In the Wilford Woodruff Home
I definitely think Wilford Woodruff passsed on some of his genes to me, the missionaries explained that he hated being cold so he built a fireplace in every room. Ahh, that would be my kind of house! Sunday we went to church and then the Joseph Smith movie in the visitor's center. We walked around more of the houses too. And of course we walked down Parley Street to the Mississippi River. 
The temple from Parley Street
Brigham Young and Joseph Smith
Ana at the Mississippi
Monday morning Leo and I took the kids swimming while Jenny when to the Joseph Smith film and then we went to Carthage. Our kids were cranky though so it wasn't the best experience. Then we drove home. The whole trip went really well except I started getting horrid allergies. Errr. Also the van didn't have air conditioning so it 90 degrees at one point. All in all though it was really great, I'm so glad we had the chance to go. 
After the oxen wagon ride.
Don't I make a cute pioneer?!
3 comments:
Oh, how fun! That is on the top of my list of places to go some day.
You just missed my Uncle Gene (your dad's cousin) and Aunt Lorraine Boehme there. They were serving a two year mission. His doctor's skills were used a lot and he also played his banjo or guitar in some of those productions.
Thanks for the tips on making sure there is air conditioning. Looks like it is one hot place to go.
Love the pics! Looks like you guys are having a great time.
Kami you are soo cute!! I love the pictures, and Nauvoo! We are planning on making a trip next summer, or later this fall when the babes are a little bit bigger. That is soo cool that you are related to Wilford Woodruff. :D
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