Twenty years have past since I was in Nauvoo as a little girl, a lot has changed since then. I know that is surprising...We began our day trying to get a carriage ride, but they were all booked for the day so we headed to the sights of Nauvoo. The kids learned how they made barrels, candles, bread, pottery & rugs. They were able to help make a rope (which they loved) and see how horse shoes were made. We have good friends that served a mission in Nauvoo and the Sherfys were able to meet us in Nauvoo and spend some time with us. Brother Sherfy is a mason by trade and we saw first hand a few projects that he worked on while he was serving in Nauvoo. The kids had the best time at the kids pioneer game area. Adam figured out how to get the bear to the top of the rope and Alex enjoyed dressing up. Addison made a lot of friends and enjoyed playing school. Mom and Dadam even played stick pull:)
A grassy hole with a few stones was all that was left of the original Nauvoo Temple last time I visited. Today there is a magnificent Temple that was rebuilt and dedicated in 2002. The grounds are beautiful and being able to talk to our little ones about church history was wonderful. An original sun stone is in the U.S. History Smithsonian, I loved seeing Lil Adam make the actual connection after seeing the sun stone as a part of the Temple. We were asked not to have our children sit on the flowers after we were luckily done taking photos of them :)
The pathway that the Saints took leaving Nauvoo is quiet an emotional place to stand. To see the distance and to look behind you and see what they were leaving behind is quiet overwhelming. We saw this our last day on our way to Carthage. Our little ones had a hard time being in the jail. They spent a little too much time in the dungeon (which is upstairs).
To end on a lighter note...do you see the picture of the gas station sign? We were very surprised when we saw that unleaded plus was cheaper that regular unleaded!! They most of over bought and were having a sale :)
To end on a lighter note...do you see the picture of the gas station sign? We were very surprised when we saw that unleaded plus was cheaper that regular unleaded!! They most of over bought and were having a sale :)
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