The back of the Nauvoo temple right in front of our hotel. Which we liked but we were under the kitchen so that doens't work when we were trying to put Addy to sleep and sleep in a little
Carthage jail
Addy with Jospeh and Hyrum Smith at Carthage jail
B and Addy in front of Joseph, hyrum and emma smith's grave
Addy and I walking the trail of hope. There were journal entries from the saints, amazing to read their thoughts when they were leaving....
Backside of the temple
Front of the temple:)
this statue is right in front of the temple, where Joseph and Hyrum stood before they rode to their death in Carthage.
The sunstone from the original temple
We had such a great time in Nauvoo! It is only 2 1/2 hours away so we took advantage and went over the weekend. Addy did ok on the ride but she was very good considering how boring this trip probably was for her. It is fun to go in the homes and shops but the wonderful missionaries give you a long story of what happened there. Well, Addy's attention span is one minute maybe so we only went in one home and the blacksmith shop and she ran like crazy so we didn't do anything else.We did experience the Nauvoo hotel buffet. We thought it was perfect for nauvoo, there are no fast food restaurants anywhere so you have to experience this buffet. It was good southern food and the next morning we had Grandpa Joe's breakfast across the street so Brad and I basically need diets!! The temple was gorgeous and the weather wasn't great the first day in fact it was pouring rain but the next day it was sunny and a little cold but nice enough we could go visit everything we missed. It was amazing to imagine the pioneers looking across the river and thinking let's go! Because I would be very scared but that is why they are more than amazing because of their faith in the Lord. This trip helped us realize how grateful we are for everything we have , we definitely have been blessed. It helps to put everything into perspective. We are grateful that the saints did go to Salt Lake and build the church we don't know where we'd be without it. All that to say everyone should go to Nauvoo and get a little spiritual boost:)
The back of the Nauvoo temple right in front of our hotel. Which we liked but we were under the kitchen so that doens't work when we were trying to put Addy to sleep and sleep in a little
Carthage jail
Addy with Jospeh and Hyrum Smith at Carthage jail
B and Addy in front of Joseph, hyrum and emma smith's grave
Addy and I walking the trail of hope. There were journal entries from the saints, amazing to read their thoughts when they were leaving....
Backside of the temple
Front of the temple:)
this statue is right in front of the temple, where Joseph and Hyrum stood before they rode to their death in Carthage.
The sunstone from the original temple
We had such a great time in Nauvoo! It is only 2 1/2 hours away so we took advantage and went over the weekend. Addy did ok on the ride but she was very good considering how boring this trip probably was for her. It is fun to go in the homes and shops but the wonderful missionaries give you a long story of what happened there. Well, Addy's attention span is one minute maybe so we only went in one home and the blacksmith shop and she ran like crazy so we didn't do anything else.We did experience the Nauvoo hotel buffet. We thought it was perfect for nauvoo, there are no fast food restaurants anywhere so you have to experience this buffet. It was good southern food and the next morning we had Grandpa Joe's breakfast across the street so Brad and I basically need diets!! The temple was gorgeous and the weather wasn't great the first day in fact it was pouring rain but the next day it was sunny and a little cold but nice enough we could go visit everything we missed. It was amazing to imagine the pioneers looking across the river and thinking let's go! Because I would be very scared but that is why they are more than amazing because of their faith in the Lord. This trip helped us realize how grateful we are for everything we have , we definitely have been blessed. It helps to put everything into perspective. We are grateful that the saints did go to Salt Lake and build the church we don't know where we'd be without it. All that to say everyone should go to Nauvoo and get a little spiritual boost:)
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