There are so many great plays to see during the summer in Nauvoo. They have students from BYU come and stay the summer and do some great plays for kids and the whole family. My kids loved sitting on the front row during the puppet show and "Just Plain Anna Amanda."
Here we are in front of the Beautiful Nauvoo Temple on Sunday morning after church. It was such a beautiful spring day. Perfect weather!!
Here is Jason throwing rocks into the Mississippi River. There is a memorial at the end of Parley street to all those faithful saints who died in the journey from Nauvoo to Utah. Jason is standing right where the wagons were put on rafts to cross the river in February 1846.
Seth was a trooper on this trip. We brought our bikes and rode all over town. He towed the bike trailer with a three year old and a 4 month old in a car seat. That thing was heavy!! It got even worse when the kids were having a rough time going back up the hill to the hotel after a day of sight seeing and play watching. Most of them had to get off their bikes and walk them up the hill. Seth ended up using the rope they made at the pioneer family center to pull Jason on his bike up the hill. So at one point Seth was riding his bike that had the trailer attached and pulling Jason up with rope all at the same time. It was a pretty funny sight. I would have taken a picture, but the camera was in the bike trailer as well. Two thumbs up babe for a job well done, the bikes were a great idea and we all had fun riding everywhere.
I can't imagine packing our things up in this little wagon and walking to Utah!! I don't even like to drive it in an air conditioned car!! My respect and admiration for the early saints of the church increases each time we visit Nauvoo. We love that place and would be happy to give personal tours to whoever would like to come with us!! You can fly to Chicago and we will pick you up from the airport and let you stay at our house and then drive down to Nauvoo!! It is quite a charming place and it's fun for kids and adults. We love it more and more every time we go.
