Are you detecting a theme here? We are REALLY aware of how cool it is that we've lived by so many fun places and are trying to pack them all in! Grandma Jamie, my dad's mom, will be turning 90 in two weeks!!! For her birthday she wanted to visit Nauvoo with all of her seven children. Isn't that sweet? Everyone was planning on coming and almost everyone did. Unfortunately Aunt Linda missed a flight and wasn't able to catch another one because of all the Spring Break travel. She was missed!
Kevin and I crashed the party as the only grandkids that got to come, purely because of our convenient location:) We thoroughly enjoyed the company and one last tour of Nauvoo! It is always a heartwrenching reminder of what was sacrificed by the early Latter-Day Saints so that ourselves and millions of others can have the gospel. We went on a horse-pulled wagon ride that we hadn't done before and that we really enjoyed. It had a spiritual theme and many stories were shared of the heroism and faith of people like Porter Rockwell, Lucy Mack Smith and Dan Jones.
Betty and Michael had booked the Hyrum Smith Historical house for us to stay in and that was neat too. It has been added on to and there was more than enough room for all of us. On Saturday morning I was scheduled to do my 9-mile run for the half marathon training so I got to run around the historic sites with no one around! It was a gorgeous morning and a neat experience to run past the temple and down to the water where the Saints eventually crossed to leave what had become their home, and a thriving city that was, at the time, larger than Chicago!
Kevin also got to go to the Nauvoo temple with my parents and aunts and uncles and Grandma. It is such a beautiful temple and one of my favorites! Uncle Ovala even ran into one of his cousins that he hadn't seen since leaving Samoa! What are the chances?! We're bummed we didn't get photos of everyone, the camera died as I was entertaining myself while we were waiting for Kevin outside the temple! Thanks Grandma for a fun trip and Happy 90th Birthday!
Pioneer Potty Training
John Taylor went back over the river when there was a bounty on his head to get this rocking horse for his little boy.
A statue of Joseph and his brother Hyrum in front of the temple
The stone carving on the temple is so incredible.
2 comments:
wait a sec, were we in chicago at the same time? remind me when you guys are moving again.. sorry i can't remember which post you left me your email on...things got a bit crazy round these parts...when is the moving date? Your Nauvoo post made me want to go there again! It is just so beautiful and peaceful. Love it.
Chels, is Grandma Jaime's birthday really this Saturday? I have on my calendar that it is the 28th. I want to be sure and at least call her on the big day. Will you let me know if I"m mistaken? Thanks!
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