Wednesday in Nauvoo

Wednesday morning, we went over to Amy and Gregg's to say good bye to Adam, Becki, Mia and Zoey because they had to head back home. We attempted to get a picture of the kids. 

Gavin (just turned 4), Dylan (will be 3 in October), Mia (turns 5 in November), Zoey (turns 3 in September) and Blake (turned 5 in April)...gives you some perspective on heights of the kids.

We took Gregg with us and went on a carriage ride. It was a tour with stories of more of the back country of Nauvoo.

This is a memorial to a man who was building a well and died.

This is "Inspirational point". Joseph Smith would come up here to think. You get to the top of the hill and you see the Mississippi river. On the way up the hill is where they filmed a lot of the movie "Testaments".

I can't remember the name of this tree, but crazy thorns. They would use these as weapons. They are poisonous too.

This is the room that Sarah Granger Kimball started the idea of Relief Society. They sewed shirts for the men working on the temple in this room.

This is the printing office. Blake got to help! We also went to the bakery  to get a delicious cookie, Lucy Mack Smith's house, Brigham Young's house, and the boot shop.

When the kids needed a break, we went to the pastimes park. They have games that they played back in the pioneer era.

This park is a huge hit for the kids.

We then went to the Seventies Hall. Dylan was done for the day, but we wanted to make this stop. I did this with the rest of the group, while Aaron, Gregg and Alma went to Lands and Records to get a lot of info on  his ancestor, Benjamin Franklin Johnson...Aaron's 4th (?) great grandpa. They even had a map of his plot of land. 

Back at the Seventies Hall, Porter pretended to be teaching.

Upstairs they have many artifacts. One is a piece of a star stone that was on the original temple.

That is the star stone on the temple...can't you tell...sorry it is blurry.

After we went walking and found Benjamin Franklin Johnson's plot of land, we walked by the homes of the temple missionaries....thought this was an interesting name.

We went back to Amy and Gregg's house where we had dinner and the cousins played. The kids really liked being with their cousins. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and to see Nauvoo and Carthage. There are some amazing and sad things that happened there. We are so glad that we were able to make the trip.