On the way home from Utah we decided to go up to Nauvoo and see the Nauvoo pageant. I was worried since we weren't going to have that much time there, but we did our best and saw a lot.
This temple is so beautiful. Josh and I got to go to the open house of the Nauvoo Temple in 2002 a few days after we were married on our way out to a summer job in Ohio.
There is such a cool feeling in Nauvoo. I am so glad that the boys got to experience it.
The last time we saw this sunstone, it was outside (see below).
This isn't a great picture, but this is the last time we saw the above Sunstone. We also took the boys to D.C. a couple of years ago and we got to see the sunstone in the Smithsonian.
We got a demonstration of candle making. I thought it was so fascinating!
Learning how to make barrels.
Making rope.
Watching the process of carding and spinning yarn.
The blacksmith shop might have been everyone's favorite.
Joseph Smith mansion house.
We headed over to Carthage in the same day. This was the window Joseph Smith fell out of when he was martyred.
The missionary giving us the tour used the boys to show what Joseph and Hyrum did as the mob came up the stairs.
The spirit was so strong and I think the boys were deeply impressed by this visit to Carthage Jail.
After we came back, we ate at the Nauvoo Hotel and then headed over to the festivities before the pageant.
Stick ball was the first thing we tried and it was a miracle we pried the boys away. They thought it was pretty fun.
We went to the dance and the boys were all asked to dance by some cute pioneer girls. Palmer and Hunter said yes, Lincoln and McKay said not on your life.
I think they had fun.
We did the handcart pull and it was pretty crazy.
I am glad I didn't have to ride in a hardcart back then! It was so bumpy just going through this flat space! We all laughed the whole time.
Stilts...not as easy as they look.
This is also not easy.
We really did have so much fun and we didn't even get to do everything there was to do!
The pageant was so amazing. We had never seen it before.
I got goosebumps at this part with the Nauvoo temple in the background.
At the end we went up to meet some of the actors. This man was so nice and took us around telling us all sorts of info about everything.
AS we were leaving we saw the guy who played Joseph Smith. It was pretty cool to meet him. The next day we headed home from our month long vacation.
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