Nauvoo

We just got back from visiting Kari, Eric and Noah. We had lots of fun with them. Thanks, guys, for letting us come and crash at your pad. One of the highlights of our trip was going to Nauvoo. We went Thursday afternoon and then stopped again on our way home on Saturday. Even though we went twice, we still didn't get to see everything. It really has me wanting to go again. Thank goodness we will have the chance to go next summer for the reunion.

On our way to Nauvoo there were many hills to drive over. Charlie gave the kids a thrilling ride by speeding up and down them, just like a roller coaster. My kids started to put their hands up and say "Weeee." Noah started to do it too but he stopped just as Kari tried to take this clip.

Elder Walker showed us how to make rope and then he made Makayla into our very own "Rope Angel."

We got to see a bread demonstration with a bussel oven and then got to taste bread samples.

We saw a candle making demonstration and then each of the kids got their own candles, made at Nauvoo.

We played school and saw some words that some of the early LDS men spelled, phonetically. They were spelled in really weird ways and some of them were pretty funny.

This is how our family would have looked if we had lived in Nauvoo, back in the 1840s.

This is one of the many pioneer games you can play at the Living Center in Nauvoo.

This is another pioneer game at the Living Center.

My kids loved playing pioneer with the dress-up clothes. They were so cute too.