Nauvoo

A couple weeks ago we had the opportunity to go to Nauvoo, definatly one of my favorite places ever! Nauvoo is about 3 hours from Des Moines. My parents came to Nauvoo to bring my little brother and two of his friends to Nauvoo for EFY. My parents just stayed in Nauvoo all week visiting the sites and attending the temple daily. We had fun keeping the boys for 4 nights and having my parents with us in Iowa for a few days. We were able to spend Friday evening and all day Saturday in Nauvoo with them. It was really enjoyable and I love feeling the special spirit that is there! It is really neat to think that Joseph Smith and so many other early leaders of our church and early members lived here. We counted it out and I think it was either 6 or 7 (I can't remember) of our prophets lived in Nauvoo as well as so many other apostles, members of the 70 and other leaders. A temple was built, Relief Society organized, revelations recieved, and so many other wonderful things happened here. Troy and I want to come back soon to go to the temple.

Looking out from the temple at a sunset over the Mississippi

The Beautiful Temple

Statue of Joseph and Hyrum looking back at Nauvoo

And of course Katelyn and Kylies favorite thing was petting the horse and the oxen teams and going for a wagon ride.

And throwing rocks into the Mississippi RiverThis is the spot where the saints walked down the road, looked back to see their temple and then crossed the river either on a raft or on ice for those who left in the winter.

My favorite part was the drive to Carthage and Carthage jail.

The drive is about 30 min. and it is all along the Mississippi. It was so beautiful. I can't wait to see it in the fall.

Standing by the window that Joseph Smith fell out of.

The girls looking out the same window

Troy and Katelyn standing next to the origianl door that has the hole from the bullet that killed Hyrum.Our family standing next to the statue of Joseph and Hyrum that is in front of the jail.