Saturday morning we all got up and headed to Nauvoo. We met up with Ken and Jen and Diane and LaMarr to see some sites in Nauvoo. We watched a film and spent some time in the Visitor center and got tickets for a wagon ride for later in the afternoon. We went to the Blacksmith (very cool), the Brickyard and got our Nauvoo brick, the tin smith, and the gun shop. Then it was time to head to the park for lunch and change into our church clothes.
We then headed to the temple and were all able to do some baptisms. It was such a cool experience to have all of our kids there with us. Sean did the baptisms and confirmations for me and our boys. Kirk did them for Heidi and his kids and dad was able to do some confirmations with mom. It was kind of cool because one of the names was written in Russian and dad was able to read it and her work was able to be done. I'm guessing that card kept getting put at the bottom of the pile for who knows how long waiting for someone who could pronounce it. The wood work and interior of the temple was so beautiful, one of my favorites. The baptismal font was beautiful!
We changed back into regular clothes and went back for our wagon ride. It was the last wagon ride of the day and our wagon driver was a pretty funny guy. It was very interesting and we learned a lot about Nauvoo. The mayflies down by the river were HORRIBLE. They didn't bug me, but they were attacking the boys. I just had to laugh.
After that, we headed back to where the graves of Joseph, Hyrum and Emma and took some photos and then headed back to our hotel. We had dinner at the park and we are all so sick of sandwiches that we could barely stand it again. The boys didn't really eat, so we got some pizza pockets for them from WalMart to give them a break from the sandwiches.
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