Mini trip to Nauvoo

(I know it's been a while, but here are some more trip photos.)


For two days of our two week vacation, we were in Nauvoo. It was so much fun hanging out with Jonah, Laura and their kids.
Here's Ryan and Charlotte at the house.
After visiting for a bit at Jonah's, we headed over to the Family Living Center where there are missionaries who teach you different things the pioneers made, like rugs, candles, pots, etc. Here's Seth, Cleod, Jonathan and Ryan, waiting to learn about candle making.

Cleod was excited about his candle.
The kids got to make their own rope too. Here are some of them. (Seth was on the other end.)
Grant and Joshua, the crazy one year olds, were mad about sitting in their strollers. Jonah walked around with Josh most of the time, and Grant and I had to take a few breaks. Here's when I took him out of the stroller in the entry. He was pretty happy about that.
After putting him back in the stroller, he had a breakdown. Here's the end of it. (We were outside at this point.)

Day two in Nauvoo.
The boys are ready...
Pioneer Pastimes is my new favorite place in Nauvoo if you have kids. It is several years old but new for us. It's two cabins that kids can play in and a covered area with pioneer toys. The kids can touch EVERYTHING which is refreshing after going on tours where they can't touch ANYTHING. Right away, Ryan jumped onto the wooden house. He's my cowboy.
Cleod and Jonathan playing with tops.

Here are the older boys in one of the cabins.
Ryan's R. How cute is that?
Ryan and Cleod very seriously writing...
There were bins of pioneer clothing that the kids could try one.

On the horse...again...
A missionary showed Cleod how to play this game and he sat there playing it for a good five minutes. He didn't exactly play it correctly, but it was fun to watch how hard he was concentrating.
Josh and Grant on some sheep...
Grant, playing with the kitchen stuff in the second cabin with Charlotte. (Grant loves the kitchen toys in nursery too.)
Ryan, sweeping...
Silas and Grant playing stick-pull...









Trying the stilts...

Cleod getting to work...

At the end of Parley Street...
Mississippi River...
At the temple...