On to the next highlight of our vacation--Nauvoo, IL.
Rita and Clem spent 6 weeks in Nauvoo again helping with the pageant so we headed there a few days after Megan's wedding and stole 3 days from them. What a treat! I love that, for my kids, Nauvoo will always be associated with Grandma and Grandpa.
Here are some highlights of our days there, along with lots of pictures.
Pioneer Pastimes--I wonder how long this place will remain one of our Nauvoo highlights--the kids love dressing up and playing all the games and playing house.
Annie was obsessed with the pulley bears. She just went from one to another to another--we ended up buying her one as her souvenier. She does it everyday.
This picture of Andrew doesn't capture the fact that the ring he tossed ended up in the tree about 1.2 seconds after I snapped this picture.
At the Family Living Center--hooray for air conditioning. :)
Had dinner at the Hotel Nauvoo--we did last year as well and the kids talked about it for days. They were so excited to go back. I guess we don't take them to eat at buffets very often.
Clem is THE prop man behind stage but he hired on 2 co-workers for one night we were there. Mary and Andrew were in heaven helping him set up everything right before the show. They took their jobs quite seriously.
The Old Country Fair pre-show--another one of our Nauvoo favorites. Seriously, I don't know why anyone who had kids wouldn't go to Nauvoo if they were close. Everything is free, all the activities are so fun. Even the concession stand is super cheap.
I love this one of Whitney--thanks to our Rita and Clem connections, we got great, up close seats for the show. The show never gets old.
We had lots of time with Rita and Clem during the day for site seeing:
Outside the blacksmith shop
And gunsmith...
Made it to the quarry for the first time...
The ox-cart ride--another 'must do' every year.
Posing at the Monuments to Women Garden
Our hotel didn't have a pool, so we headed to the public pool in Hamilton--super nice and super cheap. A fun treat for a hot afternoon.
Probably Grandmas first relaxing moment in her whole time in Nauvoo!
We ran into several friends from North Carolina while we were there. We saw the Nicolas's and the Cutlers but it was bad timing where we didn't get to hardly talk to them. The next day we ran into the Brinkerhoffs and had a really great chat and then ended up eating dinner at the same place and got to chat again. Amy's one of those awesome friends that things feel just normal and like old times no matter how long it has been, and it's been 5 years. A wonderful surprise!!!
What a great time! The worst part was that it was only 3 days. We wish would could have had longer with Grandma and Grandpa--it just wasn't enough time.
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