Nauvoo

We made a family trip to Nauvoo two weeks ago to attend the Hirst family reunion.  The trip was a bit rough with two young kids.  Rebecca did not sleep a single minute of the red-eye fight.  We learned a lot from the first leg of the trip and promised ourselves that the trip back would be better and easier. In many ways it was.

In Nauvoo we got to attend  a temple session. The temple is beautiful inside and out. That was my favorite part of the trip.

We also visited Liberty Jail. Bellow is a pictures of the window Joseph Smith fell from. It was pretty surreal being in that place.  I had so many thoughts and emotions just thinking about what Joseph went through the day he died.

We also got to take a wagon ride and experience a bit of what the pioneers went through.



Finally, we got to see family members we hadn't seen in years! It was was a really great family vacation.

Rebecca did not sleep on the fight back either but the trip was better. I guess she was a bit used to flying by then.  The trip was really fun even if at times really hard. Overall, we are very happy we were able to attend this family reunion.