So Kyle and I went to Nauvoo with a Alex and Jon, friends/team members. It was super fun! We got to see the temple, go to a session, watch the Pageant, and experience Nauvoo! The temple is beautiful inside and out!

The Pageant was pretty cool! The Temple is dark during the entire performance until the end when it is lit up! I am so grateful to be a part of such a wonderful church!

Before the Pageant they had all these games and fun things to do... Here are some :)

There was the Wagon pull:

and some dancing... which I didn't get pictures of...

and some stilts and stick pull and many other fun things!

We also got to tour Old Nauvoo! My 2 favorite things were the Trail of Hope, which were recorded memories from the Saints as they departed Nauvoo and their beautiful new Temple. It starts at Parley street and ends at the Mississippi.

and my second favorite thing in Nauvoo was the brick house. Brick making was a huge ordeal!! It took weeks to get one brick! It had to be cut from the clay fields and mixed with sand to make a sturdy material that was molded for a week needing to be rotated once a day everyday. Then heated for a week at low temperature to be heated for a week at high temperature. What a job! I would not want to be the brick turner...  

The next day we were there, we went to Carthage and did the tour of the last few days of our beloved Prophet Joseph Smith. It was a wonderful experience! Here is the window he fell from, the top one.

Nauvoo was a great experience I think everyone should get the chance to see for them selves!

The summer is coming to end! 3 more weeks til we are headed back! Going to see the new Batman movie tonight! Oh ya!!