Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Our Temple trip

We had the opportunity to go to the Nauvoo temple last month and to take the elders with us. It was a great experience. The Nauvoo valley was beautiful. The river was partly frozen over and there were huge chunks of ice along the side of the river. We took the elders down to see Carthage Jail and our drive took us along the side of the river. As we were driving we saw bald eagles just sitting on the river. There were at least 15. I have never seen one up that close before. They are really beautiful. It is always and amazing experience to go to Carthage and stand in the place where Joseph and Hyrum sacrificed their lives. It is truly a blessing to be so close to these two amazing historic places. We love it here.

6 comments:

Amy said...

Wow, what an amazing experience to see all those historical places. It really makes you appreciate our pioneer and church heritage. Thanks for sharing!

Sands...Like Sands on the Beach said...

You are so lucky! That is one of our goals this year to take a vacation through the church history sites! We'll have to look you up if it happens! I can't believe how big vance is getting! That science museum looks incredible! The bubble room looks like my favorite too!!

This Is Our Heaven.... said...

isn't it so gorgeous there?! I love nauvoo!! If you are ever visiting a church history site near kansas city, let us know and we'll meet up or something!!

Teresa :) said...

I so cant let Michael see this! He is dying to go back to Nauvoo, that is where he served part of his mission. I hope we get to go soon but untill then we better keep this on the DL haha. See ya :)

Unknown said...

Such beautiful pictures! I would love to go there again someday! Looks like a blast!

Unknown said...

ps. I totally forgot to tell you that you were in my dream the other night! It was hilarious! We were at a class reunion and you were the entertainment. You were a hip hop singer and you were up on the stage in the auditorium just singing and dancing away! HAHA! I have no clue were that dream came from! funny!