.Nuevo Nauvoo

Do you see us in there?

We made it down to Utah with the Potters in four pieces; but that was good since we happen to be four people. Did I mention it was about 3am too? eek!

My nephew Nate’s baptism and my nephew Alex’s baby blessing were the next morning and we barely made it there running on no sleep.

As soon as we got home from the baptism celebration we packed up my parents car and hit the road…. AGAIN!

I was probably the most delusionally tired I’ve ever been in my life. I had a couple of dazed and confused moments that morning.

You know what got me through this drive?

Some riveting Sudoku competitions. My Mom and I are both addicts. Oh, and I won most of the time. Just sayin’.

Here we are at a pit stop in Nebraska:

And our hotel in Sydney, Nebraska:

And then we saw some stuff in Iowa…

going across the Mississippi River

And we knew we were getting close when we saw this sign:

And then we were happy:

We got to Nauvoo around 8pm on August 1st. We picked up pizza and went to bed.

The next day we toured. We toured and tourismed until all of my internal tourist was just about tourn out! But I loved every minute.

After a day and a half in Nauvoo, we drove down to the Carthage jail.

Our time in Nauvoo with my parents was heavenly. It really meant a lot for me to be there with my parents and Elisa and to be able to spend so much time with them again. I never see them anymore.

Being in Nauvoo was a very spiritually uplifting experience. I was very much in need of a spiritual lift. This year in seminary Air and I are teaching Doctrine & Covenants. I think this was the perfect prep course for us to see and experience before going into the school year. I have a renewed appreciation for the early saints of the church and especially for the Prophet, Joseph Smith. I know that we can do anything if we have faith. The Lord is on our side. I can even make it through another year of seminary with the Lord on my side. I know it.

Next up! Hello Chicago!