Nauvoo Post 1

The last weekend in July my family and our BFF family headed down to Nauvoo to catch the pageant.  If you live anywhere remotely close whether you are LDS or not this is a wonderful product, go if you have the chance it is free fun!  Anyways, Nauvoo is so much fun, it's very simple and the spirit is just indescribable.  I was really excited to share it with people we love.  My friend N and I are "two peas in a pod" according to her husband..It is awesome it was like we were separated at birth.  Her husband and Mark are like two little boys when they get to play together so it worked out perfectly!  Plus all my kids love them.  Oh anywhoo, you get the point we have a butt load of fun together.  We got to stay right in Nauvoo this time and even got R's Military discount, even better.  The weather was awesome.  Again I don't know what it is about that place but every time I go I just love it more and more.

This was where the original bakery was, when they started excavating they found the original foundation to it, that is so freaking cool.

 The Family Living Center has a lot of great activities to learn more about how the pioneers made what they needed to survive, like bread, candles, rope, rugs some of the basics.

This is MJ's future wife..

 Here is how the make the rope...

 Mark is a great "supervisor"

 Bryn is also a great "supervisor"

 Then we ventured on to Pioneer Pastimes..so we get to spend time playing like the pioneers.  I am pretty sure they didn't have water fountains. LOL.  This kept him busy for a good 10 minutes.

 Bryn found all the kitchen stuff and went to town! She loves to play babies and kitchen, even by herself.  She plays independently really well.

 A  got all dressed up!  I love all the little dresses and bonnets.

 As soon as he found this wood he went pyro crazy and started to build a fire!  A little boy walked by and accidentally knocked it down and Brecken got so sad he said "Oh my poor fire!"  Well good thing he built it again.

 Of course Mark enjoyed having a man to play with.

 Miss competitive wanted to beat her daddy at the bear races, ok her competitive side doesn't come from me..

 N and L had fun "trying" to walk on the silts.

Here is my little pioneer woman...all grown up.