Our Trip to DC -- Part II: Nauvoo, the Beautiful

Our very first stop on Saturday morning (after we slept in, of course) was Carthage. Somehow it seemed the more logical thing to do. We got our little tour of Carthage, watched a video of the Prophet Joseph, and took some awesome pictures.

We spent all of Saturday in Nauvoo. It was INCREDIBLE! We loved it so much! It was such a fun little detour we took on the way to DC. What a special spirit there is about that place, especially in remembering the sacrifices that those early saints made to follow the Savior.


Here, I am sitting next to the famous window in Carthage Jail, the one Joseph falls out of during his martyrdom.


The Sister missionary that gave us the tour was so cute, and she told us that you can look through the bullet-hole in the door and see the window, and that all everybody takes a picture something like this. I thought it turned out pretty cool!


Daniel, standing next the door to the bedroom where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed.


This is us standing next to the Mississippi River. Both days in Nauvoo we matched like you see in this picture; Saturday we both wore red, Sunday we both wore green-ish. That wasn't planned either day, I promise!


Daniel, in front of the Scoville Bakery. All of the stories the missionaries told about each family were amazing! Such faith the saints had in times of trouble! Brother Scoville opened this bakery in Nauvoo, and then, shortly before they were to leave for the west, his wife had twin girls, both of which died a few days later, and then the mother herself died shortly thereafter. Brother Scoville was left with, I believe, 2 children by himself to move across the country. And he did!! I think they all made it. How hard would that be ??


Daniel and I tried to take this picture, and it was accidentally on video. We have the funniest video of us trying to take a picture and then realizing it wasn't working like it should. I'll try to put it up.