Visit to Illinois

Rosanne and I made a trip out to Illinois in July. Since Mom and Dad are planning on moving back to Utah soon, this may have been our last visit. We both love Illinois and enjoyed basking in the midwestern humidity.

Me standing at my favorite place in the world, on the banks of the Mississippi river in Nauvoo, Illinois.

The beautiful Nauvoo Temple. We were able to see the Nauvoo Pageant as a family while we were in Nauvoo.

Toby was excited to see us, but you could tell he was wondering why Staci wasn't there.

Nauvoo visit with Staci

Sister Harding, Sister Christenson and I at the Nauvoo Pageant. I served with them in 2007 and they were crazy enough to go back in 2008. (Kind of like how I was crazy enough to go back in 2007.)
I have a bit of a fasination with corn fields
Look at us driving past all the corn!
Staci enjoys driving home through miles of corn fields from Nauvoo,

especially when I am in the car with her:)
While I was in Nauvoo I was able to go through the temple to recieve my own endowments.
It was a great experience to do that in Nauvoo with my parents.
Staci and I outside the temple.

The Joseph Smith Academy used to be here, it was torn down last year. The view is much better in front of the temple without it, though the building was like one of my homes in Nauvoo.
Some pretty flowers Staci helped to plant in Nauvoo.

Pics From Illinois Trip

Me trying to skip rocks, I learned how to on this river.

Staci and I had a blast trying to get this picture right,
you notice it was light out when we started...





We are sad because the stage to Sunset by the Mississippi is gone.


Where the stage used to be.

So happy

Nauvoo Temple

Nauvoo Pictures

Printing Office

Sister Nunamaker and I worked in the Printing office giving tours the last two months.

Staci Visit's Nauvoo

Staci came down to visit me in Nauvoo and add some excitement to my life. Here is a picture of us down at the Nauvoo pageant site. The corn grows pretty fast around here. This a picture from my bedroom doorway...

Fun times in Nauvoo

Sister Phillips and I after our ox cart ride. Me reading Jesus the Christ on a lunch break in my band uniform. The corn continues to grow. We all enjoyed it when mom would send down cookies.

Giving Tours in the Scovil Bakery

Sister Taylor and I served in the Scovil Bakery in Historic Nauvoo giving tours for the first two months in Nauvoo. We took a picture of the growing corn every week on the walk home after our shift. Here is a picture of the Nauvoo Temple plate. Lucius Scovil had 150 of these plates commissioned to be made during his mission to England, this is one of the orginals. Around the outside are the names of the leaders of the church of the time, including our ancestor, Heber C. Kimball.