June 29, 2015 - Monday in Carthage

Mom and I had the day off today just to enjoy Ali and Jared and Cody and Maddie and Landon and McKenzie's last day with us.  I am trying not to think about not seeing family members for at least until next late spring or early summer 2016.  I have thoroughly enjoyed our visit and can't now imagine coming home tomorrow night and the house being empty.

Here are some great pictures of the day;

Here is a little girl just waking up for the big day with Granny and Grandpa.  Mackenzie remembered Granny and Grandpa!  

Here we are sharing our Blizzard's at Dairy Queen while Jared and Ali went to the Nauvoo Temple for the 10:00am session.  We sure had fun sharing the day today!

Here  is Cody learning about how the children his age helped with building the temple in the 1840's by carrying water up to the workers on the temple hill.

Here is our family learning about how to make tin products in the Stoddard Tin Shop.  When you see these children, ask them about the mouse trap they saw in the display at the tin shop!

Here is Landon, ready to help carry water to the temple workers!

Of course, Maddie wanted to take her turn in helping with the temple workers!

 Here is a picture of Landon, Kenzie and Maddie on the wagon in front of the Browning Gun Shop.  The making of guns did not interest them, but posing as riders on the wagon did!

This picture represents the last time Joseph and Hyrum saw the progress of the Nauvoo Temple.  It was June 24, 1844.  They were riding to Carthage in response to Governor Ford's demand that they come to Cartrhage to answer the charges stemming from the Nauvoo Expositor incident from June 7, 1844.  The charges were false and the men were "guaranteed" state protection by Governor Ford.

 

This is a picture of Elder Caldwell, one of the Young Performing Missionaries.  He always has a smile on his face and the grand-kids loved these missionaries!

Mackenzie and Grandpa are having some fun on our way home from Nauvoo tonight.  We have had such a wonderful visit with them!  We love our family and mom and I have had so much fun this month of June 2015, having the Sathre's and the Brown's here with us to experience our time in Carthage and Nauvoo first hand.  

But as for tomorrow, we go back to our full time missionary service and have a deeper love and commitment to keep the covenants and promises we have made so that we can be together with all of our family... forever!

Thank you for checking in with us tonight!