Church History Here We Come

I have always wanted to see the church history sites and so I was excited when I found out we were going with Larry and Annie to do just that.

Trey stayed behind with Johnny and Carol and Aunt Pat came to help out as well. We knew he would have a great time.

Kalli got to go with us and she was SO excited. She couldn't stop talking, literally :)

We went to Liberty Jail

Adam Ondi Ahman - Beautiful and peaceful

We stayed in a little Amish town along the way

We got there on a Sunday so everything was closed. It would have been fun to see more of the people and shops, maybe next time...

These lily pads were growing on the Mississippi River.

We went to Nauvoo and toured a lot of the old shops. This was the blacksmith. Kalli got to try it out

An old church/meeting house

Kalli made us some rope

Later on we went for a little country drive and look where we ended up

The Nauvoo temple is beautiful! We got to stay in a historic hotel about 2 blocks away from it

Joseph Smith and Emma's house

A few important gravesites

One of Kalli's favorite parts of the trip were all the little treats along the way, no surprise there :)

Carthage Jail - bullet hole still there and you can see where the door is busted from the mob

The window Joseph Smith fell out of

Outside of the window - this jail was my favorite spot we visited on the trip.

Temple of the Reorganized Church in Independence, MO - we took a tour, very interesting to say the least...but we did get to see some of Emma Smith's things in their museum

The last place we stayed was crazy! It had so much nonsense, random stuff in it you couldn't believe it. It was cluttered inside and out. A picture doesn't do it justice :)

Kalli had so much fun, especially spending time with Grandpa Larry

Trey did great while we were gone and had a pretty good time himself.

We all had so much fun! Thank you Larry and Carol for making it happen for us :)