Nauvoo Day 1

Jonathan Browning Home and Gun shop

Aidan wanting to join in with the statue's game of "Ring-A-Round the Rosie"
Seery & Aidan with their Grandparents

I loved watching Aidan & Seery run through this field
David and I in front of the Webb Blacksmith Shop

Buggy Ride
Inspiration Point
Grandpa & Seery in the Visitor's Center
Aidan loved the little girl in this statue
Seery with the "In Her Mother's Footsteps" Statue

On Wednesday June 4 we, along with David's parents, went to Nauvoo for 2 days. David and I were able to go for the Nauvoo temple open house in 2002, and this was our first time back there since then, and the first time ever for our kids. As soon as we checked into our hotel Aidan insisted on buying a pioneer hat before we went into the historical area. We were able to take a buggy ride through the outskirts of town so we would have a better idea of what the town looked like when the pioneers first arrived. It was beautiful, dense with trees and foliage. We could see how much work they really had as far as clearing and settling the land. Along the ride we were able to see Inspiration Point, a lookout point to the Mississippi River. Next we went through the Visitor's Center and out to the garden area with all the beautiful statues. Aidan and Seery thought they were real at first. We attended a demonstration from the Webb Blacksmith Shop. The 5 brothers who operated this shop were among the last to leave Nauvoo for Salt Lake City in 1846 as they stayed to help others build their wagons. Our last stop for the day was to the Jonathan Browning Home and Gun shop. Browning was the inventor of the repeating rifle, which is what inspired the Winchester gun in which "the West was won with". After that we headed back to the hotel to swim and relax.