Day 6:
Our last day in Nauvoo. Today was my parents P-day {day off}, so they watched the kids while Jim and I did a session at the temple. The beauty within the walls of this temple is exquisite. It was so peaceful and calm..we wish we could have sat in there all day.
This was a temple that Joseph Smith never saw completed. This statue represents his last look at the site as he and his brother rode to Carthage, where they would later be murdered.
We went for a little drive {1 hour} through Iowa to go out to dinner. We ended up in Bonapart, Iowa. There was not much in Bonapart, but somehow my parents had found this restaurant. The building was an old grain mill. The town was kind of eerie..it was like a ghost town with no one in sight. At any moment you felt like zombies might start walking down the street. We have found that in the midwest, everything shuts down by 5!
Outside the grain mill restaurant with Grandma and her boys.
The Iowan life appears to be very simple and very quiet!
We have Wal-mart, the Iowans have Helmart.
A rainbow in Iowa..I was impressed. We had one quick rain storm our entire week, but at least it left us this.
Our farewell sunset! We said our goodbyes to Nauvoo and G'ma & G'pa, which was very hard for the boys. We all had an amazing visit and an incredible time. Thanks mom for getting our tickets and seats and for planning great activities for us to do. Thanks for letting us overwhelm your apartment during the day, it was a perfect base camp and the best air conditioning I have ever felt!
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