Family Trip to Nauvoo

We got a fall break this year for the first time ever in Wylie ISD!So we decided to take advantage of it.  We took a family trip to Nauvoo.  We wanted to go while Jon and Patty Macfarlane were serving a mission there.  He was the bishop of our singles ward from when we met and the Institute Director.  It was fun to have them meet some of our kids. Westley is up at Snow College and Travis stayed behind for a football game.  

We were able to eat dinner with them while we were there, which was nice.  We packed in a lot.  Brother Macfarlane is a horse man so he was there working with the horses and other large animals.  We got to go on an oxen wagon ride that he was in charge of while we were there.  

We also toured much of the city.  It rained on and off while we were there.  The Joseph and Emma Smith sites that are not owned by our church were closed due to COVID, but we were able to drive by and see them without going in.  We went to Carthage Jail also and saw where Joseph Smith was martyred.  We were staying in a VRBO near the temple and walked around the grounds.  We went to a couple of the shows and Annmarie even got to be part of one of the shows.  It was a really great trip.  Too bad Travis didn't come.  We really should have had him come.