Nauvoo

We made it to Nauvoo on Tuesday. As we were driving across the river we could see the Nauvoo Temple up on the hill, it was beautiful! I just imagined what it would have been like for them when they crossed the river and looked back at their beautiful Temple that they sacrificed so much for. They had such faith. Here are a few places we visited...






Brigham Young's house. I was so excited about the inside of these homes that I forgot to take a picture of the outside!) In the top picture their is a doll behind the railing of the chair. They had the railing up when they needed to lay the babe down to rock it, and would take it off when they didn't need it so that others could sit. The next picture is of the kitchen. The cut out on the right is where they would bake their bread. They probably look down from heaven and are amazed at the bread makers we have today:)

Inside The Red Brick Store. This was Joseph Smith's office.

This is the meeting room in the upstairs of the Red Brick Store. This is the room that Emma complained of them always spitting their chew on the floor during their meetings. I am sure she was happy when the prophet received the revelation about the word of wisdom:)

Nauvoo was an awesome experience. All the stories I have heard came to life. It was neat to see how they lived back then and to imagine the feelings they had as they left their comfortable homes.