Here are some pictures of Carter's birthday gift to daddy... He made him a personalized World's Greatest Dad shirt and made him wear it everywhere on his birthday!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Making Daddy's Birthday Gift From Carter
My Little Stomper
This might be Carter's costume for Halloween, depending on how cold it is! Otherwise we have a Batman costume too!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Nauvoo Temple
Nauvoo was so beautiful, so peaceful. The temple and the temple grounds were so gorgeous. We were so thankful for the opportunity we had to visit Nauvoo and the homes of so many corageous saints that once lived there. It was an incredible and spiritual experience that we definitely recommend.
Something Special....
Hhere is the view from Joseph Smith's home and a picture of the sun, there was just something so peaceful about being Nauvoo, we really loved it there.
Play time in Nauvoo
Ppoor Carter was such a good boy while being cooped up in a car for 3 hours so after walking around the Nnauvoo temple we went to a park that was directly behind the temple, in fact you can actually see the temple in the background, and we played there for a little while, he especially loved the teeter totter...so did daddy! By the end of the day my feet hurt so bad, so I tucked my pants into the back of my shoes and daddy couldn't stop laughing.
Carter and Mommy
Here are some random pictures of Carter and I infront of a statue at the Nauvoo temple, infront of one of the original sunstones, infront of a wagon that the pioneers used to travel from Nauvoo to Uutah and the last one was one of my favorite spots, it was where the pioneers crossed the Mississippi river to escape from Nauvoo. Curtis and I watched a movie the other night, it was a movie about Bringham Young and the adversities he and other pioneers faced on the trek from Nauvoo to Utah. It was an incredible and very well done for a 1940's movie, in a scene in the movie it showed the pioneers crossing this frozen Mmississippi river in their wagons and while I was standing in that same spot I kept replaying that scene in my mind, how brave and faithful they must have been to be able to have done so many of the things that they did.
A moment of Silence
Here is Carter and daddy reading the names of the saints that were lost on the trek from Nauvoo to Utah
Carter and Daddy
Hhere are some pictures of Carter and daddy next to some statues that were in Nauvoo and Carthage
Carthage
After we spent the afternoon in Nauvoo, we went to Carthage, which is were Joseph Smith spent his last days. We were able to jump into the last tour of the day about 20 minutes into it. The spirit there was overwhelming, we were shown the holding cell that Joseph, his brother Hyrum and other saints were held, the walls and floors were all original and it was quite warm in there despite it being a very cool evening. Then they brought us into the warden's room (I thin k that was what it was called) this was the room that Joseph and Hyrum spent their last moments. The guide played a tape of a reinactement of that fateful night, I couldn't help but well up, the door that you see in the picture above is the original door and the hole was from the bullet hole that hit Hyrum. Ii can't describe how it felt to stand in that room, but I was consumed by the spirit, it was a wonderful experience that Ccurtis and I will always closely to our hearts.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Nauvoo
Tomorrow we are going to Nauvoo and we are so excited to see the amazing church landmarks and learn more of the history of Nauvoo and the saints that once lived there. Sorry that we have not been posting pictures but our camera was packed on accident, but don't worry we plan on taking lots of pictures tomorrow and I will post about our experiences at Nauvoo very soon.
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