Stop 3: Nauvoo

We drove four hours to Nauvoo ill arriving Thursday afternoon. The family is getting big enough we forwent the hotel rooms and rented a house on the Mississippi outside of Nauvoo. We stayed at a small house called the Riverside Retreat (which I would recommend to anyone). The place was quaint with a beautiful view of the sunset over the river. The girls were thrilled with the gigantic tree swing in the back yard and Jared was happy for wireless access to work on his school work.

Thursday afternoon we attended a session at the Nauvoo Temple followed by a family cookout. Friday morning we realized we had seven women staying at the house and no hairdryer, not a good situation for the morning of a wedding. Luckily we were all able to improvise thanks to several window ac units.

Heather and Skylar were sealed in the Nauvoo Temple on noon on Friday. Jared is the oldest of seven and so far all five who are married have been in Nauvoo. It’s been great to return time and time again as a family. We wish the new Mr. and Mrs. Huth the best as they begin their journey together.

Our trip was so short this time we didn’t even get to explore Old Nauvoo. We waited to congratulate the new couple and headed off for St. Louis. On our way we stopped with Grandma and Grandpa Fenton to race go-karts before the big drive home.

So in eight days we put on 2600 miles covering seven states full circle….I feel like I need a vacation from vacation.