Update!

This gives you an idea how large the horses are with Dad standing

next to them. They have 19 horses here that make up 9 teams. Spike

the odd one was donated to the mission. Each of them

have names. The team that pulls the carriage for the band is 

the oldest and most calm.

This Dad and Elder Hall. I have always thought

that oxen was a special breed, and was surprised to find

out that oxen are just steers. VERY LARGE STEERS.

I think that this picture of Dad riding his bike is kinda cute.

Because we both go in different directions most days we were able to get

a bike for $40. It is really a life saver sometimes. The barn is only about 

2 blocks from us and lately he has been assigned there 5 days a week. 

During the summer in Nauvoo there is a band that goes around Nauvoo

 playing on a carriage. It is really neat and Dad has been able to drive 

the carriage for the band some times.

This is me working in the Scovil Bakery. Lucius Scovil was the owner of 

the bakery and as the saints were getting ready to go west, his wife  

Lury was expecting a baby. She had the babies, twins. 

Ten days later the twins dies and then shortly after that Lury dies. 

They had already buried a 14 year old son. So now, Lucius

leaves for the west and in route there with the rest of his family, 

he was called on a mission to England. He left the rest of his family 

with  other family members and friends and left to go to England to 

serve his mission. I am just amazed at the strength of our early Saints, 

how they had the courage and faith to go on

after so many trials and tribulations. It is amazing to me how the 

Lord called just the right people to be here in Nauvoo 

when he did. The skills and craftsmen that

 were needed to build this city were all here.

This is a statue of Joseph and Hyrum on their horses Charlie and Sam. 

It represents Joseph and Hyrum as they were leaving Nauvoo 

to go to Carthage. It was there that Joseph turned and looked over 

this lovely city and said, "This is the loveliest place and

 the best people under the heavens; little do

they know the trials that await them."

We couldn't pass up the opportunity to take pictures of the tulips 

on the temple grounds. They were really pretty.