Nauvoo part 3

So after we left the Family Living Center we ran back to the hotel for a quick bite to eat before we had to be back to the Visitors Center to catch our wagon ride that would take us on a tour of all of Nauvoo. This was a great thing to do the first day, this way we could get a bit of an overview and then kind of figure out where different buildings were and which things we wanted to see. The missionaries that were the tour guides on this were great and did a wonderful overview.

One of the missionaries took this pic for us-the first one he took had the pole going right through my head, I think that's why I was laughing, but I can't remember for sure...anyway, sorry about the weird face. And this was right at Jason's naptime so he was a bit grumpy-we still had fun though!

The Prestwich fam (minus Aubrey and plus Emma-this is kind of how the whole trip went, lots of kid swapping. But we wouldn't have had it any other way, the kids got LOTS of much wanted cousin time this way)

So cute! These girls had SO much fun together on this wagon ride (and the whole trip for that matter).

Jason was getting pretty fussy and Tim seemed to have the magic touch to keeping him happy for the remainder of the tour.

After the tour was over they parked the horses and let all the kids pet them. I think this was probably the favorite part of the tour. Even Jason loved touching the big horses.

I don't know if you can tell from all the pics but we were in shorts and t-shirts, the weather was GORGEOUS!!!!! We were really lucky with the weather the whole time. If you're planning a trip to Nauvoo I would highly recommend this wagon ride/tour. You can get free tickets in the Visitor's Center-just go early the morning that you want to do the ride, the tickets go fast. We got to hear a lot of history and learn some stories about most of the buildings which was great since we weren't able to make it to all of them.