playing catch up: Nauvoo

Tuesday night before Christmas we headed over to our favorite condos in Nauvoo. I love how close Lance's family lives to Nauvoo because it is one of my favorite places to visit.

We were able to do a session in the Nauvoo temple on Tuesday night. It was really special because it was just our family-seven people-there. You never get sessions that small and intimate in Utah temples! Lindi and Lillie watched Z and when we returned we spent the rest of the night playing games, watching movies and eating five different kinds of frozen pizza (to decide which one was the best...!)

The next day we spent a few hours touring the sites. Before we left the condos Z discovered the phone. It was so cute I had to snap a picture.

We had perfect timing to ride a carriage around Nauvoo. It was awesome, but it was COLD! The tour guides kept giving us blankets before we started the ride and let me tell you, we were sure glad they did because we definitely used them!This is probably one of my favorite pictures from our ENTIRE trip! I love watching Z with his grandparents. It's sad that they're so far away because he loves them!Z didn't last too long after the carriage ride. We were only able to visit a few homes before he had a meltdown and I stayed with him asleep in the car while the family went to the last one. Poor guy can't make it without his nap! He did love the school house because he got to "CUYER" on the chalkboards.On our way out of Nauvoo we stopped by the fudge shop (sooo yummy!) and at a cute little restaurant to have lunch. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip!