Dave got up at 6:00 am to drive back to the Kansas City area to get new tires. We had one that was totally flat, but figured they were all about the same age and needed to be replaced. I got the kids up, fed, and they even swam a little before he got back. We were a little behind, but got moving right when he pulled up. We stopped at Walmart to get supplies and Seth saw the Lego Movie and begged, down on his his knees, for us to buy it. It kept the kids happy in the car the rest of the way to Nauvoo.
We got checked in and changed in time to make it to the last session. We asked some teenagers to take a picture of us before we went in.
The girl who took our picture turned out to be a former Del Web MS students who totally knew Dave and told me Mr. Hill was her 2nd favorite teacher at Del Web.
The temple is beautiful. There is a lot of warm, dark wood and you can really get the sense how the original temple must have been like. We went back to the motel where the kids were waiting and all drove down near the temple. We got custard and played at the park across the street from the temple
As it got darker the lights from the temple shined brighter. We walked around it to get a better look.
We could hear the rehearsal for the Nauvoo Pageant, so Lex, Seth, and I went to spy on them.
The temple looks so awesome at night. It is hard to believe that last time I was here, 20 years ago, all that remained of the original temple was a stone outline of the perimeter of the building and a stone circle of where the baptismal font was. Now here, in this same lot, is this beautiful building where eternal covenants can be made.
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