A Week of Heaven for Ethan

Ethan was so happy to have his grandma visiting for a few days last week! (Clark and I were really happy too!) We had been looking forward to this visit all summer! We had such a fun time. We visited the Farmer's Market and Grey's Lake (where Ethan dove in with all of his clothes on - I barely had time to get my shoes off - he LOVES water).

We visited the Dutch museum and windmill in Pella!

Ethan stayed awake the entire day until we went into the quilt shop and he fell fast asleep! We thought this was a typical little boy, "come on guys, this is so boring!"

Tuesday and Wednesday we went to Nauvoo. The weather was fabulous and we loved visiting the sites and feeling the spirit of Nauvoo. I dropped our camera down some cement steps right when we got there...so we don't have many pictures - but if you are curious about what Nauvoo is and what we did, check out this website: www.historicnauvoo.net

Tuesday night we went to the Nauvoo pageant. Before it started they had a 1840's style county fair set up. Clark and I tried the stick pull (he won), the stilts (not a good idea for me), and joined in on some pioneer style round dancing. Ethan loved the dance and loved being able to run. He joined in on the parade of flags before the pageant.

Ethan and Clark trying the stick pull!

The Nauvoo Pageant was awesome! I loved it. We were surprised to realize that the actor playing Joseph Smith was one of our good friends from our mission, Jeff Dickamore. He was so good! It was fun to catch up with him a little.

photo taken from www.pjstar.com

The days went by way too fast! It was such a fun visit! Thanks for coming Karen, we love you!