
I got home from my US trip on the Wednesday and Saturday afternoon Amy and I had to head up to Sydney. It was the Christening for Chris and Siobhan's baby Evelyn. Amy and I drove up Saturday afternoon, staying in Parramatta. The Christening was at the Catholic Church in Merrylands and afterwards we gathered at the Parramatta Club. It was so good to catch up with Chris and Siobhan, met baby Evelyn. We also got to see Jos and Steve which was lovely, and we also got to catch up with Lachlan and Abby. Chris had asked Lachlan to be one of the godparents.
Today was our last day on tour, we were able to spend a little more time in Nauvoo which gave us the opportunity to do a tour through the Sarah Grainger House. I took very few photos, so most of these are Bindi's photos.
Today we had time to visit the Nauvoo Temple, visit Old Nauvoo and then modern day Nauvoo. Old Nauvoo is set down on the banks of the Mississippi River with the original temple up on the bluff overlooking Nauvoo. Originally it was a bustling town, one of the biggest around at the time. Today just some of the buildings remain, which have been restored. They have Senior missionaries and Sister Missionaries, dressed in pioneer costumes that take you on tours through the various places.
First of though, Bindi and I were booked to do an Initiatory Session at the Nauvoo Temple at 10am, it was decided that the bus would take people who needed to be there for the early session and then come back for those who were just visiting the town. We could have gone in on the later bus ( had a sleep in) but once the early bus was called the Celestial Bus- my travel buddy Bindi, needed to be on that bus so there went my sleep in! It actually worked out really well, we were able to get in to an earlier session so that meant we had more time to explore Old Nauvoo.