Monday, September 12, 2011

Nauvoo Pageant

On July 16th we headed west to spend the day in Nauvoo.  We first met up with the Stones in Carthage for a picnic and then went on a tour of the jail.
 The picnic.  Notice the LARGE group of people in the pavilion behind us?  That's where we were enjoying our picnic until about 20+ minivans worth of family reunion-goers swarmed in around us so we decided to move camp.   
 A family pic that Dan took of us in front of the Carthage Jail visitors center.
 Baby Dean-O Stone and Ava.  They're best buddies.

 The Stones headed home that afternoon and we headed over to the pageant to meet up with our friends the Maughans and the Taylors.  The Taylors were in the pageant and it was so fun to see them there!
Drew and Tim Maughan enjoying the pre-pageant pioneer games
 Abby Taylor and Ava
 Eliza Taylor and Ava
 These two girls love Ava so much and are so darling with her.  Here they are helping her color.  So sweet.
 Ethel Hawkes with her daughters Julie Maughan and Anne Taylor.  Three of my favorite ladies!
Ethel Hawkes, The Taylor Family and The Dokos Family before the show.  The Taylors moved to Utah right after the pageant so it was wonderful to get to see them before they left.  
 Abby and Eliza dancing up front
 Austin Taylor standing on the right
 The beautiful finale of the pageant with the completed temple.  
And this is how Ava enjoyed the show.  She was such an angel throughout the whole day and slept through the whole pageant and all the way home.  

We had a wonderful day and really loved spending time in Nauvoo with our friends.  We are so grateful that we live so close so that we can go back often and be reminded of the incredible sacrifices that so many made on our behalf.  

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