Back to the grind of AZ

So Jeber and I, and my mom, were able to drive back to Nauvoo to be a part of the Nauvoo pageant. We were gone a total of three weeks. We were able to see Liberty jail, Independence temple site, the Community of Christ temple, Far West temple site, Adam-ondi-Ahman, and some Amish people in Jamesport on the way to Nauvoo. In Nauvoo, we stayed in a cute little log cabin that was built in the 1860s I think. (It wasn't originally built in Nauvoo but was later moved there.

Once we got there, we got to work--my mom helping with the costumes and Jeber and I learning our parts of the pageant (we were in the cast). We spent the first week during the days learning our parts, and the nights we spent in costume playing pioneer games with people who came to see the pageant, getting referrals for the missionaries, and performing in the finale of the pageant. Jeber and I were in charge of helping with the handcarts.

Here we are rehearsing on the slanted stage with our camelpaks--Jeber in the yellow and me in the blue.

The second week we had our days free since we had already learned our parts by that time. So, we had time for photo sessions at the temple, ...........

A little sightseeing around Nauvoo and Carthage and such, ..................

and for a few other little fun things....

We spent the nights of the second week talking to the audience before the pageant started and asking them for referrals. Some nights we were more productive than others. Luckily, Jeber was able to find quite a few Spanish speaking families that had come to see the pageant and was able to use the Spanish he learned on his mission to get referrals from them.

And of course, the nights of the second week were also filled with performing in the pageant. (Can you find us?)

And then we said goodbye to the friends that we had made and began our journey home. After a shredded tire and our truck being broken into and almost ALL of our luggage being stolen, we finally made it home from our three week adventure. Jeber immediately went back to work and I almost immediately dove into teachers' meetings to prepare for the beginning of the school year. And so....now we are back to the grind in gool ol' AZ.