It's really getting late and I have to be up so early in the morning but I wanted to write down my feelings while I had them. Tonight we went to a show called Our Story Goes On. It is put on by the core cast and has many different scenes where they protray different families. The songs are incredible;such as Sunrise Sunset, Do you love me from Fiddler, You Raise Me Up, and some originals songs by Mark. John, who plays Hyrum in the pageant was in several different one. They told a story about Will who had left home two years earlier and hadn't seen his parents, who are played by John and Adrien ( who plays Mary Ann Young). John sings the song Bring Him Home, from Les Mis. I cried thru the enire song. I felt Tyler's spirit there and the feeling was so strong. I know that he is watching over us and helping us through this life. I knew that he was OK and that he missed us. I am so glad that my Heavenly Father allowed me to feel of him and know that he is with me. I have felt the spirit so strongly through out this entire week but never had a more stronger feeling of Tyler's presense in my life. I testify that Jesus is the Christ and that he loves us. I know beyond a show of the doubt that this gospel is true and that Joseph Smith retored it to the earth. I wish everyone I knew could have this feeling with them at all times. When we get so busy in life and caught up with the mundane things we have to do we need to stop and remember to be grateful for all we have. I love my family so much and I'm so glad that we are an eternal family.

These are the incredible flowers my darling husband sent me for my birthday. They are even more beautiful in real life. Thanks Roger for a wonderful surprise.

Today was an incredible day and what a great place to have a birthday. We started at church, which set the spirit for the entire day. Testimony meeting was awesome as was Sunday School and Relief Society. It incredible that the ward here puts up with the 100's a people that come to church each week and are so welcoming and prepared for them. After church Kelley and Alexis invited me to go to Carthage with them. It was such a sacred feeling. To see the door and room that Joseph was martyred. The jail is one of the few places that is still all the original walls. The door has bullets holes and the one that went thru the doorjam that struck. After we came back to Nauvoo I went to the Land and Records building. I got a CD of the property that Ira Nathaniel's grandparents owned and the property of David J Evans. My cute team gave me a birthday party at Marcia and Shirley's apartment. They had cake, ice cream and gave me a necklace of the Nauvoo Temple with a card that they all wrote it. It was very sweet. Marcia told us some great stories that I need to write down before I forget them.

I'm proud of my self. I figured out how to post
this picture from my camera and rotate it. Now
if I could just figure out how to delete the pictures
from the disk.

This is Ryan, Lindsay and Josh after their
performance in Joseph. Hopefully Josh
will smile next time.

This is my district family the McKee's from Chubbuck, Idaho. They have ten children but four of them are married. They have 7 grandchildren. They have a young girl staying with them. Her name is Jessica. It' her grandfather's home that the McKee family is renting. She is a non-member and it's really interesting watching her. She's very quiet and shy. They really make me feel like part of their family. We also have three single young men in district, John Stutznegger. He plays the part of Hyrum Smith. Ean Shelley and Taylor Curtis are on the set up crew. Ean also plays the bagpipes at the beginning. They are both 18 and planning on putting in their mission papers in the next few months. We have three more children but they don't show up very often. I'm trying to remember their names. I have pictures of the McKee family and still trying to get pictures of the others.

This is our first full day with the children. We let them make sock puppets which will be given to the children attending the pageant. During the pre-show there will lots of things for the children coming to see the pageant They will be playing pioneer games. We had the children who are in the pageant make sock puppets to be given away. We need about 1000 puppets and the children are doing service. It seems every activity is related to missionary work or doing a service for others. The core cast sets the tone by talking to everyone and getting to know their names. They play with the children lots and are always thanking everyone for the job they are doing. It's an encredible experience to watch everyone doing the same service for others. This gives you a good reason to kind of understand the feelings that are here and feel the spirit of Nauvoo. I love it.

Today is Wednesday, July 1. I've been in Nauvoo 3 days. I haven't really seen much we have been so busy. Hopefully, next week we will have a little more free time. Today is the first day I have been able to get on the internet. Thanks to Kimi and a very nice phone repairman. I wish Missy, Kimi, Andy or Amy were here to help me. I guess I'll finally figure some things out by trail and error. I miss my family but at least I'm not homesick anymore. The last time I was homesick was when I was ll years old and was staying at Grandma Smith's house (which was only a mile from home) but I had to home. (I'm not sure how I changed the font, oh well.)This is all the spare time I have so I'll have to try again later