This is why we are here!!

Today we went into Nauvoo. We took the long way there. Rita took us to Keokuk. I was frustrated with that because I knew that was longer. I later found out there is a toll bridge the other way and Rita has been instructed not to take us on toll bridges. It worked out in the long run. We went to Walmart and got a tripod(Ours broke yesterday.)and lunch to go. We also took the scenic route on the Mississippi River. Yes!! We finally got to see it. We were so excited.
We got pictures by a water fall. We took pictures at the State Line and the City of Nauvoo. We drove past the temple and went to the visitor center. Mattina Ann and I enjoyed a visit with a sister missionary and heard some interesting things. That sister was from Park City.
We then heard the BYU Young Ambassador's sing in the Women's Garden. They did a nice job. They talked to us afterwards. We found that some were from St. George. One even has a brother that Mattina Ann goes to school with.
After the Young Ambassadors we went on a carriage ride. We even went thru a creek, twice. That was fun. We saw a place where Joseph Smith would ride to and onder on things. Geremy fell asleep. We had a nice ride. We found out that the rier is now wider than it was when they crossed it. When they crossed the river it would have only been 2 feet deep. Now it's deeper and wider because of the dam just down from where they crossed. (It was during our ride that Expedia called twice to tell me that we will get our money back for being charged twice. Bad time but at least I'm getting my money back.)
After our ride we had lunch and watch a show called "High Hopes and Riverboats". They did a nice job. We then wandered some of Nauvoo and their shops. Most of them were closed because it was after 6. Tanner really wanted to touch the temple. Tanner and Geremy rolled down the hills from the temple. They loved it. Aaron and I can't wait to go inside this week.
We finally made it back to our hotel. It's late. Aaron and I both have headaches. I think from not drinking water and it's late and we needed to eat. We both feel better now that we've taken care of some of those things.
Tanner had 2 really rough days. Yesterday he fought a lot in the car. Today he had an attitude. We hope he gets over it soon. We want to have fun being out and he just wants to sit in the hotel doing I don't know what. We keep telling him vacation means being out exploring new things. Hopefully he'll figure it out soon. I keep telling him, "This is Why we are here. To see these places." Maybe he's just homesick. When he is happy he says things like, "We should ignore Rita when she says make a U-turn." Or..."We could split the car in two and go both ways." We love you Tanner.