Jonathan Browning Home

Here we are at the J/B home.. He is a famous gun maker and he stated in Nauvoo..This house was great It has been restored and you really get a feel of what it was like in the 1800's Elder Merrill was our tour guide..

New Roads

Today we went to Quincey and saw alot of flooding, the Mississippi is very high now, and the banks are flooding...We enjoyed Quincey it is the town that helped the Saints back in 1838 just before they moved to Nauvoo...On our way home we found a cross roads that looked just like the one in the end of the movie Castaway where Tom Hanks looks each way and sees forever...Thats what we did.....Then we found a place that will ferry you across the Mississippi...notice the sign....Flash your lights for service...we did but no one came there was to much flooding.

Working the Brick Yard

Today we had the assignment of working the Brick Yard...We worked with E/S Zunker and E/S Wolfinden showed up and it was fun..We had never worked this site before so we had to wing it...but it was fun and we did good....A big Barge went by so we took a picture they are really big....

Mowing Great, Great, Great Grandpa Lee's farm

We found out that our GGG Grandfather Alfred Lee owned 8 acres here in Nauvoo and we found a plot plan that showed where it was and we realized it was part of what we Mow, so here are pictures of the land it is called Inspiration Point now...I found a raccoon and jumped off my mower and caught it by the tail..He was fast but I am faster...

Friends in Nauvoo

Today is Friday and we were in our dress clothes for the Sunset Play and a young man came up to me and said "Brother Francis I can't believe it" I did not reconize him at first and then he said...Matt Woods from Park City..Wow and his Mom and Dad where here too..Joan and Charlie Woods...They had servered here 11 years ago and Pam saw them here...It was great to see them and see his family, he was Corey and Eric's age and we talked alot about Corey and how much he enjoyed growing up in Park City with our Sons....

More pictures of Todd and Jen

Here are more pictures of Todd and Jen while at Nauvoo...They arrived at night and the next day had to get on the road but we visited a few places and had fun talking about nauvooo and their trip to Park City from Atlanta....They still have a long way to go, but we sure enjoyed their visit...

Todd and Jen in Nauvoo

Here are a few pictures of Todd and Jen arriving and touring the town....We had a great visit, went to breakfast and then showed them some of the places we work and we toured the visitors center and then they were on their way....It rained most of the time but cleared up so we could show them our home and the womens garden...We loved having them here we hope more family can come....

The Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds

Here we are at the Burial gounds in Nauvoo..It is about 20 minutes out of town and we drove all the way there on the mowers....It was very peaceful and the trees were big and beautiful. Mom is on a slope and I was nervous for her....NO we did not run over and head stones.....

The Nauvoo Brass Band

I was mowing lawns by the temple and a glider came by the temple, also the Nauvoo Brass band came by they play everyday on the streets of Nauvoo...Our friend and Tami's brother in law Scott Gemmell did this last year, these guys are really talented...

A view of Old Nauvoo

Here are some pictures of some of the sites here, We went to the Family Living Center, they do little demos and show how to make candles, barrels, rugs, bread, bricks, etc. My big Brother Darold would be jealous to use this coopering equipment...This is the Stage we are preforming on for the Rendezvous play.

Mowing the pageant area

Here we are on the Pageant lawns..Thousands of people will come to the Pageant this year so we have to get the lawns in good shape..This one area is very steep and scary to mow.....Sister Francis in the woods...

A day at the Temple

Here we are in front of the temple it was a great day we had a special day with our Mission President and his wife in the Temple and dessert at their home after. This is the light pole I hit with the mower....This is fixed you should have seen it when it happened it was bad.