Tom and Family




Tom brought his entire family including three grandchildren and Nathan who had just got home from his mission, to visit us in Nauvoo.  We were glad to see each of them again.  They visited Carthage and several events including Sunset By the Mississippi and the Nauvoo pageant.  Those endowed did a session in the temple while Susan tended the children.  Everyone seemed to have a good time and left with some additional memories of Nauvoo.

Below are some of the pictures recording their stay here.

Tom and Family at the Nauvoo Temple



Family in front of the Nauvoo Temple

All loaded up ready to go West
The Browning gun shop and home
Learning how to make guns in the Browning Gun Shop
David, Susan, Elaine, and Karianne in the Gun shop


Back yard of the Browning home where one of their children is buried

Listening to the guide tell about the faith of the Browning family

Picture of Brother and Sister Lyon in their drug and variety store

Sister missionary talking about the medicine part of the Lyon store

The colored vase is a sign showing that the Lyon Drugstore is open

Looking at other items that were sold in the Lyon store

Waiting for the pageant to start

Norah and Logan on the porch swing of their rented home

Grandpa, Norah and Meg on the porch of the "Tanner House"
Marge:  On Monday we went to the house to eat lunch with Tom and Lisa because they have a lot more room to seat everyone.  On the way out I was walking towards the street from the porch.  Norm had gone across to get the car and as I approached the sidewalk I did not notice that there was one more very small step of about three inches.  Looking at it from the house it did not even show.  As I stepped my heel was still on the upper level but the front of my foot went down unexpectedly, pitching me forward. I did a "face plant", landing on my knees, elbows, cutting one hand, before my face slammed into the sidewalk. It twisted my ankle but I could walk on it so I was pretty sure that I didn't break it.  By evening everything still hurt and I felt like I needed a blessing.  We didn't have any concentrated oil but did have olive oil so we put a little in a small bottle and took it over to have it concentrated so I could have a blessing.  Nathan anointed and Norm pronounced the blessing.  Tom, Tanner Barney, and David Allsop also stood in the circle.  I was overwhelmed by the strength of the priesthood in the room.  And I felt so much gratitude that they were all worthy to exercise their priesthood in my behalf.   We had the morning shift on Tuesday and I felt good enough that I was  able to go and perform my duties in the temple. To me it was truly a miraculous healing to be recovered so quickly. 

Sidewalk where Marge had a serious fall

Norm, Tom and Marge in front of the Tanner rented house








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