Sunday, March 23, 2014

Nauvoo Reunion Plans

Time for a new update to our reunion plans.  I'm sure you've all heard that Adam is getting the menu ready and making shopping lists.

We don't quite have all the nominations in yet but if you want to start voting for the movies of the decades you can start with the following.  Remember each person over three years gets to choose one movie per decade.

The nominees for the 60s are:
The Mortgage Bit
I Spy
The Caped Currier

The 70s are:
Hide and Seek
The Magic Wand
Run Spot Run

Dad put together a tentative outline for the reunion.  We'd really like your feedback on all of this.  We love you and can't wait to see you in Nauvoo.


Palmer Reunion
“Come Enjoy Your Inheritance”
July 3 thru July 9, 2014 - Nauvoo, Illinois
(These are our suggestions for activities each day.  The rest of the time is free time.  Free tickets are needed for the shows.)

July 3 Thur - 4pm Check in
        Art Project - Make T-shirts for the 4th (Bring a plain white t-shirt for everyone in your family)

July 4 Fri -  Happy Birthday Grandma
        Finish filming - “RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN CHAOS”
        Wagon ride - around Nauvoo (How many want to do this?)
        Watch fireworks from hill in front of temple.

July 5 Sat -
        Temple Session Palmer kids - 9am  (We’ll need to schedule this as soon as possible.  Dad would like to have a temple session with all 8 of our children.)

July 6 Sun - Church -10 to 1
         Summer’s Baptism -
         Family Pictures

July 7 Mon - Frank’s Fabulous Films
        “Best Movies of the Decades”   Awards
        Showing of “RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN CHAOS”

July 8 Tue - Nauvoo Pageant
        Frontier Country Fair - 7pm
        Nauvoo Pageant - A Tribute to Joseph Smith - 8:30pm

July 9 Wed - 11am Check out
        Cathage Jail on our way out of town


NOTES:    General assignments----
1 - Breakfast - 8am    Lunch - open        Dinner  - 5:30pm
        Adam is chief cook with Aaron and Eric assisting him
        Breakfast blessing and morning prayer at same time.
        Evening prayer will be between 8 and 9.
2 - How are your movies coming…..
        A - Video challenges to be shown during breakfast or whenever you want to watch them.  Bring them edited and ready to show.
        B - “Retirement of Captain CHAOS” - I want to take Captain CHAOS place…..  Send film to Frank by    June 14th for editing into movie
        C - Vote for movies of each decade
3 - Send Mom definitions for Apples to Apples.  I’d like a definition of each person in your family and whatever else you’d like included in the game.  Brooke & Summer– I accidentally deleted the definition you included in the last post so please send new ones.  They must be approved by your parents.

4 - Sleeping areas for reunion (Who should sleep where?  Dad was going to assign rooms but I’d like your input.)
        Main floor: (6 beds)
                Bedroom 1: king size bed -- Frank and Evelyn
                Bedroom 2: 2 queen size beds --
        Down stairs: (8 beds)
                Bunk room: 4 bunks
        Upstairs: (10 beds) 
                Bedroom 3: queen size bed and 2 bunks
                Bedroom 4: king size bed
                Bedroom 5 queen size bed
                Study area upstairs

24 beds - 3 car beds - 4 air mattresses = 31



Shows and Activities around Nauvoo
(Should we schedule times for the shows now or wait until we get there?)

Just Plain Anna - Amanda              10:30am and 12:30pm       Cultural Hall

High Hopes and River Boats     2:30pm and 4:30pm
                                                        Visitor Center

Brass Band                                10am and 3:45pm

Rendezvous in Old Nauvoo            7pm and 8:30pm  
                                                        Cultural Hall

Sunset on the Mississippi         7pm


Visitor Center - open 7:30 to 7 - Mon-Sat
Historic Sites
Monday – Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Pioneer past-times
Wagon ride - around Nauvoo
Carriage ride - Inspiration point


Community of Christ (RLDS)
The Joseph Smith Historic Site retells the story of the Latter Day Saint movement in Nauvoo during the early 1840s. Within the Visitor Center, guests will find original paintings of Nauvoo by David Hyrum Smith as well as other artifacts and information about the city and its people. Guided walking tours begin at the Visitors Center, starting with a short film and continuing through the Smith family's homes.

The Visitors Center is located in Nauvoo's historic flats just off Illinois State Highway 96 at Water Street. For more information, contact us or stop by.
Admission to the Visitor Center, site orientation video, museum exhibits and store and Red Brick Store is free. There is a $3.00 preservation fee per person for the guided tour of the Smith homes.




Carthage Jail  Mon-Sat 8am - 9pm
                       Sun 11am - 7pm


1 comment:

Mindy Sebastian said...

I'll try and have Aaron watch the movies and get his votes in soon. Do I have to vote again? And are we picking just one now? We have been working on our video challenges (a little at a time), but I still haven't edited our Chaos pieces.

I'm looking forward to all of the activities - I want to do as much as possible, while still spending time visiting and hanging out with the family. I guess we'll just have to see how it all goes when we get there.

For bedrooms - can we claim bedroom 5 with the one queen bed? I think Aria would do best in a more secluded sleeping area.