Plans up in flames

Hunt's Settlement near Penrod, Kentucky, is the home of my earlier Hunt family.  We were able to go and visit it years ago when Dean had a class in Kentucky.  We spent a few wonderful days here, looking around and photographing the cemetery.  It was a trip I will always remember fondly.

Today, however, was the end to my plans to return and see the inside of the little school.  It was locked when we were out there, and I looked forward to going back, and making arrangements to get inside for a view.  Today I received word that the little school had been destroyed by an arsonist.  It was burned to the ground.

Having places to go and visit to remember your ancestors and their impact on this world is an important thing to me.  As I watched the feed about the fire, I was amazed to see how many people were torn up by the news, and even some that wanted to rebuild.

I'm very grateful I was able to see it and we will return to the spot again, and continue to remember those great people who sacrificed so much so that I could have the life I have.

Muhlenberg, Kentucky is one of my favorite spots to see.  It brings such a peace to my heart and feeling of excitement to be looking for family.

The view of the school at a distance.  The cemetery is just about that far away and the spot where we spent most of our time.

We also had to experience a little Hunt's Pizza while we were in Kentucky.  The name lives on.

New old boat

I had been thinking about it for a long time, but finally voiced it to T.  "Can you keep your eye open for an older boat that we could replace Grandpa BD's with?"  He had one on Kolob which was stolen years ago.  I have always missed that little part of our heaven.

Well, T wasted no time.  Within 12 hours I had six boats to look at, and this is the one we chose.

Life often hands us trials that are not fun to go through and we had one going on in our family.  There was a sad heart and I suspected that this might help.

I'm so grateful that Dean has a good job, and that we could find enough pocket change to pick this little boat up.  I can see many happy moments in our future.

Oak City picnic

We changed things up a little in 2019 and instead of going to the derby went to Oak City for some quieter family time.

Dean has been doing much better with his anxiety but with this many people here for a visit we didn't dare push things.  He came home with me from the parade and we fixed Navajo Tacos for the family when they returned.  Then about 4 p.m. we headed east.

It's been long enough since going there that the littles had not seen it, and the teenagers hadn't for a very long time.

A picnic in the Ponderosa was just the thing for the family.  It was perfect:  quiet enough to keep the Grands calm, and plenty of things to discover.  I think this should be our new tradition.Sadly we were missing one group.

Good crazy...

Independence