After driving 1800 miles last week to take Janet to BYU, Emily and I jumped in the car after work on Friday and drove to Mount Vernon for Rachel Murray's baptism. Due to Emily's intrepid manuvering through Chicago, we made excellent time. We stopped overnight in Elkhart, Indiana, and arrived in Mount Vernon around noon on Saturday. We visited our old neighborhood briefly and then got ready and went to the baptism. I made Rachel's dress and it turned out well, despite all the tucks, lace and ruffles. It fit her well and she was happy with it, which pleased me.At the baptism, we were able to visit briefly with old friends. Afterwards, we went out to dinner with the Murrays and then paid a quick visit to Cheryl Driggs.
Sunday morning, we attended church. It was fun to see everyone and there weren't too many new faces. Afterwards, we hopped in the car and headed home, arriving at Emily's front door almost exactly 10 hours after we left the church parking lot in Mount Vernon.
I really enjoyed driving around town. As we would pass various places, my mind was full of memories of things that happened there. Even more precious to me was the chance to visit with dear friends. We have known the Conkles, Burkes and Hiltons for more than 20 years. It's comfortable to be around them because they pretty much know all about us. We've served in the Church together, played together, watched each others' kids, cried together and seen each other go through all kinds of ups and downs. We have a lot of shared history and it's always so good to revisit that.
The Murrays we pretty much consider family, and it's always great to be with them. Since we have lived away from our families our whole married lives, we decided a long time ago to try to go to as many family events (blessings, baptisms, weddings, reunions, etc.) as we feasibly could. So Rachel's baptism was no exception. It was wonderful to be with them and to be treated like part of the family.
One other person I have to mention is Clara Mae Graves. Every time I see her, I wonder if she'll still be around the next time I'm in town. Thankfully, she looked great and seems to be doing well. She played an important part in our lives, especially when the kids were little.
We have lots of new friends as well and they are wonderful and fun to be around, but there's nothing quite like going home.
4 comments:
Wow, those kids grow like weeds! Rachel looks so cute in her dress. You should encourage them to get a blog. :)
I'm glad you got to go to Mt. V. I love Sister Graves, she spoke at my baptism, 21 years ago, I remember I really wanted her to speak because she was like another grandmother to me. I was just thinking about her the other day. Great job on the dress!
I can't believe how fast the time goes! I last remember Rachel as a small child sneaking frosting off of the cake at the reception. The dress is really cute!
Oh MT. Vernon, I miss you so much!!! It was good to see pics of the Murray's I can't believe their son. He was just a baby entering nursery when we left! I can't believe Sister Graves, she is amazing!
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