Life is so good

After spending a mere 7 weeks in London, I headed home for 6 weeks.  The purpose of this extended trip to the U.S?

 

BABIES, of course.

 

 

 

Three darling new granddaughters...2 weeks, 3 months, 6 months.

AND to see all of our sweet 14 grandchildren!

(And to see our 7 children and their spouses, of course.)

 

 

And no, I didn't forget you, Kelsi.  Our baby married Colby

 in the Mt Timpanogos Temple on April 27!  What a fabulous day it was!

 

Everything was just perfect. Well, except for little Zach throwing up in the temple parking lot, and Joel keeping Bethany's recommend in his pocket so she couldn't get in, and Kim and Bethany having to bully their way in to see their little sister married.....

 

All the things we planned for went wonderfully. Thanks to my wonderful daughters who took over my job of planning the wedding since I was AWOL in London.

 

Really, there sure aren't many pictures online for me to steal.....

 

 

 

Then on to Iowa for the Open House in Council Bluffs. 

 Ava's always asking for a "love kiss".

 

 

A plus to our visit to Council Bluffs.....

 

Pretty sure we figured out where my great-great-great grandmother is buried.

 

Ann Hughlings Pitchforth died near Winter Quarters on the Spears farm in 1846.

If  you ask the right people (Colby's parents) the right question (can this be figured out?) they put you in touch with the right person (a man in their ward) who knew exactly where the Spears-Graybill cemetery was and took us there.  A few years ago a 4-H group erected an entrance sign to the cemetery.  It's easier to read from the back side in this lighting.

 

 

 

We walked up a little hill and up a little path.  The fenced area to the left is the Spears Cemetery.  The fenced area in the middle of the picture is the Graybill Cemetery.  The short corner fence to the right is the end of the unmarked graves.

 

 

In front of the Graybill fence are 3 Graybill headstones. To the right of that are indentions in the ground which are unmarked graves.  Between that area and the small fence in the next picture are about 9 unmarked graves.  One of these would Ann Hughlings Pitchforth.

 

Found.

I've wondered my whole life if this would be possible.

 

 

I'm confident this is her final resting place.

Spears-Graybill Cemetery, Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States.

 

Wow.

 

Such an eventful 6 weeks.