Temple Trip, Free Cone Day, and the Wright Brothers

Well, before we get to the main focus of this post, some here and there pictures seem to fit.

The farm owner dropped by and showed us how to feed the dogs and goats. The kids loved it!

Many gorgeous sunsets in this little West Virginian valley

These two are great playmates! So cute with each other... most of the time. :-)

Tuesday, 09-Apr-2019

Today we set off to Ohio! First stop, the temple in Columbus.

As usual we took turns. I went in with Amy to do baptisms, then Bonnie did sealings.

We have very good kiddos. I feel grateful for that.

There was a lovely stream nearby they played in while waiting for Mom.

As soon as Mom came out, we headed straight down to Dayton Ohio. Why, you ask? Because it's the closest Ben & Jerry's scoop shop to our home in West Virginia, and today is FREE CONE DAY!!!!

Whattup! Represent!

Ben and Rebekah fell asleep on the way, so Mom stayed in the car a bit while we got started. We brought her a scoop in the car too. :-)

The line was nice and short... until school let out just down the street. Yikes! Then it was an hour long and longer! Still, I managed 9+ scoops. The "+" is for the one's I helped kids finish. :-)

And this is what it's all about! Ah yeah!

The weather was perf! A great Free Cone Day 2019!

Before it got dark, Bonnie wanted to check out a few things before leaving Dayton. She recently read the biography of Wilbur and Orville Wright, much of which occurred in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio. ...and it kind of makes North Carolina's "First in Flight" thing seem a bit like silliness in the PR department, but whatevs!

This was the site of their boyhood home. Bonnie jumped out and took pictures of all the signs to read later. Don't worry, I won't post them all here! 

Then we went over to the flying field where they did a lot of their work in making controlled flight a real, working thing.

It was soon getting dark and we planned ahead that we'd stay at an Airbnb this night in between Dayton and Kirtland, Ohio, which is up near Cleveland. It was a small place for us, but fine for one night and the beds were SO comfy! Sometimes, it's the little things. Actually, it usually is.