Ohio, Here we come!

August 21st Halle Kate Huber was baptized.  We had been planning a trip out to see the John Huber family for quite a while.  They recently moved to the Dayton Ohio area.  In the process of the trip, we decided to borrow Matt's pickup and take the pool table we had given to Debbie (and that they now have decided they won't use) out to John (they have room in their new home for it).  While Debbie was here in Utah, she found a table she loved, so she bought it and we rented a trailer to take it to her in Denver.  So, that was the beginning of our Table Trip.  We delivered the table, 8 chairs, and four stools to Debbie's house in Denver.  Then we loaded up the pool table into the pickup and started off to Ohio.  We had great weather and everything went good.

Going through Kansas, we stopped in Abilene and went to the Dwight David Eisenhower Presidential Library/Museum.  It was very interesting.  That was a big thing for me in elementary school when he was elected President.  We had mock elections in our school.

We saw lots of fields of soybeans, corn, maize, etc. as we traveled. 
Kansas was a big state to travel through. It is the Sunflower State and we saw fields of sunflowers there. 

We stayed in some nice motels as we went along.

 This one was beautiful with ponds and fountains behind it. 
It was neat to see the Mississippi River again.

We made it to Ohio!!  Then on to Springboro and to the Huber's home.

 We unloaded the pool table.  They had a professional come out and put it back together with new felt etc.  It looked beautiful!!

Paul and John did a big project of adding ceiling lights and fans in the bedrooms.  That meant work up in the attic etc.  They did a great job and it will be nice for them to have them finished.

Here are a few pictures of John and Kristen's home:

One afternoon we drove over and went to the National Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB.We saw lots of airplanes- some that Paul used to fly.  We also got to see the building where John works. 

Cute picture of Griffin! 
Then, it was the big day.  The day that took us to Ohio in the first place.  It was Halle's baptism day!

We were able to participate with Paul being a witness and I gave a talk on Baptism.  We were so happy we were able to be there.
The children of both families sang a song together.

On Saturday afternoon, Halle and some friends set up a stand to sell Lemonade and trinkets they had made.  They also performed some songs.  It was quite successful - they made $44 that day and plan to continue it on other Saturdays.

It was soon time to leave Ohio and start on the trip back to Utah.  We drove back to Denver and picked up Debbie's old table, loaded it up in the pickup and brought it to Sarah who was about to have movers come to her place to move her to Helena Montana.  It was a successful trip and we enjoyed seeing some of the beautiful country we live in!