Last Week of Vacation

On Sunday we traveled to Lehi for the blessing of Brian George Baxter by his father Brad. The whole family was there except Ryan who flew to San Francisco on church business. Brad is still looking for work but expects to soon get started.
In the afternoon we traveled to Bear River to celebrate the birthday of Macie and Maya , the twin daughters of Jared and Angie Lee. Their Grandpa Barker gave them a remote controlled car which they can ride all over. How these babies grow .
On Monday I traveled to the Tremonton South stake house for the funeral of Ben Tanaka . He was a great auctioneer and a good friend of Garth and I. We have traded horses and cattle with Ben and he always had a funny story to tell, just like dad. All the cow buyers and cow boys were there and the stand was covered with flowers. He was taken to the cemetery in a horse drawn carriage driven by a couple of cow buyer friends. Bishop Norman Fukui conducted and ask the carriage drivers if the were not afraid to get wet in the snow storm. They said they were wearing their cowboy hats and and would be just fine. One of the outriders was Jared Parker. all decked out in his cowboy outfit. The snow got heavier as they traveled and one of the best snow storms of the year. An old timer at the funeral told me that the up coming bad times will make the great depression of the 30's seem like a picnic compared with what is coming. We both lived thru the last one.
Tomorrow we travel to Malta to watch Raft River play ShoBan in basketball. Jordan Lee is on the main team so we hope he gets lots of playing time. The ShoBan indians are expected to win , so it should be a good game. While there we will check on Ben's house to see how he is coming. His is house number 6 and we tell them they can't lose their home in the coming great depression.