Moffat Matters

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Happy Bastille Day!!!!!

It's been 32 years today since I 'introduced' myself to the fantastic man that I married and is your wonderful Father. From the moment I slid into him at second base to this day he has not disappointed me. He loves me dearly, he loves the Lord, he loves our children and their spouses, he honors the Priesthood which he holds, he works hard, he cares for those in need. His love and understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ is deep and profound. His testimony strengthens my own. You should each be grateful for the family you were born into. You became the heart and soul of the David and Kristy Moffat Family, where you were taught true and correct principles, but you also are a part of a much larger family. All of your ancestors who came before you are a part of your family, as well as those little ones who are yet to join us. So today I celebrate our marriage, our children, our ancestors. Family.

https://www.lds.org/topics/family-proclamation?lang=eng

Read the above link. Study it. Memorize it. Love it.

Monday, July 13, 2015

Watch this...

Stand Ye In Holy Places

Sunday, July 12, 2015

Guess who?

Points to anyone who can name all the women in this picture!

P.S. They are all related.

P.P.S. At one time they all had the same last name.

Friday, July 3, 2015

Cache Valley Get Away

Dad and I took a fun ride up to Cache Valley to visit

the grave sites of some of Dad's ancestors.

After driving through Pickleville, yes I just had to throw the name of that quaint community in here, we went to Meadowville and Laketown, Utah.

This is what we saw!

An interesting history of a tiny, remote - nay, secluded -

nay, nay isolated cemetery.

We traveled up a dirt road and almost missed this precious little (VERY LITTLE) cemetery nestled in the hills of Meadowville, Utah.

Dad observing the resting place of his great-great grandfather, the man he was named after.

This is pretty much the entire Meadowville Cemetery.

LAKETOWN CEMETERY!

Laketown has paved roads...not much else to write home about. The cemetery is much larger than Meadowville and is quite lovely. We are not too far from Bear Lake.

Dad next the grave of his Great Grandfather, Joseph Smith Moffat.

Lois Gunn Moffat, wife of Joseph Smith Moffat and Great Grandmother of Dad.

Martha Moffat, another wife of Joseph Smith Moffat. He had three wives in all.

Three wives, not at the same time (I don't think). He must have been a great man.

The other wife is buried in Meadowville, but her grave is unmarked.

Dad's Grandpa Moffat met his Grandma Moffat in Laketown. The grave of her parents is shown here. Great Grandpa George Webb and Great Grandma Lucy Hodges Webb.

We had a lovely time. It was fun to find these ancestors and imagine what their lives must have been like. We are grateful to Dad's Grandpa Moffat for moving from Laketown - although it is beautiful, we would most likely be farming a small plot of land and freezing our arses off in the winter ;)