Last weekend was an amazing adventure.  Many details had to come together to arrange the 4 days with such perfection....I believe it was orchestrated by God.  Elizabeth and Elaine had planned visit Springer (where mom and dad met) and venture out to find the old Murphy homestead on this weekend, not realizing that it was the same weekend of Aunt Marie's memorial service in Tucumcari, which Trish and I had decided to attend.  Allen (Elizabeth's husband) also had a raquetball tournament in Las Vegas (nearby).  So, four of the Murphy sisters planned to meet in Alb., attend the memorial service in Tucumcari, use Las Vegas as a homebase and explore east NM for a couple of days....one main goal being to find the homestead.  

The whole weekend was wonderful.  It was great to see aunts and cousins and other relatives.  The memorial service was very touching.  All the arrangements turned out to be perfect.  We had a great time together, broke all kinds of rules (trespassing and playing ghost in the night... among others), sang to cows, and generally acted with silly abandon.  And....we met our goal....we found the homestead site.  We were overjoyed and laughed and hugged each other.  Hopefully the cows have recovered from our intrusion.  Some photos are attached.