June 14, 1999 Farmington, Utah

Bob, Michael, Laura and Brett came over last night just to visit and I LOVED that!!! We sat out on the deck and my neighbor whom I never see came out so I introduced her to my family - it was quite funny because she asked me where they lived and I told her that Bob practiced medicine in Layton. As it turned out he had treated her for some kind of sinus problems a few years ago -- small world!!! The condo pool is now open so I hope they will come over often to take a swim. I haven't been in it yet but it looks so pretty with the lawn chairs and tables out around it - I have a perfect view of it from my den window. Michael helped me with some computer questions - he is a WHIZ!!! Bob is "knee deep" in the reunion plans - he always does things so efficiently and without a lot of fanfare and everyone will LOVE it. It is going to be Sept. 4th from 3 - 9 at the Mellor Banquet Hall in Lehi with a catered dinner by Carl Mellor and it will be free so there will be many people there. I am excited already - he is going to send the invitations to me and I will send them to you soon. The big thing is going to be to get the genealogy that has been done checked so the inaccurate information can be corrected for our records. It has been very disappointing to go to the genealogy library and find SO MUCH inaccurate information. I believe I told you that they have my brother Don, dead, and my brother Bob still alive. They can't give out information about people who are still living so that presents a problem but at least we can have our own personal family genealogy correct. John and Bob are going to do the T-shirt thing again and we will have the out grown clothing "give away" too. I WISH THE ROY MELLOR FAMILY COULD COME FOR IT!!!

EMILY - IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL YOU WILL BE COMING AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED!!! I will be at the airport at 5 p.m. on Saturday the 26th. I would like for both you and Katie to stay with me that night - if that's okay!!! I know your Mom will have important information for you like my telephone number and also other Utah family member phone numbers. I can hardly wait!!!

Rick took Sarah and one of her friends and me to the cabin on Friday afternoon and we had such a good time. Sarah is keeping up her reputation and she and Amy caught 6 fish off the dock within thirty minutes after we got there. Byrd took them out on his boat the next day and they caught 10 more - they were beautiful fish!!! Saturday was the first official work day of the season for Scofield West and there were many people involved. We were all to meet at the bowery by 8 a.m. so Rick and I went over there - they had all kinds of donuts and pastries, juice and coffee and they had a good time visiting together. They said I could quilt but I declined and told Rick to come get me if he felt I could do something to help because I REALLY wanted to "attack" the skunk room. Rick used the weed eater and helped around the bowery and the cabin. I know that place is mostly for OLD people but I have to hand it to them for what they have accomplished. When Daddy first bought it there was no electricity, no water or plumbing, and just a little shack they called the bowery. Now the bowery is very nice and even though it is very different from what we would like it serves their purpose and it is available to us whenever we want to reserve it. Most of the people there bring their grandchildren so there are children occasionally.

I must tell you about the curtains I made for the skunk room. I made every mistake I could possibly make. First of all I like to cover the window in there with plastic to keep those pesty little "midgies" away. WELL - I got heavier plastic but it was too narrow to completely cover the window so I had to "piece" it down the center with duck tape and it looks SO funny. THEN - when I went to get the material I just wanted something pretty to kinda' dress up the skunk room and I wanted a color to match those heavy curtains in there that separate the tub from the rest of the room. After I hung them I thought "why didn't I choose a yellow color to match the walls with a little pink to match the other curtains". Please don't laugh if you ever get up there to see them!!!

We called John and Ann from the freeway with Rick's cell phone and left messages. When we were just a little past Springville, John called us back and said he would be home if we could drop by to see them. SO, Rick turned around and we went back to Orem. I JUST LOVE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO THEIR HOME AND IT IS JUST ABOUT FINISHED!!! They have all the tile put down upstairs and also new carpet in their living (family) room and it is simply beautiful. The man was just finishing with the tile downstairs and he has done a clever thing in the middle of the large room down there - he has made a design kinda' separating the room into two rooms. The puppies have grown SO much since I last saw them and we had a hard time getting Sarah and Amy away from them. Moki is looking much better - she has weaned them and she's gaining some of her weight back - Tar is so cute to just stay in the background. The puppies are BEAUTIFUL!!! John had a good time in Europe and New York but he's glad to be home - Julianna has been "holding the fort down" with all the remodeling and caring for the puppies. I don't know how they will manage when they get things more settled - they have been in a "BIG MESS" for a long time!!!

Cissy and Charles Beyers came for lunch on Wednesday and I LOVED hearing about Arkansas friends. They look SO good - they don't age one day from year to year and I would love their secret. Charles is so full of life - he reminds me very much of Mel Manning - he has more funny stories to tell and is such good company. Cissy is quite sad about some family problems. Their son Steve is happily married now but his former wife has turned their children away from him and their daughter who is getting married soon doesn't want Cissy and Charles to come for her wedding. Cissy could hardly talk about it. They also told me about Jim and Marlena Griffin's daughter Jeannie who was on a mission in Ohio. She fell in love with one of her investigators so they brought her home and he followed her so they married. She is raising a little Mexican baby by herself now. NOW AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU READ MY LETTER TO THE VERY END - HA!!!