October 4, 1999 Farmington, Utah

WHAT A FUN, FUN DAY I HAD YESTERDAY!!! The more times my family comes to spend the day with me the more I LOVE my condo - I think it is because all of you know the limited space I have in the kitchen and for seating and we all "just cope". I think I could manage better and make more space but I just don't seem to know how. I was SO thrilled to have the Woolleys come early - they came about 10 a.m. with their arms full of delicious food and I kept them all to myself because the others weren't coming until about noon. I was proud of the children - they came up to the den and turned on conference without being told to - Ha!!! Ron had spent Friday night and Saturday with his Dad and Mimi in Jerome and so he didn't get here until noon but I appreciate SO VERY MUCH having him plan it that way. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY BUT YOU ALL SEEM TO DO IT!!!

WE MISSED ROY AND PATRICE, EMILY, TIMOTHY AND JESSE!!! John will see them this weekend and I think I am more excited about his visit to Little Rock than he is. I believe he will see them Saturday morning for a little while before they leave to drive to Dallas and then he will stay in their home while he is there. I hope SO MUCH that he will be able to do all that he wants to do while he is there - I know top priority is to be with the children and see Sammie. I wish he could meet Suzie but I understand she is not going to stay with the children - they will have another sitter - she may be out of town.

Everyone is SO busy!!! John is going to New York and other places tomorrow and then was able to schedule his stop in Little Rock and then he goes back to New York the next week. He was able to find my holiday decorations and brought them to me yesterday - I can just imagine how sick and tired he is of bringing my million things but he NEVER complains. What would I have done if he hadn't had a pickup truck?????

The Governor of Bangkok, Gov. Bhichit, is going to be honored at BYU's homecoming this weekend and they are having a reception for him that afternoon. All the volunteer teachers and young missionaries who served in Thailand for the last two years are invited. I hope I will be able to get off work so I can go - they want us to wear our Thai outfits. It will be fun - I will go with Virginia and Janet. He is bringing his wife, a daughter who lives in Bangkok, his brother and other teachers from the BMA and then he has a daughter attending BYU now. I am very happy to be involved in all of this - it helps me to understand how the church maintains such wonderful relationships with people like the Governor who respects our beliefs but holds fast to the Buddhist religion and there is never any judging.

I have joined "Curves"!!! It is an exercising group and their building is close to the condos - Ellen Mae's grandson and his wife bought the franchise. They have about 10 exercise chairs along with little trampolines and it is for 30 minutes at least three times a week. I have only been twice but I think it will be fun and good for me - Ellen Mae and Mel are on a trip now but they will be home next week and Ellen Mae and Margaret Jost and I will go together. We went one day last week and then went to the "Rock Loft" and bought cinnamon rolls - that's the way I try to lose weight - Ha!!! I don't believe Ann or Patrice have been there so we must go there sometime - they have cute crafts for the different holidays besides other things.

Don was in an accident last week and he is still in the hospital. Two of his sons took him hunting - they had permits for elk hunting in the Scofield area and I had told them to use the cabin but they wanted to stay in their tents. One evening one of his sons, Clint, hadn't come back to their camp so Don started out on his four-wheeler and because it was dark he couldn't see the edge of the road and fell off about 40 feet. He was trapped under the four wheeler but the light stayed on and a sheepherder saw it and stopped - he could hear Don calling for help so he found him and then found his sons. They got him in their car and drove back to the Cottonwood hospital. He has 5 broken ribs and a punctured lung and I think that is miraculous. Cheryl is SO good about calling me to keep me up to date but she says he doesn't want any company because he hurts too bad. Don doesn't use very good judgment in the things he does for the shape he's in.

I just talked to Virginia and she told me that Elder Hales is going to be operated on today for some kind of lung problems. She said he attended the Saturday evening conference session but came home with chills and fever and had been in bed all day yesterday - I didn't see him on the stand yesterday but then I didn't watch that closely except the afternoon session.

Roy and Patrice - I hope you have a WONDERFUL time at your convention in Dallas and I hope the children get along fine. How long will you be gone? My Utah Family - thank you SO very much for coming to spend the day with me yesterday and for bringing such delicious food. My refrigerator is full and I will love it.!!!