April 17, 2000 Farmington, Utah

I had just written to you when the power went off and I lost my letter!!! The power goes off quite often but this is the first time I have been on the computer - there is no way I can retrieve it so I'll start over. I am in a hurry too because I have to be to work at 3:15 today for another training meeting instead of the regular time of 5 o'clock.

Mellors and of course Ricky. I took some pictures of Jeannie blowing out her candles and I hope they are good. I sent Annie an -email telling her to come but she didn't access her internet so she didn't know about it but she called many times and so did Roy and it was SO good to talk to him. I haven't talked to Roy for about a year - he has called and left messages but I haven't been here. I LOVE being with my teenage grandchildren and hearing about their activities. Laura and Mary Ann had been to Proms on Saturday night and it was fun to hear about them and especially to see Bob describe Laura's hairdo - I'm anxious to see the pictures they took.

Mary Ann's date, Matt Steed, has been involved in family activities all week because his grandfather had passed away so I don't believe their Prom activity was as they had planned but they had a good time. Mary Ann had played her violin at the services on Saturday and I have heard she did such a good job. Matt is the grandson of my neighbor Margaret Anderson and she said it was WONDERFUL!!!

This seems to be the week for funerals. I went to Provo last Tuesday to attend the burial and memorial services for Kevin Sondrup and I was SO pleased to have Annie come too. The services were beautiful and I admire Barbara very much - she had to plan a service in Georgia as well as in Utah. Do any of you remember Viola and Tony Munk? They came from Oregon, Marilyn and Dean Harris and their son Curtis came from Texas, Dianne and Garry Power came from California and then Linda Smithers and I attended. I haven't seen the Munks for a long, long time and we had a WONDERFUL time visiting. I had an e-mail from Barbara this morning and she is already back in Georgia and as she says, "With all kinds of paperwork", and I can relate to that!!! I can't help but think back on the few weeks after Daddy died and how kind all of you were to help me with EVERYTHING - I remember Roy coming and saying "I'll do anything you want me to do" so we went to the cabin (that was hard) and then he helped me get the Toyota Van ready to sell. ANY WAY I just hope Barbara Sondrup has that much family support.

Annie called me last night to tell me that my "Used to be Aunt" had passed away so I will be going to Lehi on Wednesday to attend her funeral - Lucille Webb. That will leave a void in my life even though she was almost 90 years old. It will be good to see my Lehi friends again - I'm sure they will all be there I have such fond memories of the times I have spent with Lucille. Her step daughters don't like me very much but that's okay. They seem to think she should have received a much larger settlement from her divorce from my Uncle Hugh and I had absolutely nothing to do with that - - I wasn't even in Utah when that all happened. My Aunt Marvel didn't like her because she thought she received more than she deserved. Lucille was a very, very nice and refined woman and I loved her I have visited her often in the resthome - the last time I saw her was during the Christmas holidays. Her step daughters were so very good to her.

This has been a special week for me because I have talked to each one of you. John called a few minutes ago to tell me that my income tax forms will have to be sent in late unless the accountant gets them done before midnight tonight. John doesn't feel very well - he has a bad cold. He travels SO much and doesn't get the rest he needs.

I am SO excited to go to Little Rock this weekend. I am going on Saturday and will come home on Wednesday. I can hardly wait to see Emily, Timothy and Jesse. Timothy and Jesse have asked me to come into their classrooms and say a few things about my time in Thailand and I am looking forward to that. I hope I don't embarrass them. Jesse's teacher has done a similar mission in foreign countries so it will be fun to meet her and learn about the things she has done.

The Weinerts are going to Las Vegas for the Easter holidays and the Bob Mellors are going to Minnesota to the "Mall of America" - I don't know if the Woolleys or John have plans to go anywhere. It is such a beautiful time of the year and even though Patrice says their Spring is over I know how beautiful Little Rock is and I'm anxious to be there.