Dearest Family,
This has been a fun and busy week for me - I
hope you have all had a fun week too!!! I talked to Bob and Michael when
they came over and it sounds like their new boat will be a great family
"toy" for all of them. I told Bob that now he needed to get a trailer so
they could all go camping - Ha!!! I remember when we had three boats and a
trailer and not much time to use them but when we did have time it was well
worth it and I know Bob will find that out too. Claire - I loved the
pictures you sent on the internet of the boat and I was happy to see Michael
in good shape after the picture you sent of him lying in the water like he
was a goner!!!
Annie - thank you for your letter and also for
forwarding Russell's letter to me. I can understand why the Ethiopians
would have problems adjusting to missionary life - Russell is surely
learning alot and it isn't all about teaching the gospel. I am thinking
that it won't be long before you and Jessie will be heading for San Diego to
get her settled in school. I'm SO glad I am the age I am so I don't have to
worry about school and moving, etc., etc. I also remember the great
adventures of moving to different places and making new friends and stuff -
you have to be young and ambitious to be that way and Jessie will be
GREAT!!!
John - thank you for getting the website up to
date. I just love looking at it and I have decided that you must have taken
the picture of Preston off the website of the Davis Hospital because that's
the only one I have seen of him. I'm SO glad your work is going good and I
can just imagine how overwhelming it really is - it's SO different from
anything you have ever done. I was interested in reading about all the new
General Board Members for the church auxilliaries and when I saw Sister
Lant's picture for the Primary I just knew she must be John Lant's Mother -
she is surely a talented woman.
I haven't heard from the Roy Mellors this week
but it has been fun to look at the pictures of their Utah Vacation. I know
it is hot in Little Rock but not any hotter than it is in Utah.
Mary Ann - thank you so much for helping me this
week. You are always so sweet to talk to on the phone and always assure me
"that it's no problem Grandma"!!! I had to call from Star Valley to ask her
to water my flowers and also to get my mail from my mail box and when I came
home she had done exactly what I had asked her to do and I appreciate it SO
much. I also awakened her this morning so I could get a recipe from her
Mom's recipe drawer - I didn't know Jeannie and Rick were out of town and
kept ringing their doorbell until Mary Ann came to the door.
It would have been Grandmother Forrest's 100th
birthday today if she had lived SO Don, Cheryl and I honored her by putting
flowers on her grave. We had planned to go out to dinner but Cheryl wanted
to go visit her sister in Brigham City and she invited us to have dinner on
their back lawn and it was SO nice. This sister had fixed a turkey dinner
with all the trimmings and a birthday cake for all her family because it was
her husband's birthday. There were lots of little children and it was fun -
it reminded me of the many lawn parties we used to have at my folks' home in
Brigham City. It was 96 degrees but quite comfortable on the lawn. Don is
very, very feeble and has such difficulty walking and getting around and he
doesn't talk very much - kinda' depressing and I admire Cheryl.
I had a WONDERFUL time in Star Valley - Margaret
makes everyone feel so much at home and yet I know it is stressful for her.
Her home is just beautiful but just like any other home that size, it needs
alot of maintenance and since it is vacant most of the time the things don't
get done that need to be done. We went to Alpine several times - there was
a "grocery store opening" there and that was a BIG DEAL. We also went to
Jackson and after talking to Bob and Michael I learned that we were at
"Teton Village" the same time they were. Bob, Michael and Laura went
backpacking and hiked 35 miles in two days so they could get home for Sarah
Ferner's wedding - they had a GREAT time. I just love that part of Wyoming
and it brings back LOTS of memories of our mission in Montana. We ate at a
very exclusive restaurant and that was fun.
We had a scary experience while we were in
Margaret's home one night. I went to Brigham City last Sunday and then rode
with Mary Ann & Rolly Holman to Etna. Rolly has experienced some epileptic
seizures several times during the last five years but they have been minor
but on Wednesday night he had a "gran mall" (sp.?) while we were all
watching a video and it just about scared all of us to death. I have never
seen anything like that - he became very rigid and difficult to hold as he
shook so violently. I looked at him and he had blood coming from his mouth
from biting his tongue and I wanted to call an ambulance but his wife kept
saying "he'll be okay in a little while". Margaret called the emergency
hospital in Afton and they in turn called a pharmacist who could help us.
This pharmacist said he would give Rolly two pills to last him until he
could get verification from his doctor the next day. Margaret and I drove
to Thayne in the middle of the night and on the road Margaret ran over a fox
- anyway - the pharmacist was waiting for us at his drug store and he was SO
nice. Rolly was asleep by the time we got back to Etna and he slept for
about 12 hours.
I thought we were coming home on Thursday so I
didn't get a temple substitute for Saturday morning. I feel REALLY bad
because they all wanted to stay until Saturday - I made four phone calls but
couldn't get anyone to work for me so they all came home. I have made up my
mind that I will drive my own car the next time I go so I don't put anyone
out. They don't have bus service and I would have taken an airline flight
from Jackson but my car was in Brigham City and it would have been too
complicated.
The condo friends went to the Roger's Theatre
Saturday night to see Brigadoon. I enjoyed it SO much and am always amazed
at the excellent local talent.
NEWS ALERT - I am watching television while
writing my letter and they just announced that "Boyd Summerhays won the Utah
Open Golf Tournament" - WAY TO GO BOYD!!! They featured him and he looked
SO good and SO confident. I'M PROUD OF YOU BOYD.
That's all the news. I LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU SO
VERY, VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO.
Grandma B XXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOO