Dearest Family,
I just came home from Park City and I want to
write my letter before I go to bed. This has been a fun and busy week for
me.
John - Thank you SO very much for taking me to
West Canyon on Friday. I have been concerned about the 5 acre parcel of
land in Lehi that we have had some problems with. I received the normal tax
valuation forms for all the property except that one so I went to the County
Courthouse in Provo. When I examined it, it looked like we had lost about 1
1/2 acres when they changed the boundary lines last August. I decided to go
back to the Courthouse and have them make me a printout of the property line
and I found out that I was wrong - we only lost from 5 acres to 4.76 which
is quite normal. John had called me in the meantime to just "check in" and
I told him about it so he suggested I bring the "stuff" and he would go over
it with me and he also said he would take me to West Canyon. I tried to
find it once before and couldn't and I think my car is "too low" so he said
he would drive me in his truck. We found the road without any problems and
then the neatest thing happened - we rode and rode even though we weren't
exactly sure where we were going and all of a sudden there was a truck
coming from the canyon so we stopped to talk. As it turned out - it was
Morris Clark and his wife and they lease some of the canyon property from
me. We got all the information we needed from him so we can get a current
key - they changed the lock about 4 years ago and I didn't even know about
it. I have thought about that every day since it happened - WHAT A
COINCIDENCE FOR MORRIS TO GO THERE THE VERY SAME DAY WE DID!!!
John went over all the property stuff with me
and assured me it was in good shape - he kept saying, "I know Ron would not
have you sign something that would have you give up 1 1/2 acres of your
property". I am just a worrier I guess!!!
Roy - Thank you SO very much for writing to
Jeannie so she could tell me about your family's trip to New York.
Patrice's sister's "in-laws" have a Summer Home on a beach close to New York
so they all went to spend some time with Joan, her husband and their new
little baby boy whom they adopted from Russia - it was the first time they
had seen him. They had a wonderful time and they also stayed right in
Manhattan one night and saw the "sights" - Roy said Ground Zero was
indescribable. I'm SO glad you did that with your family!!!
Claire - Thank you SO very much for your e-mails
and pictures of your family's activities this Summer. It's wonderful that
you are all enjoying your boat and sharing it with your children's friends.
I am betting you are REALLY looking forward to having school start tomorrow
so you can have a "breather" from so much activitiy. I get tired just
looking at your pictures and it has been SO DARN HOT!!!
Jeannie - Thank you SO very much for your
e-mails and for your visit tonight and I'm sorry I wasn't home. You have
surely been busy traveling to Sun Valley to celebrate your wedding
anniversary and then to Vail, Colorado for Rick's business trip and helping
Barji with little Preston along with all your Young Women's Activities. I'm
thrilled for Mary Ann to have a nice apartment in a nice part of Salt Lake -
she will definitely be where the "action is". She is in an apartment close
by "Gateway". I know she will enjoy the Univesity of Utah. Barji and Boyd
were in a "Midnight Madness" Golf tournament at Oakridge on Friday night and
I know it must have been fun because they made ALOT of noise and were still
going strong when I got up about 3:30 Saturday morning to go to the temple.
I couldn't believe it but Margaret said she didn't even hear them.
Annie - I haven't heard from you but I know you
and Jessie have had LOTS of fun in San Diego. I hope Jessie is settled in a
nice place and is excited about starting work on her Master's Degree at San
Diego State College. I also hope Lee Anna is happy at BYU and that Jimmy is
enjoying his football workouts - UGH!!! I think Russell will be going back
to Madagascar soon, don't you? I want SO much to see little Jackson - I also
want to see how Susanna is enjoying "motherhood" and Steve "fatherhood".
Bob and Claire just dropped in to visit - I LOVE
IT WHEN THEY DO THAT!!! Claire brought a plate of DELICIOUS brownies so now
I will fix me a cup of hot chocolate and have brownies before I go to bed.
Claire said they are full of calories but I have given up on trying to lose
weight - it just isn't important to me!!! They are going to go to Lake
Powell on Wednesday and come home on Labor Day - Monday!!! Bob says it is
LOTS of fun now they have their own boat and they will just keep the
houseboat on the buoy.
I went to Logan last Wednesday with some condo
friends and we got rooms at the Utah State University Inn right on campus -
we had such a good time. We drove to Clarkston that night to see the Martin
Harris Pageant and I thought it was excellent. Do you all remember my
talking about Marc & Cherri Hall? He has just been released from being
Mission President in Russia and they were in Logan visiting their daughter
and had plans to go to the pageant the same night as we were going to be
there. One of my condo friends also served in Russia as Mission President
and he and his wife were in our group so I arranged for them to meet each
other. That was a neat experience because they both served in the same
areas.
I went to Park City yesterday with some condo
friends and we put our blankets and chairs on the "Hill" to listen to the
Utah Symphony Orchestra perform the 1812 Overture - that is a THRILLING
experience and I LOVED it with the cannons going off. There were over 5,000
people on the hill and we all eat dinner there - we ordered deli sandwiches
and salads and then Margaret brought drinks. After that we all went to
Margaret's condo and spent the night. The Senior PGA tournament was being
held at the Park Meadows Golf Course which is right next to her condo and
that was SO exciting - all the BIG Senior golf names were competing - Arnie
Palmer, Hale Irwin, Tom Watson, etc., etc. Palmer disqualified so he left
early today and it was fun to see his "Leer Jet" make a circle above
the golf course to say goodbye. He's 72 years old and couldn't compete with
the younger men. We watched the winner of the tournament make his last
plays.
Mary Ann Holman and I went to church this
morning in Park City and that was SO special. The theme of the meeting was
"Temples" and the last speaker told about being reared in Southern Arkansas
so after the meeting I went up to talk to her. She was from El Dorado so I
asked her if she knew JoEllen and Earl Griffin and she just hugged me - they
were her parents. She married and moved away from there about the time we
moved there so she didn't know us. She gave a very, very good talk and she
had to cut it short because the first speaker took up most of the time. She
is a widow and lives in Park City but she owns an art gallery right on State
Street in Salt Lake - she gave me the name of it "Tivoli" or something like
that. It was wonderful to visit with her and we talked about Cissy and
Charles and could have visited alot longer but others were waiting to talk
to her.
One of my neighbors died on Friday night - Bill
James. I'm sure some of you have met him - he lived in the next condo South
from Margaret and used to walk up and down the grass in back of our condos -
he had recently been diagnosed with Altzheimers. He fainted last Saturday
afternoon and his wife couldn't revive him so she called 911 and we all went
to see if we could help - he smiled at us and gave the "thumbs up sign" as
they took him to the hospital in an ambulance. He never did regain complete
conscious-ness and died a week later. His funeral is in the morning. He
was 81 years old.
That's all the news, I think. I LOVE EACH ONE
OF YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING
YOU DO. Grandma B XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO