Dearest Family,
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE WONDERFUL MOTHERS
IN MY FAMILY - I AM "IN AWE" OF YOU AND I'M VERY PROUD. I HOPE YOU HAVE
HAD A VERY HAPPY DAY WITH BREAKFAST IN BED, ETC. ETC. I appreciate SO VERY
MUCH your remembering me on this special day - I LOVE being your Mother. I
just came home from having a delicious Mother's Day dinner with the Weinert
family and I loved it. Rick cooked steaks and we had those famous "Funeral
Potatoes", green salad and a heavenly fudge caramel dessert - low cal., I'm
sure - Ha!!!
It was so fun to be with little Preston - he is
growing so fast and he makes the cutest funny faces and is so pleasant to be
around. Mary Ann and David told us about their little trip to Wendover and
how they broke even on their extravagant gambling - Ha!!! They didn't spend
the night - they just drove there for a buffet dinner and then came home.
Mary Ann has been called to teach the Sunbeams in Primary in their ward and
she is excited. Sarah played her violin for me - it has been a long time
since I heard her do that - she played for a special teacher's meeting in
Fruit Heights last week. Ricky called while I was there - he is getting
ready to go to Portland to work.
I had a WONDERFUL visit with Annie on Wednesday
- she is usually on such a tight schedule and doesn't have time to stay for
very long but she stayed for about an hour and I LOVED it. They are
concerned about Grandpa Russ because he is having some problems with his
eyes - they may drive to Jerome and bring him to Utah to see the doctors
here. Annie had Mimi last week and she had brought her to Layton to be with
Sue again - I believe they will take turns caring for her. Ann told me that
Steve has been offered the job he had applied for in Phoenix so they may be
moving in a little while - I don't want them that far away but we LOVED
Phoenix when we lived there. The company that Steve would be working for
sent two men to Utah to talk to him so they really want him. I know little
Jackson is growing fast just like Preston is and I haven't seen enough of
him. Ron was making a change in his Bishopric today - they are busy, busy,
busy!!!
I have LOVED hearing from Bob and Claire while
they are in Italy - they are having a GREAT time and they said that Michael
is a wonderful tour guide - he is able to communicate because of his Italian
vocabulary. I'm sure they have been able to visit many of the places he
served while on his mission. It has been fun for me to stay in their home
several nights and Brett has been a very serious student studying for his AP
courses - he said the math tests were easy and I didn't ask him about the
others. He has been with the Woolleys this weekend and I know he and Brett
have had a good time.
John - I saw Margaret at Smiths yesterday after
I came home from the temple and she told me you were at my home so I hurried
and bought a bar-b-cued chicken and then you were gone when I got here - you
must have been in a hurry!!! It has been fun to talk to you this week and I
really appreciate your "fielding" the calls about the Lehi property. A
property owner next to our farm wants something done so he can have access
to his property from ours - evidently his property is landlocked. It is
WONDERFUL to give these people John's phone number and have him take care of
it and he does a good job. Tar tangled with a skunk last week and John had
to give him a bath in tomato juice - he sent me some pictures and Tar was
enjoying the bath. He is a sweet dog and probably liked the taste.
Patrice - thank you for your letter. I got
tired just reading it - Ha!! Timothy has been in Chicago this weekend
observing the math counts activity - Patrice drove the debate team from
Central High to Dallas for a competition and Emily had a school orchestra
concert before they left and Jesse was going to his first baseball practice
with Roy. I'm SO glad they are all in such good activities. Patrice wrote
about the special Mother's Day program that Jesse's class put on for their
Mothers and she said it was hard to not cry as Jesse read the essay he had
written about her and presented her with a rose. This is the same program
that Roy and I had seen them practice for and I am VERY impressed with his
teacher. I REALLY like his school.
I had such a good visit with Cissy and Charles
Beyers on Wednesday - we had lunch at the Lion House Pantry in Salt Lake. I
don't think Cissy looks very good - she is VERY thin and she has never been
thin. Charles is the same as always. They had come to Utah for the
graduation of one of their granddaughters from Utah State University. Steve
is her Father and he is divorced from her Mother and it sounded like a very
uncomfortable situation. Steve is going to school at the University of Utah
to earn a degree in counseling - his wife is a counselor for the church and
they want to work together in that field. Shawna and her husband live in
Mesa, Arizona and he is Bishop of their ward - she is still teaching school
but Cissy says she is not well - sad!!!
I drove to Brigham City early this morning to
put flowers on my Mother's grave - it was a beautiful day and I enjoyed it.
MY parent's home on 6th East was for sale for several months but it is sold
now - I was tempted to buy it so I guess it's a good thing it sold. My
Father always kept it in such good condition and I hated to see it run
down. I'm SO glad that John has sold his home in Orem - there was ALOT of
work involved in that house and yard and he has been burdened with that for
much too long. I REALLY love where I live and I'm SO thankful to be here.
I think 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 BXXXXXXXOOOOO