Dearest Family,
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN ON FRIDAY - JUNE
6TH. I HOPE YOU HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY - I believe he is going on a
camping trip. He came yesterday and borrowed Bob's trailer to go to the
Uintahs - it was SO hot while he was here and I told him he was going to
cook but he reminded me that the elevation is 8,000 ft. in the mountains
there so it will be cool. The most fun our family had when all of you were
young and at home was to go camping and I'm glad John still loves it!!!
I just came home from Sarah's seminary
graduation and it was SO NICE!!! It was held on a Stake basis and there are
8 wards in that stake and many graduating students and Sarah was the VERY
LAST one to be given her diploma - I turned to Jeannie and said, "I'll bet
she marries an Anderson" - Ha!!! She looked SO beautiful and her friend boy
was there to take her home. It makes me kinda' sad when I think that
Sarah's graduations will be the end of activities that I will attend for the
Weinert Family - I am SO grateful that I have been able to go to so many
D'Ette, Cheerleading and other High School activities but I'll continue to
go to things in other places for them.
I was SO happy when I drove home tonight to find
Bob's car in my driveway and he had just arrived. I couldn't get the screen
on my computer the way I wanted it so he helped me with that and also
updated the anti-virus thing and then Claire came and we had a good visit.
They always have their family home evenings on Sunday night and I worry that
they stayed here too long. Claire had had a birthday party for her Father
last night and the college "kids" were home for it and she had put some
pictures on the internet - they have ALOT of fun at their home!!!
John was SO much help yesterday. Last Thursday
morning I was awakened to the noise of water running - it's a good thing I
was sleeping downstairs. One of the sprinkler heads in the back of my condo
had broken and you wouldn't believe all the water coming in through the
window well. I hurried and called the manager of the condos and he turned
the water off - and then put a little hose in the window to drain the
water. I mopped and mopped and I have had a fan going in the bathroom and
it's dry now. John said he could fix the sprinkler so he did and he did
such a good job - I really don't believe our condo manager knew how to do
it. John also put caulking all along the top of the window well and I
appreciate it SO much. It scares me when I think what could have happened
if I had not been home - I was in Star Valley for three days just a few days
before this happened and it would have ruined my basement.
I had a WONDERFUL time in Star Valley. The
young man who died was an outstanding athlete from BYU and also Afton,
Wyoming - he had broken many athletic records and they displayed large
pictures of him in the different events. The church sent a representative
from the Quorum of Seventies and BYU sent a representative from the Athletic
Department and they both spoke. The funeral was almost three hours long -
his coaches and teachers also spoke. Margaret and I have fun together and
her home is SO beautiful!!! We came home on Tuesday.
Margaret called me Tuesday night and said she
had read in the paper about a friend of mine whose sister had died in
Brigham City and her funeral was on Wednesday. Many of you will remember
the Haggard family from our Phoenix days. Renee Haggard and I were close
friends in Brigham City and also in Phoenix and her husband was our doctor
there - Jerry Haggard. Their children were the ages of Jean, Bob and Roy -
Christy, Mark and Courte. Anyway I decided to drive to Brigham and go to
the cemetery and I was REALLY surprised when I saw Renee - she looks younger
now than she did in Phoenix and is beautiful. Her son Mark wanted to know
how "Bobby" was - he remembered everything about our family but I'm not sure
Renee ever did know who I was. It was fun to visit with Mark - they live in
Salt Lake now. Renee's sister Tess lived right across the street from my
parents in Brigham City and she and my mother were very close. Tess is also
very beautiful and I'm not sure she knew who I was either but her son Brett
remembered Hilda and Bill and he said they always decorate their graves on
Memorial Day.
After I got my "flood mess" cleaned up on
Thursday Patt Guthrie, Margaret and I drove to Lehi so I could pick up the
missionary flag from Lynn's grave. We had SO much fun!!! I had told them
about the Broadbent's store in Lehi and had shown them an article about that
store that was in the paper awhile ago. Those of you who can go to Lehi
REALLY need to visit that store - it is "one of a kind" and just wonderful.
My friends, Alice and John Broadbent have retired and they weren't there and
I was disappointed about that but their daughter, Nan, is managing it for
them and she is doing a super job. Nan's daughter is the one who bought
Aunt Marvel's old home and I asked about her and they said she is doing
really good and has not remarried - you remember that her husband was bucked
off his horse on that driveway at that house and was killed about five years
ago. It was really a trip down memory lane and I LOVED IT. I walked to the
back of the store to see if they still carried Merle Norman Cosmetics
because I remembered that Ann and Jean used to buy it there when they would
visit Aunt Marvel and they still carry it.
Jeannie told me tonight that Grandpa Russ is in
a rehabilitation center after his knee surgery and is doing good - knowing
him, he will be up and around and wanting to go home to Jerome REALLY soon.
Steve's brother was married on Friday night and his entire family came from
Florida and Steve, Susanna and Jackson came from Phoenix. Jeannie said it
was very nice. I am disappointed that I didn't get to see Steve's Aunt
Betty - she was SO nice to me when we visited the Reeves in Florida and I
had looked forward to having lunch or something with her. I know they had a
full schedule while they were here.
Boyd - I was SO proud of you for doing so well
in the recent golf tournament here in Utah - WAY TO GO!!!
Roy - do you remember Courte (sp.?) Haggard from
our Phoenix days. Renee said he is a dentist living in California. I have
some WONDERFUL pictures from my visit to Little Rock and will send them
soon.
Russell - I didn't get my letter mailed to you
last week - SORRY!!! I'll mail two tomorrow. I don't know how long it
takes to get to Madagascar so maybe these will be the last ones I'll send.
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 XXXXXOOOOO