Dearest Family,
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RON ON WEDNESDAY AND
TO JIMMY ON FRIDAY - as if the Woolleys haven't had enough excitement in
their lives this past month, now they get to celebrate family
birthdays!!! Ron is "thirty something" and Jimmy will be 17 - I hope
you have very fun, exciting birthdays. I'm thinking you feel like your
trip to Lake Powell has been your birthday gifts.
I'm new at being a Great Grandmother and as
a result I have neglected the first birthdays of Preston and Jackson - I
believe Jackson's birthday was July 19th and Preston's is July 22nd.
I'll have to check to make sure when their birthdays are and get them on
my calendar. Susanna, thank you SO much for those adorable pictures of
Jackson - I have them on my "picture cabinet"
and he is a beautiful little boy. I can
just imagine how homesick Steve is to see him - I don't know for sure if
Steve was able to go to Lake Powell for the weekend. I was SO happy to
hear that Boyd was going to be able to go and be with his family - I
know it is mighty difficult for the men to get their work schedules
worked out for vacations.
All of you are in Lake Powell - it's kinda'
dumb to write this letter except that if I don't write it today it will
foul me up all week. I am expecting "The Roys" to come in at any time -
in fact, I kinda' thought they would show up yesterday, Saturday. The
last letter I had from Patrice said they would see me sometime this
weekend. The fact they haven't come means they are having too much fun
at Lake Powell to leave and that's good!!! I know my condo is going to
seem very boring after Lake Powell.
I have thought about my family every single
minute of every single day all week - temperatures have broken all kinds
of records and I know I have never seen it this hot for this long in
Utah. It has been at least 100 degrees every day but the humidity is
low and that helps. The advice given on television has been to drink
LOTS of water and I have wondered how in the world can the houseboat
manage that much water for almost 30 people for a week. I know they
have made many trips to the boat dock to get more water. I also know
everyone has spent most of their time in the lake and I hope they have
found some cool water to swim and water ski in. I think about
little Jackson and little Preston who probably can't spend as much time
in the water as the older children and I hope they're okay. I will be
SO happy to have them come home so I can hear all about it.
I have also thought about Laura (John's
Laura), and Bren - WHAT AN EXPERIENCE TO BE WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE WHOM
YOU DON'T KNOW VERY WELL FOR A WEEK. I'm proud of all of you for
surviving and I hope it has been a fabulous experience that you will
want to repeat again and again!!!
I have had a fun week too. Margaret and I
laughed about how boring our lives can be - our excitement one day was
to go to the laundromat and the health food store - Ha!!! It's kinda
fun to not be in a big hurry all the time - I'M KNOW THAT'S A SURE SIGN
OF OLD AGE!!!
My cute friend in Thailand, my Village Lek,
had a little baby girl this week. She wrote the cutest letter and said
she was "dead" from the c-section.
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