Dearest Family,
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO CLAIRE TOMORROW -
JANUARY 26TH!!! This is a MILESTONE for Claire and when she looks SO
young and acts SO young I'm sure she doesn't mind being the BIG 50!!!
Fifty seems SO young to me and I find it difficult to believe all the
attention it gets - Ha!!! I'm at the point where I think 100 seems
attainable - UGH!!! I hope you have a VERY, VERY SPECIAL DAY CLAIRE!!!
Our family (mostly John) has hired a new
attorney to handle the family trust. Our former attorney, Rodney
Wilkinson, from Provo did the original trust but it has been about 8
years since he did it and it was time for it to be reviewed to see if
any changes were necessary. The Weinerts have just had their trust done
and a man who lives in their ward here in Farmington did it and they
said that is all he does and he has done it for many years. I worked
with him in the Bountiful Temple when I first started working there.
His name is Wally Bournemeir and his office is just a few blocks East
from where my condo is.
John didn't want to make a definite
commitment to hire him until we had a family visit but I believe we are
all in agreement that he will do a good job. John, Bob, Jean and I
spent an hour with him on Wednesday night - John had given him all the
documents he needed and he explained things to us - everything went
right over my head but I believe Bob & John understood what he was
talking about (Jean told me that it was kinda' over her head too). John
was going to be in contact with him concerning certain items that he
questioned and he was also going to contact Wilkinson and then we'll go
from there. He is SO close that it will be easy for me to work with him
as well as Bob & Jean and it's close to the airport so John can arrange
the meetings at the same time as his travel plans. We'll keep Ann and
Roy informed. I really don't think many changes need to be made. John
came home with me after our meeting and we went over many documents I
have in my files and things seem to be in pretty good order. I REALLY
do appreciate all the work John has done in handling my trust and the
Lehi property for MANY, MANY YEARS and I hope he will continue to do
that because he understands EVERYTHING!!!
Annie - thank you for your newsy letter. I
love to keep up with my family and learn about the things you are
doing. Susanna, Steve & Jackson were invited to the home of one of
their friends in Newport Beach, California for last weekend and Jessie
was planning to meet them there to spend some time together. Ann & Ron
will leave tomorrow, Monday, to go to Phoenix where they will spend a
couple days with the Reeves - I think they are homesick for Jackson and
I don't blame them!!! I believe Boyd, Barji & Preston will be in
Phoenix sometime soon too and they will be able to spend time with the
Reeves. I think it is SO wonderful for things to work out for them to
get together quite often so Jackson & Preston can become good friends.
Jeannie & Sarah dropped by for a little
visit on Friday afternoon and I was SO happy to have them come. I was
making dinner for a family in my ward whose Mother is ill and I was
preparing enchiladas. I didn't know they made diced "jalapeno peppers"
in the same size can as diced "chillies" and I picked them up by
mistake. This family has small children and I knew they wouldn't eat
anything that was as hot as jalapenos so I was picking out all those
little green peppers in the mixture for the enchiladas - Jean & Sarah
helped me!!! My kitchen was "utter chaos" but I finally got it cleaned
up. They told me that Mary Ann & David had bought a new car and they
were excited - that's GREAT!!! Ricky was going to come home for the
weekend and they were happy about that.
My doorbell rang one afternoon last week and
when I went to the door I was SO surprised to see Brett there with his
snow shovel. He was ready to shovel the snow from my deck - it was
solid ice and a lot of work but he kept at it until he got most of it
off. I REALLY appreciated his thoughtfulness. We visited for a little
while and he told me he was planning to go to college at Weber State
during the Summer before starting at BYU in the Fall. He will be able
to get alot of college in before he leaves for his Mission that way and
that's good. I believe Laura is planning to go back East for the Summer
as a camp counselor in a very elite Summer school - WHAT A GREAT
EXPERIENCE!!!
Patrice - Thank you SO much for your message
telling me about Emily attending a political rally for Wesley Clark in
Little Rock. I am SO proud of her for being involved in things like
that and especially since Clark is from Little Rock and attended Hall
High School like her Dad did. I couldn't access the picture with her in
it but I loved reading the articles about Clark and the rally. I am
probably too interested in the political things going on right now but I
LOVE to watch the news on television. I miss having Roy, Timothy &
Jesse with me - that was such a SPECIAL time and I LOVED it!!! There
has been news about Powder Mountain in the papers and normally I
wouldn't have been interested but since their visit it is interesting to
me - a man skied into a tree there last week and was killed. We had a
beautiful snow storm this morning and it was all "POWDER" - perfect for
skiing and snowboarding and it cleared out all the smog in the air so we
can breathe again but it is still mighty cold - in the teens.
I love watching the news about the space
travels to Mars too. I have to wonder if sometime maybe fifty years
from now when one of my great,great grandchildren is reading this
letter he or she may be planning a vacation to Mars - Ha!!!
I had my D.U.P. meeting here on Wednesday
afternoon and I worried that the roads would be snow covered and one of
the ladies would fall but everything went just fine. I served lunch to
16 sweet ladies and we had a good time - many of them are in their late
80's and quite frail.
ABOUT THE FAMILY GROUP SHEETS FOR
SHIRLEY!!! I will fill out all the information I can about your
families but there will not be any information about the O'Donoghue
family, the Parker family or the Summerhays families unless you send me
your group sheets. Right now I am searching everything I have to find
out when Lynn was baptized - I can't believe I don't have it. Granny
was such a meticulous genealogist that I was surprised she doesn't have
it in her records. I will write the general news about our family this
next week and I'll send it to all of you for your consent and changes
you want to make.
That's all the news - I think!!!! I LOVE
EACH ONE OF YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH - PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN
EVERTHING YOU DO. Grandma B XXXXXOOOOO