Dearest Family,
The BIG news for this letter is that Emily
is coming to Utah for a little visit on Friday!!! I am SO excited to
see her even though I know I won't get to spend much time with her -
Katie has top priority!!! I hope I get to take both of them to lunch or
to do something fun with Emily while Katie is in school. I talked to
Claire about meeting her at the airport and she said Katie has "it all
worked out". I keep thinking what a neat blessing it is for them to be
the same age - they will have LOTS to catch up on!!! I wish she could
bring her flute to play for us but I know that is a BIG responsiblity
for her to carry it on the airlines. It will be very special for her to
be with us for the shower for Staci on Monday, Memorial Day at the
Weinert's home - I hope MANY cousins will be there.
This has been a fun day for me. John came
this morning to help me with the "picture project". I feel so much more
comfortable now, knowing that I am doing it right and the pictures and
commentaries are being SAVED!!! Bob came on Friday and "hooked" up
another hard drive to give more assurance that things wouldn't be
erased. John had brought the hard drive about two weeks ago and then
Bob had brought something else to help hook it up but it didn't work at
first so he came on Friday and spent all afternoon fixing things. I
PROMISE THAT I WILL NOT "BUG" THEM ANY MORE!!! I should be smart enough
to finish the project and do it right and I appreciate them SO VERY,
VERY MUCH!!! Computers are marvelous things and when I think of the
many years I have worried that all my pictures would be lost I am very
relieved to know they will be saved for posterity. John was surely
inspired to start that project for me about a year ago because I could
never have done it and I know it has been a pain for him because I have
had many, many questions. John is doing REALLY good and looks SO
handsome - he said he would go to church with me "next time". I had a
letter from the lady who manages "West Canyon" and she had enclosed the
minutes of the meetings and in the last one she quoted a new member
"John Mellor" and then at the bottom of the page she had written "John
is such a fine young man - a real gentleman". I'm SO glad he will go to
those meetings.
Another BIG news item for this letter is the
article that was in the Ogden Standard Examiner newspaper about the
humanitarian work being done in Guatemala with a HUGE picture of Bob on
the front page as he is examining a small child in Guatemala and other
pictures. The article is just WONDERFUL and I liked the last quote from
Bob when he said "I have a gift of helping these people and I can't
stop". Roy's name is also listed as an anesthesiologist who goes with
the group and it says "family members" are also with them and I know
John was one of them as well as others. A lady with whom I work at the
temple brought the article for me on Saturday morning and I was SO proud
to show it to my friends. I am going to try to get other copies to send
to friends in Little Rock and other places. I appreciate Claire
bringing me the paper the day it came out - I don't take that paper so I
wouldn't have known about it.
Another BIG news item for this letter is
that I received an announcement from San Diego State University that a
"Master of Arts" degree was presented to Jessie Woolley in "Rhetoric &
Communication Studies with an Emphasis in Teaching Writing". That is
such a great accomplishment and I'm SO proud of Jessie. It takes alot
of determination and "grit" to go out of state all by herself and
accomplish what she wanted to do.
I am wondering if I will have a BIG
announcement from the Reeves' family for my letter next week. Susanna &
Steves' baby is due on Saturday and we all know that babies come when
they are good and ready. This is such a WONDERFUL and exciting event
for our family and I know that Annie is ready to go and be with them
when their baby comes.
Our family is having many exciting events.
I received some pictures of Michael and Staci today on e-mail and they
both look SO happy and they make a beautiful (handsome) couple. They
will have SO much fun as they finish their college studies together in
Logan - both working and studying hard. I remember those days and they
are still some of my happiest memories.
The Weinerts are doing good. I stopped to
see them on Wednesday after my D.U.P. meeting and Jeannie is busy making
a "Strawberry Shortcake Quilt" for Baby Weinert. Barji, Boyd & Preston
were there and Preston "ALMOST" let me hold him. I believe Sarah is
going to take a few Summer Semester classes at the "U" so she will be
starting back to school soon. Ricky is happy in Logan and that makes me
happy because I love Logan. Mary Ann & David are doing fine - I'm
impressed with David's mobile "car detailing" business.
I had my last meeting as captain of my
D.U.P. meeting on Wednesday. It was our closing social and it was a
buffet luncheon at Jeanne Ferrin's home. They have lived in Farmington
for many years and their home is SO lovely with a big backyard with
horses and orchards and we had a good group. I intend to stay active in
the group and it will be good to not "be in charge". I don't like to
have any responsiblities anymore - I just like being a follower - OLD
AGE!!!
I went to lunch with my former visiting
teaching companion and a sister we visited on Monday. I went to lunch
at the "Rockloft" with Margaret on Thursday. There is no way I will
ever be able to lose weight!!!
Did I tell you that Terry Woods is going to
adopt a "homeless girl"?? Dan said the adoption process would be
complete in June. I didn't know single men and women could adopt
children. It will be good for Terry and maybe she will just travel with
one dog instead of five - Ha!!!! Do any of you remember Jim & Carol
Brown from Little Rock? I have a message on my answering machine saying
they had some news I would be interested in - I called them back but had
to leave a message - if it's something I think you would be interested
in I will send a P.S.
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 XXXXXOOOOO
I received the legal documents from Rodney
Wilkinson and I will take care of that tomorrow. He apologized for
being slow in getting them to me.