Dearest Family,
There are MANY things to highlight in my
letter today!!! HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TOMORROW - I HOPE EACH ONE OF YOU
WILL HAVE THE DAY OFF TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO!!! PLEASE REMEMBER
THE VETERANS!!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRETT WHO WILL GRADUATE
FROM DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL THIS FRIDAY - HE HAS HAD A REMARKABLE FOUR YEARS
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HIM!!!
WELCOME TO EMILY WHO IS VISITING IN UTAH FOR
THE FIRST TIME FOR TWO YEARS AND WE'RE SO THRILLED TO HAVE HER HERE!!!
SHE HAS TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL TEENAGER!!!
WELCOME TO BABY CAROLINE ANN REEVES WHO WAS
BORN THIS WEEK IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA. I HAVE BEEN SO THRILLED TO SEE THE
PICTURES THEY HAVE SENT ON E-MAIL AND SHE IS JUST A PERFECT LITTLE BABY
DOLL!!!
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN THIS NEXT
SUNDAY AND I'LL SEND WISHES TO HIM AGAIN NEXT WEEK WHEN I WRITE MY
WEEKLY LETTER - I BELIEVE HE WILL BE 30 SOMETHING!!!
I just came home from Lehi a little while
ago where I went to decorate graves!!! The Lehi cemetery looks so
pretty and there were many people there with LOTS of flowers. Jeannie
brought me a bouquet of roses last week and I have saved them so I could
include them with my flowers because I know her Dad would be pleased to
have some form her garden. I have had some VERY pretty peonies this
year and I took a large basket of them along with some Iris and some
artificial flowers - I also put the missionary flag up so PaPa's grave
looked GREAT!!!
Jeannie came over to visit for a little
while tonight and then Bob came over and then Sarah, Katie & Emily came
over so I am late in finishing my letter. I LOVE it when my family
drops in to visit and Bob helped me "bolt" my sewing machine back in
place. I was making a newborn layette gown for the humanitarian center
and all of a sudden my machine jammed and I had to take it in to a shop
to get it fixed and I couldn't bolt it back by myself.
It is SO funny - I made an "Irish" dinner of
corned beef and cabbage for Emily and then found out that she doesn't
eat meat. It really wasn't very good anyway so I'm glad she didn't eat
it. It is one of those things that "I won't make again" - Ha!!! She
said that her Mom makes good "soda bread" for their St. Patrick's Day
Dinners. It is WONDERFUL to have her with us - she and Katie are "two
peas in a pod" and have a good time together. When Jeannie came over
she said that Sarah had left to try to find them and she did - it's hard
for me to get used to the fact that they have their own transportation.
Emily told us that Roy, Patrice, Timothy & Jesse are "floating" the
Buffalo this weekend with their church group - she said that it looked
like it might rain so she was happy she didn't go. I remember those
Arkansas rains!!!!
The girls are going to help me make some
"chicken salad" for sandwiches for Staci's shower tomorrow. They are
spending the night with me and will help in the morning and then go over
to the Weinert's in the afternoon to help with other things. It will be
fun to get together with the"cousins" tomorrow and I will be happy to
meet Staci's Mom and her other family members who might be there.
I watched the "Live" program of the World
War 2 Memorial dedication yesterday afternoon.I LOVED it. It was even
more special because Roy, Timothy & Jesse had visited it when they were
in Washington a couple weeks ago and Roy had e-mailed me pictures of
it. I hope to see it sometime - it looks like a fabulous place and the
program yesterday brought back a million memories for me. THAT WAS MY
ERA - I kinda' hope I don't look as old as some of the veterans who were
there - Ha!!! I probably look older.
Jeannie told me that Annie will be here for
the shower tomorrow. She has been in Chandler, Arizona helping Susanna
with her new little baby and I believe she has brought Jackson home with
her. He will have a GREAT time with LeeAnna & Jimmy as well as Ann &
Ron BUT Susanna and Steve will surely miss him. I love the pictures of
him - the ones with his little sunglasses would take a prize. Caroline
looks like both Susanna & Steve I think.
Ricky has been caddying for Boyd in some
golf tournaments in North Carolina and Tennessee - I'm sure the heat and
humidity have been a surprise for both of them. Emily has noticed the
difference here compared to Little Rock. She is surely an adventurous
young woman to be going to Costa Rica a couple months this Summer - I
appreciate so much that she would take the time to come see all of us
before she leaves. Bob, Brett & Jimmy are going to Guatemala on
Saturday, Laura is going to New York before going to Maine and she will
leave on Thursday, the same day Jean & Sarah are going to New York - WOW
what a traveling family.
I'm sure John will be going somewhere but I
don't know where???????
I can't think of any more news. I LOVE EACH
ONE OF YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN
EVERYTHING YOU DO. Grandma B XXXXXOOOOO