Dearest Family,
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JOHN TOMORROW -
JUNE 6TH!!!! I found a REALLY cute 39th birthday card for him but I
have lost it - I put things away in very safe places and they're SO safe
I can never find them. This will be the last legitimate year he will be
able to claim 39 as his birthday - many of us try to get away with this
for a long time but it hasn't worked for me for a LONG, LONG TIME!!! I
hope you have a WONDERFUL day tomorrow John - I would bring you a
birthday cake if I thought you would eat it but I know differently. I'm
VERY proud of all you have accomplished in your 39 years!!!!!
I will never forget 39 years ago and I
believe I mention this every year. It's funny but every year on John's
birthday my thoughts go to the "Aston" family in Little Rock because Bob
& Roy had the two Aston boys over for a "sleepover" in our backyard that
very night. It was time to go to the hospital for John to be born and
they were nowhere to be found - we couldn't leave until we found them so
after awakening Ann & Jean we looked all over the neighborhood and
finally them not too far away. As it turned out - John wasn't born
until the next day - Ha!!!
John has had a "kinda'" birthday party this
past week with the men he works with at Omniture. His boss has a
houseboat that he keeps at Waheep and nine of them spent the week on a
"working-vacation". I worried about the weather because it has been so
cold and rainy here in Farmington but John said it was PERFECT!!!
He said it took 6 hours to get to Waheep compared to 4 hours to bullfrog
- I don't believe I have ever been there. He had fun wakeboarding,
etc. I asked him what they did for food and he said they had people in
Page equip it for them - TOO EASY!!!!
I went to Lehi on Thursday to get the
missionary flag from Lynn's grave and I stopped in Highland to see
if John had come home - I just missed him - he got home about two hours
later. His home looked SO pretty - he has a young woman who cleans for
him occasionally and she was there - I would like to hire her to clean
my house!!! His roses in front of his home are in full bloom and they
are SO pretty. Tar barked at me and kicked his ball for me to toss for
him - he is such a beautiful dog.
Annie - there has been alot on the news
about "shingles". I wish I had known so I could have called you. They
have developed a vaccine for them AND that is WONDERFUL news. Dr. Tim
Johnson on ABC gave such a good explanation about them and I don't know
when you get the vaccine but you need to find out. Annie still has some
of the rash on her arm but she says she feels good.
Bob & Claire - thank you for your visit last
Sunday. They are going to Nauvoo tomorrow to spend next week and that
will be a good trip for them - low key and knowledgeable. They are
introducing a new church program there but Claire said it wouldn't start
for another month. My friend, Helen Jane Lemon, spent a year there as
the pianist for the program they have now.
Brett - I hope your family hears from you
this week. I remember those days and you have SO many new things to do
that writing letters doesn't have top priority. I haven't heard if you
have access to the internet but I'm betting you will soon. I know
you're overwhelmed with the changes in your life and
things will get to be more normal with time. A young woman announced
her mission call in church this morning and she is going to Tacoma,
Washington - a young man in our ward is going to the same place and he
leaves this next week. I think that's kinda' unusual. My neighbors and
friends announced today that their granddaughter from Arizona just
received her call to go to Guatemala. They want to come see the
Guatemala Video that Bob & Claire gave to me.
Susanna - thank you SO much for your
messages and photos on the internet. I LOVED seeing the Reevesboys
website but I just about cried when I saw little Jackson with his
stitched up cut on his forehead. You will be surprised in how quickly
it heals and he wouldn't be a normal little boy if he didn't have
scars. That little Caroline is surely a queen among all her boy
cousins. I'm SO glad you had a good time in Florida - the beach looked
mighty enticing.
Claire - thank you for your letters. I am
SO sorry that Daisy got hurt but it could very easily be a "blessing in
disguise". Daisy ran into the street and was hit by a car - she is SO
tiny it is a miracle she wasn't killed. Claire said they took her to
the vet and he put a little collar on her head to keep her from licking
her cuts but other than that she will be just fine. I'm betting she
will learn from that experience and stay away from the street.
I LOVED the pictures of Michael and Staci
working on their "bed stand" - they are SO capable in doing things like
that. Michael learned SO many carpentry skills from his Dad.
Jeannie - thank you for your LONG phone call
last Sunday. We just missed them on their trip to Brigham City to
decorate Christopher's grave so we had a good phone visit. Things are
fine in the Weinert household. Mary Ann is feeling better and each day
will be a big improvement for her and her pregnancy (and it will be
easier for David too - Ha).
I know the Roy Mellors are doing good too.
I'm wondering what Emily has planned to do this Summer - she has always
had her Summers planned far ahead. Timothy and Jesse will have LOTS of
plans too, I'm sure. Their schools are probably over by now.
WELL - MY NEW DOOR IS FINALLY INSTALLED. I
like it very much and I guess that's all that matters but I expect
someone to ask me when church starts when they come to see me. It is a
"cathedral" door and probably looks like an entrance to a church. It is
a very sturdy door and can be locked with a key. The key is under a new
artificial plant arrangement by the window and it is the key with the
shoe lace. I LOVE it because I can keep it open all the time and it
makes my living room so much lighter. They have told me I can expect my
new windows anytime between the 10th and the 15th - we'll see!!!!
We have planned a "PIE POOL PARTY" for our
condominium village for tomorrow and the weather forecast is for
RAIN!!! We have decided to go ahead with our plans and if it rains I
will have them come to my condo and we'll have it on my deck. I HOPE IT
DOESN'T RAIN. This is the easiest way in the world to have a party - we
ask everyone to bring a pie to share and then take home what is left. I
would LOVE to have any of you who would like to come swim in the pool -
it is just WONDERFUL AND YOU'RE SO WELCOME. The key to the pool is in
that little bag by the desk in the kitchen. I swim every morning.
I went to an International D.U.P. meeting
and luncheon yesterday. They let me leave the temple at 10 a.m. so I
could get to the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake by 10:30. I have told them
I would be historian for the company D.U.P. and I didn't realize what a
big job it is until yesterday!!! I am the only one in my camp who has
NEVER turned in a pioneer history so I'm going to have to get busy on my
genealogy. The history has to be on a relative who was born between
July 24, 1847 and May 10, 1869 in Utah and they're very strict about
it. I know Carol has sent in all the histories on the Mellor family so
I will have to find someone on the Forrest side. OH ME!!!
I think that's all the news. I need to
record that our drought is over and now Utah is having all kinds of
floods - I know many people who would prefer the drought.
I LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.
PLEASE BE SO VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN EVERYTHING YOU DO. Grandma B
XXXXXOOOOO