Grandma Ree's letters

  Dear Family and Friends, This month seems to have come and gone quickly for me and I am caught trying to remember what occurred that was worth telling you about.  One thing, I have put the new dentures away and have gone back to using my old ones so that I can enjoy eating - biting and chewing - once again.  But I don’t want to say anything more about that.  Mother’s Day was very nice.  I received lovely cards from each of my children and was treated to an enchilada dinner, of dear Cathy’s making, that was really tasty!  It was cheesy, just the way I like it.  Dan returned from his three week train trip by himself and enjoyed it immensely.  As the month has progressed they have gone together on several short little trips and soon a longer one to Utah. When both are to be gone during appointment times for me, they always make sure to provide a way for me to get there.  One time it was young Jonothan, but he left for BYU Idaho, so older Frank...

Dear Family and Friends, The first weekend of April was occupied by the Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held in Salt Lake City, Utah but broadcast all over the world, and coincided this year  with the celebration of Easter honoring the death and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ.  So it was a busy but very spiritual time for all members of the church as we were also able to participate in a Solemn Assembly, expressing by specific groupings our acceptance and support of Dallin H. Oaks as the Lord’s chosen prophet, seer, and revelator and president of the church today, along with his two counselors, after the recent passing of Russell M. Nelson.  And also by the same procedure sustain Gerald Causse and Clark Gilbert to fill the two seats recently made available by deaths in the quorum of the  twelve apostles, and to accept the twelve apostles as having the same priesthood power and authority as the prophet.  ...