Robert writes home #91 27 April 1997

27 April 1997

Dear Mother,

                We just finished a big weekend. Charlie was invited to a prom in Turlock. Megan’s little sister in law, Hillary, invited him. They borrowed a tux for him, but in his rush to get there after school (it’s 50 miles away) he left the box with the cummerbund and tie at home, so when he went to get dressed, after he arrived in Turlock, he was in a tux with no tie or cummerbund. They ended up borrowing one from a girl who sang in a group which wore black bow ties and cummerbunds for their performances. So it all worked out okay. The next day was our stake youth conference which was being held up in the mountains north of Mariposa. So he stayed in Turlock Friday night then got up early enough to be in Mariposa. So he stayed in Turlock Friday night then got up early enough to be in Mariposa by 8:30 AM (60 miles away).

                Janet and I were asked to be part of the program up at the camp. We didn’t have to be there until noon, though. But we had to get Sam out to meet the group leaving Los Banos as they passed the Dos Palos Y at 7:00AM, so he could ride up with them to be there by 8:30.

                The program included dividing up into ten groups; then each group assembled a handcart (the pieces of which had been previously cut out). Then they pulled it over a prescribed trail passing fivw stations where little scenarios were portrayed by folks like Janet and I and Stan and Linda Nielson. They played a couple who were part of the Willey and Martin hand cart companies who have descendants in our stake, recounting their experiences which had some similarities.

                It was beautiful weather and we got to sit under a big oak tree and wait for the companies to come to us.

                All went well until after the last presentation when Janet ate a sandwich that I had made and got sick and dizzy. Stan and I anointed her head with oil and administered to her. Then she started throwing up. We were waiting there thinking that we had one more company to go, but the time ran out and they called them all in. Janet kept throwing up, (dry wretching). I put her in the back of the pickup camper shell so she could lie down and drove back to Merced and called our doctor and got a prescription of something to stop it.

                We were supposed to go the a wedding reception on the way home but after I got the meds we went straight home and put her to bed. This morning she was okay.

                She had her Sunday School class to teach and I had to make the middle hour presentation of the Family Proclamation at Chowchilla Branch conference for Pres Nielsen, who is in Salt Lake for his son, Cory’s wedding. He’s marrying Uncle LaRue’s grand daughter, Robin Miller (Kent’s Daughter).

                I read the Proclamation and Bruce C, Hafen’s conference talk on Marrage. I think that is a great talk. My daughter, Laurie, gave me a copy of it. So I had a “read” presentation. But I didn’t want to paraphrase it. It would have lost something in paraphrasing.

                I’m going to Kansas City next weekend to visit Laurie and her kids. I got a $130 rdtrip flight to KC.

                We’re planning to use our last “mileage Plus first card” flight to fly Janet to be with Susie  when her baby comes.

 I don’t get first card miles credit anymore. Since I sold the practice I can't use it to pay all the bills and get credit like I used to.

Love,

Dad, Mom, Charlie, and Sam