SPRING TIME IN THE ROCKIES

Dear Family,

This is our view of the Wasatch Range as we drive over to Doug's or Cheryl's home. It is a spectacular vision of natures beauty and I think I am in the Bavarian alps.

It is springtime in the Rockys; it rains in the valleys and snows in the moutains and as we live on the foothills, it snows at home when it rains in the city. The phrase "Springtime in the Rockies" comes from an old love song in the days when songs were great. The link is to a U Tube version of Johnny Ray singing the song to someones trip in the Rockies.

Springtime has the promise of new life and energy. It is also a time of getting together, a time of reunion. "I'll be coming back to you..." goes the ballad. It is time for General Conference and that is one of the biggest reunions as members come from all over the world for training and for the inspiration of General Conference starting next week. We so look forward to that.

Before general conference, there are the missionary reunions. We hold ours in the spring and we will host it in our home on Friday, April 2nd. At first when there were so many missionaries here in Salt Lake and Provo, we had large reunions at first. Now many have graduated from college or married and moved on to opportunities away from this valley. We expect about 80 to come which might include some toddlers. We so look forward to this!

My thoughts go back to those great mission days in Vienna and Munich where we had so much talent among our missionaries. Here is a great violin duet played in the chapel in Vienna.

We also look forward to our 9th semi annual Fathers and Sop's post General Conference Priesthood Meeting steak and ribs barbecue for all the gang.

Love, Dad