1978 Catherine's Letter -April 25

Tuesday morning

April 25, 1978

Dear Mom, Dad, and Mary Virginia,

Hi!  Those packages you sent both arrived yesterday.  Thank you very much.  We appreciate the Mobil Tour Guide and the clothes are really cute – looked like you got them at a bargain price too.  The only things I've seen on sale around here are winter clothes.  They are a little large for her but not too much.  The pink one piece affair she'll be able to wear on the next hot day.  We may be having some hot weather soon and those outfits will fill a gap in her wardrobe.

Wendy seems to be enjoying playing more now that she can sit up.  She is able to use both of her hands to hold on to her toys or to play with her busy box.  When I took her into the Nimble Thimble (when I took my sewing machine in) she pulled a tablecloth off of a table which wouldn't have been too bad except on the table was a big basket of artificial flowers made out of cloth and they scattered everywhere.  At the library now she tries to pull the books off the shelves – at least those she can reach from her stroller.  Yesterday she waved at Gerry when he came home for lunch which was a first – her waving that is.

Sunday we rode our bicycles to Denny's for breakfast.  It is near the freeway on the north side of town and then we went for a ride – almost 12 miles in all.  Wendy got a little fussy toward the end, we're not sure if it was from too much riding or if she just thought it was lunch time – which it was.

Is Serena still there?  We were glad to read what she had to add to your last letter.  How was the YAF banquet?  I have had an envelope addressed to Serena for about a month but I have been slow in getting the letter written to go with it.  I also owe one to Roberta.  Along with some pictures that I promised her.

It has been raining here both yesterday and today but I do see a little blue between the clouds so perhaps it will clear up before the day is over.  It seems like for about the last month we keep hearing that we  are having the last rain of the season (the new season begins July 1) and then a few days later we have another last rain.

Well, I can't think of too much more.  I must have used up part of my news in writing to Mary Va. yesterday.

Gerry has been looking at the plans for the new Clifford Equip. building and figuring out where he wants bins & shelves, etc.  It is to be a prefabricated type building but the holdup is with the land which is tied up in an estate.

Hope you are all well!

Love,

Catherine, Gerry & Wendy