Email from Mom: Sunday, January 29, 2023

From: Mom!
Date: Sunday, January 29, 2023
Subject: January is Ending!

Hey!

Happy Sunday. I am sorry I didn't get to you yesterday. I thought for sure I would but then life just kept coming at me. :/ How was your week? How are things moving along in Dassa? What have you learned with transfers and companions?

This week at home has been good. Busy but good as always. B had school and is still counting down the days until she is done. She is longing for golf cart days and sunshine and warm. I think we all are at this point! She has basketball games at the high school now and she loves having that added to her schedule.

Kaitlyn and Eric had dinner with your Dad on Monday and well, lets just say it went as they expected and I am not 100% sure what role, if any, he will hold in a wedding. She was very upset and frustrated when they got to the house. Eric was great and thankfully deals with the exact same person in his Mom. I feel awful that they both have someone in their lives like this. I wish I could keep fighting battles for the both of you and that you didn't have to have a parent who makes things hard. We got some more wedding stuff talked about and Kaitlyn has scheduled an appointment to look at wedding dresses on the calendar. She is in the process of getting small little gifts together to ask her Bridesmaids to be in her wedding line. She is busy doing all the things and getting things marked off of her list. Her and Eric are busy looking at where they want to live and all of that fun stuff too. Adulting at its finest coming in hot and heavy for them but they are doing great and I don't worry about them at all.

Tyler took my car down to Eric's shop this week to get new tires on and Tyler was really very impressed with how hard Eric works. He pretty much runs the shop down there and Tyler says just a good kid who works hard. I love that and appreciate it a ton. I know he will keep doing whatever he needs to in order to take the best care of Kaitlyn. Between both Tyler and myself we are still working on Etsy stores. They are so much work to get up and rolling. You have to have a good amount of products in the store before you go live and it takes seriously what feels like forever to get just one item listed. I was hopeful that my store would be ready by Friday but I still have open windows on my computer right now to finish. I am tired of sitting in my office chair and I certain the butt imprint on my cushion is not the one that came on it! I am sure it is my actual imprint!! :/

Tyler headed to the cabin yesterday to just escape and take some time for him. He is going to go ice fishing today with Jason and Boston up at Rockport. He needed a break and I am glad he got one. I stayed here with B. Kaitlyn was here at 8am to get her nails done and then I had Bronwyn White here for an appointment. I finally even got my nails polished and filled too! I have been so busy I haven't had the time to get them done myself but yesterday I took advantage of some quiet time and did them. Yay! Oh, I also had to fix a nail that B shattered of hers too. It was a full day of nails and I actually quite loved every second of it. I have got to keep adding more clients to my roster for sure. :)

Today is a quiet day. 5th Sunday and B and I decided we would take the day off. I gave Teeter a bath yesterday and so I need to get her brushed real good and then Fendi probably could use a bath too. The hard part is the weather. They go out and play hard and then come in and stink. I want to clean them but then a bath happens and they go back right outside and it starts the cycle all over again. It's like 2 toddlers running a muck all over. Ha!!! I have plenty of laundry to do but B usually does hers on Sunday so maybe I will wait until tomorrow. Fendi has a vet appointment tomorrow morning which makes laundry make more sense as I type that out. She will need some love and careful watch so Teeter isn't too rough with her so maybe that will be my plan instead.

It is supposed to snow a good amount today. It was supposed to start around 6am but when I woke up it wasn't even like raining or anything. There are some snow flurries outside now but nothing that will stick at all. Tyler says that the snow at the cabin is out of control. It has been a very snow filled Winter for sure. Girl Scout cookie orders opened up yesterday too so I need to get on and order some of those up. :) I am glad it is only one time a year because I would want to eat them all all year long.

I am hopeful to see your face tomorrow and to have a chance to catch up. I miss you and I love you. I know I had a ton of questions in my last email about when you come home that I need to be sure we talk about too. I want to be at the ready when the Bishop asks about your homecoming and how you want that to look. Mostly it just needs to be who you want to speak with you or if you are good with the Bishop assigning a youth or another member of the ward to speak. But we also need to talk about the other things too. :) I hope you have the best Sunday and that you know just how much I love you. Talk to you soon

Mom