From: Mom
To: Kaitlyn.garcia@missionary.org
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2021
Subject: What a week...wowza
Hey!
How are you? How was YOUR week? I have been dying to hear all about all
the things from your meeting with the President to did you get your
Covid vaccine?
It has been NUTS around here. Like I am ready for a break nuts. After we
chatted on Monday we ended up downtown at the Louis Vuitton store. I
knew what bag I wanted but it wasn't available in store or online for me
to get. The lady asked if I wanted a different one and showed me a few
other things but I was set so she logged onto her secret employee access
site and ordered it up for me. Tyler was hilarious. We walked in and he
just said "I am going to go sit down while you shop. Have fun". I knew
it wouldn't take me long to get what I wanted but whatever. We came
home, B had piano, and then the Stephens and the Millers came up to play
some games. I don't know why I agree to do that on a school night. I am
too old to stay up that late and I love going to bed at a normal time
but whatever. It was fine and we were able to get a little more planned
for Kauai in May and Spring Break in the next couple of weeks.
Tyler's birthday was low key. He wasn't up for doing much and so I just
texted Laura at the Wild Rose and got reservations. We decided it was
fine to crush a diet and went for it. We had our weekly weigh in and
Tyler is still just going down while I am staying consistent weight wise
but losing body fat % so I guess it is a win for me too. I am pretty
much over the whole thing and super frustrated that everyone always asks
"Wow Tyler, what are you doing? You look great" blah blah blah but
can't notice any change on me. Whatever! Anyways, we headed off to
dinner and while we were there Laura asked how you were doing. Asked if
you were going to make it to Brazil anytime soon and just kept saying
how cute you were the night you and Brittan came in. I loved it. A lot. I
love that people all over get to experience all things with you. :)
Wednesday was supposed to be a good day. We had the pool guy showing up
to get the pool opened and you will never guess...the pool is BROKEN!
Not even lying. Banning had Joel (Chuck's pool guy that Chuck says is
wonderful and great and the best thing ever) come over to winterize the
pool. Well, Joel drained like 3' of water out of the pool which you
shouldn't do we learned because it will ruin the super expensive plaster
and make it so the tile will pop off (no wonder Chuck's pool looks like
crap!) but he also didn't blow out one of the valves so that valve has
to be replaced and fixed before the pool can even be open. UGH! So now
the pool guy will be back on Monday to fix the problem Banning and Joel
created and then hopefully get the pool opened for the year. And we will
NEVER use Banning or Joel again on pool stuff. Lesson learned. Of
course Banning blames Joel and just says "wow, sorry" even though now we
have yet another expense to handle because of it. (Make note of this as
issue #1 with Banning for the week...) Banning also showed up on
Wednesday to install the stairs off the deck to the driveway. You know,
we haven't had them now for over a year so I was excited that they were
finally going to be in. Banning, Dane, and Tyler were all out there and
Banning #2...brought the wrong size screws so as he is drilling them in
they are going through the whole column area and now we have stucco that
has to be re-done on the other size (just above the hot tub) and oh,
Banning just says 'sorry about that' and doesn't offer to take any off
the cost of the stairs or offer to pay to have the stucco redone. Once
the stairs are done and Banning and Dane are gone Tyler calls me out to
look at them. And oh my gosh. I hate them so much! First, the size of
them is just plain stupid. Way too big. Then, they don't line up to the
house on the one side. They are off and it looks STUPID! I tell Tyler
that and he says they are just what he told Banning he wanted and that
he likes them a lot and he is happy with them. I told him that I hated
them and that I think it made the whole project look stupid and what a
waste of money and time spent on them they were. I was pretty much as
honest as I could have been on it all. So my anxiety and frustration
built and the next 2 days were plain miserable because of it. I still
hate them. I still think they look horrible and even if Tyler wants to
say nobody will notice, he is wrong. (Sara next door even said something
so....) Lauren got her call on Wednesday opened finally too. St Louis
Missouri, English speaking. Starts MTC in May.
Not much happened Thursday around home. Tyler took Banning and Dane
snowmobiling and when they got up the canyon and unloaded, Tyler got on
the snowmobile that Banning drove the last time we had everyone up.
Well...insert Banning #3. He totally crashed the snowmobile and broke a
part of the axle underneath and didn't say anything! Tyler tried to
drive it and it wouldn't go any faster than like 10 miles an hour so he
was like "what the heck?" So he asked Banning if he drove that one last
time and Banning was like "yeah, what's up" so they started looking and
Banning tells Tyler "oh yeah that was probably me" and leaves it at
that! Left Tyler sitting on the machine and took off with his dad on the
other snowmobiles. What the heck?! Anyways so Tyler brought the
snowmobile trailer home and tried to fix it but ended up having to order
new parts for it and it is not useable as of right now. Oh, and no
offer to help pay for the cost either from Banning. :/
Friday was a day. We had plaster guys here to repair and finish
plastering the front of the new walls along with the driveway too. Now
there is no more line on the wall dividing our house and Sara's next
door. It is all the same color as the plaster. But, when Bret Wright
came over to check on his guys Tyler showed him the railing on the deck
and how it is already rusting and breaking and Bret decided he will have
the guys come and take the entire thing down AGAIN and re-do them.
So...they planned to come on Saturday to get the railing and it will be
about 2 weeks time before they are done with it and have it reinstalled.
What a nightmare! I swear we are about done with the yard and then it
is like we take 10 steps back. So frustrating. Plus I have furniture
being delivered next week and I can't have that up there now without a
railing because Herriman wind will take any sort of pillow or cushion
right to the trail. I don't know why people can't just do things right
the first time you know?
Saturday the weather changed. We had beautiful almost 70' weather both
Thursday and Friday. Saturday was cold and rainy. 40' and wind. Tyler
took Brooklyn, Kynlee, and Jason up snowmobiling and Christian helped
with a food drive pickup. I didn't do much and didn't plan to do much. I
just needed a day to do nothing. Oh, and the railing guys never arrived
either so I guess we now get to deal with that come Monday morning. :/
Tyler and B got home and she was exhausted so she showered and headed
upstairs. Christian wasn't do much of anything and Tyler decided he
wanted to go to dinner. Hard when you are on this diet. Although, I am
getting kind of tired of the diet not going to lie so I was all in. We
ended up at California Pizza Kitchen and I had a salad. With dressing!!
And avocado. And it was so so good. I didn't even feel bad while I was
eating it. Good thing this we are coming up on finishing the diet. April
3 can't get here soon enough. I did decide to get my meals from 1% out
of the freezer and I am going to start eating those and doing the shots
after our weigh in this week. I am almost certain I will be able to
still lose a little bit of weight while eating normal food. At least I
am hopeful. And if not, whatever. I am SO over it.
Sunday has been low key today. We slept in and have been pretty lazy.
Christian had meetings and then headed for temple prep. The problem is
that he was the only one that showed up so the Davey's cancelled it for
today. The others who should be there are Sophie White, Riley
Schexnayder, and Maya Thornell. I told him he needs to put his foot down
and let them know that even if nobody else attends he would like to get
the classes. What a joke that the others can't show. I had a presidency
meeting and then we opted to stay home from church. I think everyone
needed a little step back. Plus with the cold snowy weather everyone was
hunkered under blankets and not wanting to really move much. Tyler has
been in watching old guy movies all day while I have been watching old
lady bird live stream cameras.
The state has opened up starting Wednesday the 24th for anyone who wants
a vaccine to get one. That means I will be on the line with everyone
else trying to get an appointment for 3 of us. I also called and talked
to the passport lady at Herriman City and she said I could bring
Christian in without involving your Dad so we will do that on the 31st
as well. We have a full week ahead for us but it is good. Helps pass the
time by quick right?
I love you. Can't wait to hear from you.
To the moon and back,
Mom
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| Brooklyn and Kynlee snowmobiling (I hear she is a wild crazy driver!) |
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| The besties |
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| It looks like she is almost as tall as he is but thankfully he is resting his butt on the snowmobile seat because I am not quite ready for her to be there!! |
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A throwback photo from Grandma. Look how teeny she is!
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