Email from Mom: Saturday, July 3, 2021

To: Kaitlyn.garcia@missionary.org
From: Mom
Subject: Happy 4th of July!!

Hey! What a week!! I am going to just dive in but know I love you and hope you have had a great week. I cannot wait to hear from you on Monday. Also, I cannot wait to hear if you have had time to work on your tie dye tees yet?

Monday ended with Brooklyn and friends off in Cutlers golf cart. I tell ya? She is going to leave her mark on all of Herriman before too long. She gets out and gets around. If it isn’t our golf cart it’s Cutlers and man do they get around. I love it. Anyways, she was told to be home by 9pm but instead she called and said that they were at the park on Emmeline and a kid got hit by a car! He was on an electric scooter and B said that they had just barely waved to him a couple of minutes before. Anyways, they were ‘stuck’ and couldn’t get the golf cart out of the way because of all of the first responders that had shown up. I made she was okay and then Tyler and I kept playing our game of pool with Banning and Jaime. But then..life flight totally hovers over the backyard and heads to the park! Thankfully the kids were able to get the golf cart moved and on its way home. When B got home she said she had a small stomachache because of the amount of blood that she saw on his face. I felt so bad for her! Anyways rumor has it that it was the kids fault because he just took off in front of the car that hit him. Doesn’t make it anything I can undo for Brooklyn but it was a nice lesson for all of the kids to be mindful all the time they are out and about. So scary!!
Tuesday was just a day of sunshine so of course that meant teenagers swimming here. Which I am totally okay with other than it means I am stuck at home until they are finished so there is an adult. Knew it going into having a pool but it shows up and I don’t love that part. 🤣 the MTC was better today. It still proves to be harder than I think he wants but he is working hard and things are starting to fall into place a little more here and there I think.
Wednesday I went to lunch with Lindsey Wright and wow. She has a super twisted idea of how people’s homes work. She has clearly been told some crap about Banning from Jaime and I sat for a good while listening to what a piece of garbage he is and how she if she was Jaime she would have left a long time ago. I was shocked to say the least but it reminded me to keep all of my life close and not share anything with either her or Jaime. Wowza. We also had our first presidency meeting and guess what??? Akaela showed up which means she was open to take the calling! I was so thrilled and it seems like we can maybe actually pull this off. We will see
Thursday we decided to take the boat to Deer Creek. Just me and Tyler but it was fine because Katherine Chelius was there with her girls and we picked them up for a bit and let the girls tube. It was fun to be able to do something different for her that I know she isn’t able to do right now for them. Fun to see the smiles for sure.
Friday we headed to Oakley after the MTC classes were done. Sad note…the diner is closed. Permanently!!! I don’t know details but it is no longer and option so The Polar King it is from now on. Seriously so sad. It was pretty late when we got up there dealing with holy cow so much traffic so we all called it a night and slept well.
Saturday was fun. We had Chad and Julie over with almost all their kids. We just did a bbq lunch and the kids played. Tyler got the paddle boards snd a couple tubes for the pregnant girls to sit in to cool off and Chad took Harper for a ride. The water is so so low so easy enough. Well, Chad was on the paddle board and Tyler tossed the paddle to him. Well, he missed and all of a sudden he is bleeding not just from the corner of his eye but on his nose too! Holy crapola!! Anyways, by the time we got him cleaned up, some ice on it to reduce the fat swelling that showed up super fast, and the grandkids settled (they didn’t love that he was hurt), they decided to pack up and head out. They had been here for almost 4 hours so it was time on all accounts. I’m glad they made it over but I feel horrible about the paddle situation. Also, did you know Harpers mom is having another baby?!!
The rodeo was fun. I would love to see this become a tradition for sure. And the fireworks at the end were a great end to a holiday weekend. Even though tomorrow is the 4th. Brooklyn texted her friends all night while keeping an eye on the rodeo stuff & I don’t know what to do with the Elder…busy texting Alaina the whole time. When I asked who he was busy texting he of course said ‘my district’ but I saw different snd I don’t know what to do. I realize it is his choice but it clearly isn’t mission rules and I am tempted to take a phone away for the remainder of the MTC. It is clearly a distraction. Ugh…so hard!
I’m headed down home tomorrow to drop Christian at home so he can MTC at home on Monday instead of at the cabin and we are also picking up Jada to come stay the night and go to the parade Monday morning. We will hang out and do dinner and then stop in for Annie’s ice cream social she is putting together and then we will head home. As I type this I keep having the thought that I will just have Christian do the MTC at the cabin for Monday. There is no reason for him to be home. He has his laptop, the WiFi works…I guess if he needs materials I can grab them when I stop down for Jada.
Life is staying busy here. Sometimes too busy but I wouldn’t want to be bored so I guess I won’t complain. Brooklyn is ruling summer with friends, seriously coming and going all the time. Plans every single day. It is fun to watch her. Not going to lie. Tyler is planning hunting and fishing trips, looking for reasons to be in Oakley, still trying to decide if Lake Powell will be a go for him and B this year or not, and always going 100 miles an hour. Christian is doing MTC stuff and got his visa. Starting to feel real but then I am dealing with this girl stuff which frustrates me.
I marked on my calendar for October 1 to get rodeo tickets for next year. I wonder if you will have made it home by then or not so I will most definitely count one for you just to be safe. I love and miss you. Can’t wait to hear how this week has been for you and to just see your face and smile.
Love you for forever. To the moon and back,
Mom