Hey Sweetie:
How are you? I hope you are enjoying you mission so far! It was so nice to get to talk to you when you left. It was also AWESOME that the Bishop in your ward sent me a picture of you and your companion and told me where you are. Your Aunt Cindy is real excited. I guess her in-laws (the Landeens) are in your ward. I hope your Bishop understands that we are not like my sister…oh well!
We had a fun vacation. It got a little long though. We spent the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Porter’s. They kept telling us how much they enjoyed picking you up and taking you to the MTC. They felt that you are so ready to be on a mission. They are so proud of you. Did quite a bit of bragging. Gpa donated to your mission…$2000.00. You may want to make sure you send them a letter. Do you need their address? You don’t need to mention the amount he donated. I just thought you would want to know. I think they would just appreciate that you wrote to them.
Do you need me to send you some white socks? Or are you going to go buy some? Just let me know. I can always order them from Amazon and have them 2 day aired to your apartment…or to Cindy’s in-laws. Up to you. Let me know if you need/want anything else J
I know that Cindy is going to try to see you. She has been having a real hard time with missing family. I wonder if you weren’t sent there for her. J You never know. FYI…she was going to try to arrange to feed you and your companion lunch at her in-laws. She is actually in your stake. I hope that is alright…if not, tell Sister Landeen that you would rather not see her. I don’t know if she is going to church regularly, she lives on the outskirts of her ward and doesn’t have a lot of interaction. Then she has IDIOT children who are so mean to her (just my opinion).
So, back to our trip…So Monday, we left Gpa and Gma’s house and went back to Provo. We met up with our mission president. Not sure if dad told you, but I will tell you again if he did. He and his wife have gotten REAL OLD! He had a stroke so the whole right side of his body is sort of dead. His wife has osteoporosis real bad…she is hunchbacked and has to wear a brace to support her. She looks so frail! They were real excited to see us. Poor Tiffany was NOT a happy camper. She thought that we should have left SOONER! She kept telling me that we should go…but President kept talking to us. She got so upset that we didn’t leave that she ended up in tears (really upset me). We weren’t there for even an hour. I doubt that I will ever see them again in this life! Oh well, such is life! I guess you can say that she was “bored to tears”. We had dinner at the Spaghetti factory and then went back to Kaylas.
Tuesday, we went to the Life science museum at BYU. It was fun…until David and Kim with their 2 little ones showed up. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE family, but I really don’t want to have to watch 2 little kids! I already did that…ha,ha. We saw the art museum there, but weren’t impressed. Wednesday, we went up Provo canyon…then on to Heber City. We ended up with an AWESOME shake there…when we got back down, we went to a movie…we saw Maleficent. It was AWESOME!! It is better than Sleeping Beauty. It is definitely one to put on your list of things to see!
Thursday we went into Provo for their carnival…it was disappointing!! Then we had dinner at Dave and Kim’s. It was weird because none of us really enjoyed ourselves! On our way home, we went and got fireworks. It was a buy one get one free…so when we got back to Kayla’s, we lit off one of the packages. Tiffany thought it was awesome…she had never done that before! Friday, we went and saw the parade in Provo. Tiffany was NOT happy…too many people. I think she talked herself into being miserable. It really upset me. Then I got grumpy and it wore off on dad…then we were all grumpy. (NOT a good situation)
Later, we went to the Powells (Tim and Jessica were flown in for the weekend). We got to swim and hang out with them. It was real fun. We had a BBQ and then swam some more. Then we watched fireworks (they were crazy good) and Tim and his brothers lit off their fireworks and ours. It was real nice. It was fun to see Tim and Jessica. It was hard leaving them though.
We drove home Saturday…Oh my goodness that is a LOOOOOOOOOOONG drive! We are now home and ready to start the new week!
Well, I have rattled on and I need to write to Ryan still…I may copy parts of this letter (is that cheating?)
Always remember who you are! Mind your p’s and q’s! Be strictly obedient! Work as hard as you play, and play as hard as you work. Know that I love you beyond measure!
Love ALWAYS
Mom
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