A letter sent to our missionary 10/10/21:
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Hola Emma Girl!
Don't get too excited, but I think I've set a new record for starting your letter before 8:00pm. Never mind that it's literally 7:59pm, I think you should give me some kind of award or something (or at least eat a cookie for me or something). But then again, earlier does not always equal better (as you know from the goofy letter from a couple weeks ago), so refrain from too much anticipation. 😜
So, what are we doing this week? Eating, eating, and more eating. I don't know why, but suddenly there's good food everywhere and I'm eating it all. 
Also, have I told you that you're going to like our new kitchen? It's not fancy, but it is nice and certainly bigger and more organized than any other kitchen we've ever had. I think you'll enjoy it.
Also, GUESS WHAT?!! I'm finding you some new friends for when you get home. One is named I----- and she lives with her parents in the ward. I don't know her story, but 1. she was homeschooled 2. she's about your age 3. she's very nice. Also, I met A----- today. She lives two doors down from us and she is recently returned from the Vancouver, Washington mission. There's also the BYU student whose family lives kiddy corner behind us who served in the Toronto Mission (she just happened to already be out when COVID went down, so she got to stay), so you were basically meant to be friends one way or the other. We will definitely have a YSA gathering at our house when you get home, so you all can get to know each other. :)
My next mission is to start finding you some dates too.
Yesterday Dad took Adam, Logan, and Ryan H. fishing on Strawberry Reservoir.
If you remember the weather yesterday, it was COLD, SNOWY, and WET, but they dressed for it and had a successful day. They caught 20+ fish--including a monster big one that Adam caught....
Tonight Dad smoked a few and we ate well (see the eating problem I mentioned above).
YUM!
Speaking of cold, snowy, and wet--have you seen this weather alert? 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
It's funny, because last time I lived in Utah, I was coming from Minnesota and I remembered the Utah winters as pretty wimpy. Now we're coming from somewhere where they cancel everything every time there's an inch of snow and I'm getting increasingly worried that these winters are going to knock my socks off. As it is, I am 10000% NOT excited about a winter storm in October! 😱
I heard that leaves were at their peak this past week, so we braved the cold, soggy weather this week and took a drive through Big Cottonwood Canyon, over Guardsmen Pass, back through Heber Valley and back home through Provo Canyon. The weather in the mountains was a good 20 degrees colder than home and significantly windier too, so we pretty much froze. But we did get some beautiful pictures and I think the bad weather kept the crowds away.
What else did we do this week?
Adam went to homecoming with his friend, Sydney...
I heard they had a fun time and I found these pictures in the camera roll, so it looks like a success.
We also found the cutest little alpaca farm about a mile from our house and I think Ellie is ready to be adopted into their family, so she can see this cute little fellow every day...
We talked her into staying home after I promised to drive by at least once a week. Be sure to remind us and we'll drive you by when you get home too. It's so stinking cute it's sure to make you smile when you're having a grumpy day!
A couple last things....
The L---- family (from VF1 in Pennsylvania) came to breakfast this morning. It was great to see them and I truly feel like they were one of the reasons why we needed to live in PA.
On Thursday, we went to BYU Homecoming Spectacular. I sent you a couple videos from it, so you can see that it was AMAZING!!!! Brian Stokes Mitchell was the headliner and the whole thing was so fun and so well done!
Spence opted not to come, so we searched for someone to take his place. Katelin D. was available and we enjoyed spending the evening with her.
This month is a pretty busy month. Next weekend is Ellie's Fall Break and Dad is going on ANOTHER fishing trip with a colleague. Later Dad will fly to Dallas for a wedding, after which Ellie and I will fly to Austin for Cami's baby shower. I'm getting so stinking excited to be a grandma I can barely stand it! I just hope that they end up getting residency somewhere closer than Texas.
Speaking of babies....Dad's cousins (Marilyn's girls) all had babies within a few months of each other and they asked me to take pictures of them when they came to town. I was SUPER intimidated, but talked Heather into coming along too, and I think they turned out beautifully (thanks to Heather). It was fun to see them again and meet their sweet babies.
Jane's baby is P----. He is about 8 months old. Stephanie's is C----- and he is 2-3 months old. Jill's is M---- and I believe she is about 7 months old. They live in 3 different states currently (Texas, Virginia, and Utah).
They were all completely adorable ...
And it was fun to see the sisters reunited!
They sent these beautiful flowers as a thank you gift. 😍
Well, I've definitely set a new record. I'm wrapping up now and it's not even 9:30 yet, so HALLELUJAH, I might actually get to bed at a reasonable time!
I hope you have an AMAZING week! WE love you!!!
Love,
Mom
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