06/26/22 Quiet week here in St. George

Haven't heard from you all week which I'm going to take as a good sign. I hope all is well there and you're fitting in, finding joy in your journey, working hard and loving every minute of it. Or something close to that anyway! haha. Look forward to hearing from you tomorrow!

It seems like this week went really really fast! I had off on Monday for Juneteenth day.  A new holiday. Nobody else did so I got to spend a good portion of the day alone. I had the Finks over for a swim and while we were swimming I got word that our cabin in Oakely wasn't going to work out. And sadly Dallas and I had just spent 2 hours on the phone figuring out what we were going to do for family vacation. Sigh. 

So I called Holly and she figured out a way to get us a couple of discounted rooms at the Hilton Inn in Midvale. So our new plan is that we are going to get rooms for B&M and me and Dad and Holly and Erik are going to stay over at D&K. Very sweet of her to not get a room herself. But she is only allowed to get 2 rooms at a time or something of the sort. 

Now we are going to do SLC based stuff instead of mountain/park city stuff. It should be really fun. Dallas house will be our base camp. I'm working on finding some crafts to do (Holly really wanted to do tie dye shirts so we have that) and I'm still trying to figure out another cute thing or two. 

Tuesday dad had a respiratory test where they do all these breathing tests on him to see if he is fine or not. He hasn't had any problems at all...this is purely based on his mother's history and seeing if that is something he will have to combat in his future life. Seemed like he did pretty well on the tests. We have an appointment to see a dr next week who should be able to tell us what they found out. 

YW this week we did a gift basket for a family in our ward who had a baby 6 weeks early who has spinabifida (spine protrudes outside of the back - I looked it up and I've never seen anything like it. Poor guy)  They anticipate he will be in the hospital for the rest of the summer. He seems to be doing well (all things considered) but they have a long hard summer ahead of them. 

Thursday night dad and I went to costco together and then grabbed a slice for dinner. Afterward we went to Bahama Bucks and got a icee and played connect 4...they have a whole bunch of games in their lobby!!!  

Friday we went to dinner with Eldon and Diane and Grandpa to Texas Roadhouse. Not our best experience ever -- it was noisy and squishy -- but delicious as always anyway!

Holly came and spent the day Saturday by herself. We went to shopping together (joann's, target, 5 and below and then angelicas).  We picked out all the stuff for the tie dye and then got dinner to bring home and share with dad. We swam and played a little bit and then she headed back up the hill. 

Dad and I had a Root for Kids Gala event (basically it's super pricey to go to the event...$125/each seat and then they ask for money all night...silent auctions, regular auctions, raffle tickets, drinks, just flat out asking for money.)  It's actually kind of amazing that they can get people to go at all! haha. But it is for a good cause so maybe that's what keeps people coming. In 2020 they made $68K in one evening so they are definitely good at the money grab game!  Last night's event was sold out. 

Today is Bryce's birthday - Jun 26 - and so far a pretty quiet Sunday. Hope all is well with you!!! Love you lots!